Annual Report - Churchlands Senior High School

[Pages:20]Annual Report

2018

CHURCHLANDS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

The school has a tradition of outstanding achievement in all areas including special programs, such as the Gifted and Talented Music Program and Academic Extension Program plus sporting, social and extracurricular academic pursuits. Churchlands SHS continues to develop new programs to meet the needs of the school community, such as an elite swimming program, school based netball, football and basketball programs.

OUR VISION

Churchlands aims to develop a school community which encourages personal, social and environmental responsibilities.

The school is committed to providing a caring and supportive environment that challenges students to achieve personal excellence in all endeavours and to be active citizens of the local and global community.

THE CONTEXT

Churchlands is a co-educational school currently catering for approximately 2900 students from Years 7 to 12. Since its foundation in 1962, the school has established a tradition of excellence built on the outstanding academic, cultural and sporting achievements of our students.

Churchlands is considered a school of opportunity by both our parents and our students. National and international tours are made possible due to the size of the student population with almost all tour proposals receiving sufficient student interest to ensure they are economically viable. Similarly there are a range of sporting opportunities for our students to engage in. Whether it is representing the school in basketball, girls' football, rugby union etc., or training for up to 18 months to swim the English Channel, Churchlands appears to be able to provide for all interests. Similarly, there is a wide range of opportunities in the cultural and academic fields, while our Community Service programs are so extensive that they are not available in any other Government school.

The school's community focus has seen a significant growth of the Alumni Association as well as the establishment of the School Foundation. This has generated significant opportunities for current and former students such as scholarships, events, reunions and a sense of belonging to the community. The aim is to encourage lifelong connections between the school and its students, parents and staff.

In 2011 Churchlands SHS became an Independent Public School and undertook a number of flexibilities and opportunities that this presented. The establishment of a School Board containing business expertise and harnessing community passion was the first outcome this delivered. 2014 saw the launch of the Churchlands Foundation, an organisation whose aim is to ensure that the financial future of the school is secured.

The school's western suburbs location, less than two kilometres from the ocean and 10 kilometres from the Perth city centre, is easily accessed through public transport and special school buses. The school community, traditionally based in business and the professions, has become increasingly diverse in recent years. The student body is significantly multi-cultural with approximately 60 different nationalities and cultures represented.

The comprehensiveness of the school's curriculum reflects the wishes and career aspirations of the community, embracing tertiary entrance as well as preparation for TAFE and the workforce. Regularly 70% of Year 12 students study at the Tertiary Entrance level, while the remaining students are now engaged in a minimum of Certificate II level courses.

Despite the anticipated significant growth in enrolment numbers caused by a number of different factors, the school has remained at the forefront of public education in WA. The planning and strategies developed in advance to accommodate such a large number of students have proven successful in ensuring the school has maintained its reputation of excellence and performance. In 2018 the student population grew to 2718 and around 2900 students will complete the 2019 enrolment numbers, from which point enrolments should stabilise before gradually decreasing in 2022 and beyond.

With the completion of all major construction at the end of 2017 students were able to enjoy outstanding new facilities from the commencement of 2019. A range of smaller projects were undertaken during 2018, the most disruptive of these included the improvements required for the bottom oval and the resurfacing of our swimming pool.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

The purpose of the 2018 Annual Report is to highlight the school's academic performance as well as the contribution made by students to the wider social, sporting and cultural aims and values of the school. I am confident that after reading this report, you also will share the view of staff and parents when we characterise Churchlands SHS as "A School of Opportunity" and our students do "Aim High".

This was also the year when seven years of continuous construction on our school site ceased, classes returned to normal and movement around the school became unrestricted. Commencing in 2010 with the construction of the Concert Hall, this followed in quick succession with the new canteen and the Year 7 build. The final and major project was the largest of all with a $38.7 million building program resulting in new sports hall, mathematics wing, science and arts building and technology classrooms. A number of smaller projects were completed in 2018 and will continue in 2019. The most impressive of these is the installation of 400kW of solar panels on new and existing roof structures.

