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West End State School, West End, QLD

School statement
West End State School, established in 1875, is located in the heart of Brisbane within walking distance of Brisbane's CBD and the Brisbane River. We have many links with nearby Brisbane State High School, Queensland's Cultural Precinct of Performing Arts Centre, Qld Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art(GOMA), Qld Museum and Qld State Library, Griffith University's Conservatorium of Music and College Of Art, Southbank TAFE and Davies Park Sports Fields. Our proactive community is proud of our willingness to constantly reflect and adopt innovative practices which embrace the strengths of our multicultural nationalities (currently 45)and socio-economic diversity to provide a wide range of opportunities. West End State School achieves high standards as a result of setting challenges with high expectations, focused teaching and engaged learning. Staff expertise and high-quality curriculum design capitalises on our strong partnerships and proximity to Queensland's flagship educational and cultural institutions to provide high quality educational experiences and opportunities for our students. Our focus on creative, hands-on enquiry-based learning in Science, Writing, The Arts and sport has resulted in active, creative students who are strong advocates of their own learning. 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.
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2009
2008
Reading Writing Spelling Grammar & Punctuation Numeracy
Year 3
423
SIM
448
ALL
411
425
SIM
439
ALL
414
405
SIM
433
ALL
405
430
SIM
452
ALL
420
407
SIM
425
ALL
394
Year 5
490
SIM
525
ALL
494
491
SIM
510
ALL
485
495
SIM
510
ALL
487
510
SIM
531
ALL
500
482
SIM
516
ALL
487
Year 7
582
SIM
571
ALL
541
561
SIM
560
ALL
532
568
SIM
561
ALL
540
592
SIM
572
ALL
539
590
SIM
575
ALL
544
Year 9
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SIM
 Statistically similar schools' average
ALL
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Selected school's average is below these schools' average
Selected school's average is substantially below these schools' average
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 Student population below reporting threshold
Year level not tested

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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
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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 - 7
Total enrolments
 667
Girls
326
Boys
341
Full-time equivalent enrolments
667
Indigenous students 2%
Location Metropolitan
Student attendance rate 1 94%
Teaching staff 48
Full-time equivalent teaching staff
42.3
Non-teaching staff 20
Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff
12.7
Student background
Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA)
School ICSEA value: 1112
Bottom quarter Middle quarters Top quarter
5% 6% 21% 68%
Links
School website:
West End State School
Sector or system website:
Department of Education and Training (DET)
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