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Borroloola School, Borroloola, NT

School statement

Borroloola School is located in the township of Borroloola, 850km southeast of Darwin. The population is approximately 1000. There are four main clans: Garrawa, Mara, Yanyuwa and Gurdanji. The two main languages are Yanyuwa and English. Borroloola can be accessed by a sealed bitumen road all year round or via air through regular passenger transport flights. Borroloola School provides education to students from preschool to middle years. The school is also responsible for the Gulf Group School (Kiana and Robinson River Schools) as well as the Homeland Learning Centre at Wandangulla, 20km east of Borroloola. Wandangulla is accessible by road in the dry season only. Borroloola School has an extensive attendance plan that focuses on the active engagement of students. In recruiting new staff, the school actively targets young enthusiastic people who are motivated about working with Indigenous students. Borroloola has been identified as a Territory Growth Town (TGT) under the NT Government's A Working Future initiative. TGTs will become towns with comparable services to other country towns in Australia.

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

271

SIM

243

ALL

411

225

SIM

228

ALL

414

241

SIM

255

ALL

405

145

SIM

216

ALL

420

269

SIM

244

ALL

394

Year 5

311

SIM

315

ALL

494

261

SIM

284

ALL

485

324

SIM

347

ALL

487

198

SIM

284

ALL

500

348

SIM

351

ALL

487

Year 7

344

SIM

389

ALL

541

304

SIM

331

ALL

532

384

SIM

383

ALL

540

306

SIM

337

ALL

539

386

SIM

408

ALL

544

Year 9

402

SIM

429

ALL

580

374

SIM

327

ALL

569

414

SIM

413

ALL

576

363

SIM

388

ALL

574

468

SIM

463

ALL

589

	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

Combined

Year range

P - 9

Total enrolments

188

Girls

Boys

Full-time equivalent enrolments

188

Indigenous students

96%

Location

Very Remote

Student attendance rate ¹

56%

Teaching staff

Full-time equivalent teaching staff

Non-teaching staff

Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff

6.9

Student background

Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA)

School ICSEA value: 547

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
98%	1%	1%	1%

Links

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