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Werribee Secondary College, Werribee, VIC

School statement

Werribee Secondary College is a single-campus, co-educational, Year 7 to 12 College, with an enrolment of approximately 1400 students. Since 2003, Werribee Secondary College has experienced heavy demand for enrolments at Year 7 and at other levels. To manage this, a ceiling has been placed on the total school enrolment for 2010. In 2006, Werribee Secondary College was accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS); the College offers students a high quality education, designed to assist them to develop skills and competencies and to acquire the knowledge needed to meet future challenges. The Werribee Secondary College established an International Students Program in 2000 and attracts overseas international full-fee paying students. Werribee Secondary College has long-standing relationships with schools in Singapore and Japan. Werribee Secondary College is the only DEECD accredited provider of Select Entry Accelerated Learning for the Wyndham Network. The Werribee Secondary College community is committed to improvement and is guided by its 2008 to11 Strategic Plan and Annual Implementation Plans. 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

Year 5

Year 7

537

SIM

534

ALL

541

543

SIM

527

ALL

532

540

SIM

533

ALL

540

537

SIM

533

ALL

539

541

SIM

536

ALL

544

Year 9

585

SIM

574

ALL

580

566

SIM

559

ALL

569

585

SIM

568

ALL

576

SIM

567

ALL

574

593

SIM

580

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

Secondary

Year range

7 - 12

Total enrolments

1371

Girls

662

Boys

709

Full-time equivalent enrolments

1371

Indigenous students

Location

Metropolitan

Student attendance rate ¹

92%

Teaching staff

102

Full-time equivalent teaching staff

97.4

Non-teaching staff

Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff

22.9

Senior secondary outcomes

Year 12 results
Senior secondary certificate awarded	143
Completed senior secondary school	167
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Awarded a VET qualification	92
Undertook SBAT	4
Post-school destinations
Students at university	50%
Students at TAFE/vocational study	27%
Students in employment	10%

Student background

Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA)

School ICSEA value: 993

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
25%	60%	10%	5%

Links

School website:

Werribee Secondary College

Sector or system website:

VRQA State Register

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