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Banksia Beach State School, Banksia Beach, QLD

School statement

Banksia Beach State School provides education to primary age students from Prep to Year 7. The School was established in 1992, and in 2009 has a total enrolment of 861. Banksia Beach offers a diverse range of learning opportunities for students. We have a well-developed core curriculum that focuses on the eight key learning areas. Information technology is embraced across the school through wireless technology, smart boards, computer labs and laptops. Children are encouraged to participate in a wide variety of extracurricular programs. These include: enrichment programs in IT; senior, junior and boys-only choirs; an award winning competition choir; an instrumental program including award winning concert band, ensemble and Big Band; public speaking competitions; a wide variety of sporting opportunities, including positions in district and regional teams; a full school musical; a student council; a School Leadership Program and a variety of school camps.Our Vision is to be known as a school of high performance, a school with high performing students, staff and leadership; with high quality relationships with our parents and community and with high quality facilities, resources and outcomes. 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

384

SIM

403

ALL

411

379

SIM

408

ALL

414

389

SIM

398

ALL

405

392

SIM

406

ALL

420

401

SIM

387

ALL

394

Year 5

467

SIM

487

ALL

494

458

SIM

479

ALL

485

454

SIM

480

ALL

487

474

SIM

490

ALL

500

468

SIM

479

ALL

487

Year 7

536

SIM

533

ALL

541

520

SIM

527

ALL

532

555

SIM

533

ALL

540

549

SIM

532

ALL

539

549

SIM

535

ALL

544

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

PP - 7

Total enrolments

849

Girls

406

Boys

443

Full-time equivalent enrolments

837.3

Indigenous students

Location

Metropolitan

Student attendance rate ¹

91%

Teaching staff

Full-time equivalent teaching staff

53.9

Non-teaching staff

Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff

16.9

Student background

Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA)

School ICSEA value: 991

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
14%	38%	42%	6%

Links

School website:

Banksia Beach State School

Sector or system website:

Department of Education and Training (DET)

Privacy

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)