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Point Cook Primary School, Point Cook, VIC

School statement

Point Cook Primary School is located within the confines of the Williams Royal Australian Air Force base at Point Cook in the outer western suburbs of Melbourne. The base is within the growth corridor of Wyndham, with rapidly expanding green fields housing estates. As such, the school population has increased in the past few years to a peak enrolment of 380 students this year. In 2010 the development of the new Point Cook P - 9 College in the Innisfail estate will see the school relocate from its current confines and an anticipated enrolment in excess of 650. Throughout this development the guiding principles (Leadership, Creativity and Innovation, Engagement, Individuality, Partnerships and Sustainability) will continue to underpin the school vision: Creating Tomorrow Today. The College is committed to student centred learning where the pupils are seen as global citizens in a sustainable world environment. The current school has recently completed a self-evaluation and review process. In line with the the Western Region Blueprint for School Improvement and the Hobsons Bay network strategic plan the College aims to demonstrate measureable, significant gains in literacy and numeracy by 2012. Visit the school website.

NAPLAN Results

The National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses all students in Australian schools in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Visit the NAPLAN website.

The chart below displays average NAPLAN scores for each domain in 2008 and 2009. The selected school's scores are displayed in blue. Also displayed are average scores for statistically similar schools and all Australian schools. The coloured bars indicate whether the selected school's scores are above (green) or below (red) the other scores.

Reading

Writing

Spelling

Grammar & Punctuation

Numeracy

Year 3

446

SIM

445

ALL

411

421

SIM

437

ALL

414

416

SIM

431

ALL

405

458

SIM

448

ALL

420

418

SIM

422

ALL

394

Year 5

514

SIM

523

ALL

494

503

SIM

508

ALL

485

496

SIM

508

ALL

487

515

SIM

528

ALL

500

494

SIM

513

ALL

487

Year 7

Year 9

	Selected school's average
SIM	Statistically similar schools' average
ALL	Australian schools' average
	Selected school's average is substantially above these schools' average
	Selected school's average is above these schools' average
	Selected school's average is close to these schools' average
	Selected school's average is below these schools' average
	Selected school's average is substantially below these schools' average
-	Student population below reporting threshold
	Year level not tested

How to interpret this chart

Selected school's average

Colour shows if the selected school's average is above or below statistically similar schools' average

Colour shows if the selected school's average is above or below the Australian schools' average

Statistically similar schools' average

Australian schools' average

¹ For Victorian government schools this data is calculated using Prep to Year 12 data for the full 2008 year and is not directly comparable to others.

School facts

School sector

Government

School type

Primary

Year range

P - 6

Total enrolments

380

Girls

171

Boys

209

Full-time equivalent enrolments

378

Indigenous students

Location

Metropolitan

Student attendance rate ¹

93%

Teaching staff

Full-time equivalent teaching staff

21.6

Non-teaching staff

Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff

7.6

Student background

Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA)

School ICSEA value: 1102

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
7%	13%	16%	65%

Links

School website:

Point Cook Primary School

Sector or system website:

VRQA State Register

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