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Sheldon College, Sheldon, QLD

School statement

The shared vision of the Sheldon College community is Traditional Values and Progressive Thinking for Quality Learning and Living. Our mission is 'to provide a quality educational experience in an environment that encourages and enables our students to succeed in a constantly changing world'. As a College we are committed to the following core values: Student Success; Excellence in teaching and learning; A safe, orderly and supportive learning environment; Collaborative home-College-community partnerships; Shared decision making; Recognition and Reward; Service orientation; Continuous Improvement; High standards in dress and appearance, behaviour and individual scholarship and work habits; Support for individual needs - intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual and physical. Our motto is 'Todays Challenge; Tomorrows Success'. Sheldon College aspires in every respect to be an exemplary institution - a College renowned for its excellence in academic, sporting and cultural pursuits. Sheldon College is a College with: a clear sense of purpose and a shared set of core values; an unparalleled concern for quality education for each individual; a strong service orientation; a strong Christian ethos and a fundamental belief in the dignity and worth of each individual. 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

449

SIM

426

ALL

411

448

SIM

425

ALL

414

425

SIM

416

ALL

405

458

SIM

429

ALL

420

427

SIM

406

ALL

394

Year 5

518

SIM

507

ALL

494

520

SIM

496

ALL

485

489

SIM

496

ALL

487

529

SIM

511

ALL

500

523

SIM

497

ALL

487

Year 7

592

SIM

552

ALL

541

568

SIM

545

ALL

532

582

SIM

548

ALL

540

599

SIM

553

ALL

539

615

SIM

555

ALL

544

Year 9

610

SIM

593

ALL

580

600

SIM

582

ALL

569

603

SIM

586

ALL

576

619

SIM

588

ALL

574

636

SIM

602

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

Non-government

School type

Combined

Year range

P - 12

Total enrolments

1405

Girls

734

Boys

671

Full-time equivalent enrolments

1405

Indigenous students

Location

Metropolitan

Student attendance rate ¹

95%

Teaching staff

Full-time equivalent teaching staff

90.1

Non-teaching staff

Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff

53.9

Senior secondary outcomes

Year 12 results
Senior secondary certificate awarded	109
Completed senior secondary school	112
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Awarded a VET qualification	107
Undertook SBAT	29

Student background

Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA)

School ICSEA value: 1052

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
8%	23%	45%	24%

Links

School website:

Sheldon College

Sector or system website:

Independent Schools Queensland

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