Its students might be in the bottom quartile of disadvantage but this Sydney school's strategy of focusing on literacy in the early years of high school is paying off for its graduates.
For the first three years of secondary school, Canley Vale High's timetable includes two periods a week of literacy.
Canley Vale High School's high achievers: Kenny Tang, Gemma Truong, Quang Hoang Dang Phan, Anna Ha, Ying Jin, Emily Khou and Bryan Eng.It's working. When disadvantage is factored into HSC results, Canley Vale is among the state's highest-achieving schools, followed by Glen Innes High School and Hastings Secondary College.
But it does not just excel in the HSC. Canley Vale is also the top public school in the state when it comes to growing students' capacity between year 7 and 9, based on the NSW Department of Education's so-called value add analysis of NAPLAN results."The HSC is largely a written exam for most subjects," he said. "The ability to use the English language is essential; there's not many jobs you can do that you can get by with poor literacy skills.
As only band 6 data is released, it also does not acknowledge the achievements of schools such as Condell Park High. Eighty per cent of students there are either at or below minimum standard when they begin year seven, but this year's graduates achieved 12 band 6 and 47 band 5 results.
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