At a state level, education like all other services came under funding pressure from Government. The student centred funding model introduced several years ago into Independent Public Schools has had one adjustment made in September 2017, which given its timing cost the school significantly in terms of reserves. Working within those new parameters we have been able to maintain our existing programs and complete several minor works projects around the school, however the excess funds planned for a new swimming pool now no longer exist. Much promise has been made federally by both sides of politics with respect to additional "Gonski" funding, however it remains to be seen whether or not the State Government will use these funds to top up schools' existing funding or whether they will use such funds to draw down debt.

In planning for 2019, the school needed to accurately forecast enrolments, subject enrolment numbers and staff movements, using this information employ the correct number of teachers within each subject area. Our eventual numbers were 15 short on predictions however, the loss of $120 000 income was relatively minor in terms of a $30 million budget. Consequently, we have employed an additional 20 staff on a variety of contracts across all faculties, many of these for periods of 6 or 12 months due to a large number of

staff on maternity leave. I am pleased to say that each of these new teachers bring additional instructional and management skills to the school and all have made productive starts.

This is the final year of our current Business Plan and initial work has commenced in establishing the next iteration Business Plan 2020-2022. However, with the appointment of a new Director General to the Education Department we will not fully progress this until her new focus is relayed to schools.

Once again there was a sense of high achievement by Churchlands students during 2018. The school was represented on numerous overseas tours. These included our triennial Music Tour, Language tours to France, Japan and China, the inaugural Year 10 AEP Maths/Science tour to Europe and our annual New Zealand Ski Tour. In sports our school continued its outstanding performances in interschool swimming and athletics also winning the All Schools Basketball competition for the first time. Our cultural events included numerous music concerts, dance and drama performances and art exhibitions.

The P&C continues to provide a sense of community for our school by sponsoring and coordinating the Art Exhibition, the Good2Grow event and an extremely well attended Quiz Night. While these events do raise some money for the P&C, their primary purpose is to provide opportunities for our parents to engage with the school. My thanks go to all of these volunteers for the work they undertake in supporting our school.

The following report endeavours to provide summaries (supported by relevant data) of the school's performance in 2018. On behalf of Churchlands SHS and the School Board I commend this report to you.

Neil Hunt Principal Churchlands Senior High School

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FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR

After a rapid and significant growth phase in recent years, the school this year moved to a much welcomed consolidation and peak enrolments phase. Enrolments grew from 1566 in 2013 to 2720 in 2018. Enrolments at the beginning of 2019 are 2880. With the opening of the new college located adjacent to the old Subiaco Football Ground and based on Year 6 student indications from our feeder schools, it is estimated that Year 7 enrolments in 2020 will be between 380 and 420. The school has had to plan, implement and manage the associated increases in staff numbers and infrastructure.

As usual, during 2017 the Principal and his executive team diligently prepared the school's budget for 2018 and that budget was unanimously approved by the School Board. In late 2017 the Minister for Education announced that the school's per-student funding would be significantly changed, commencing in January 2018.

For schools like Churchlands, with enrolments of more than 1200, the per-student funding for 2018 was reduced by $1145 for each student above 1200 students. For students in Years 7 to 10 in a school with fewer than 1200 enrolments, the per-student allocation was $9016, while for those schools with more than 1200 students it was $7871. For students in Years 11 and 12, in a school with fewer than 1200 enrolments, the per-student allocation was $9693, while for those schools with more than 1200 students it was $8548. For Churchlands, the per-student allocation was between $7871 and $9693 for every student enrolled at the February 2018 student census.

Based on the Department's enrolment projections for 2018 of 2760, the school's per-student allocation was $1 786 200 lower ($23 644 299 rather than $25 430 499) due to the lower per-student allocation for students above the 1200 thresholds.

It is a great credit to the Principal, Mr Neil Hunt, and his executive team, that they were able to restructure the school's budget at very short notice to deal with a reduction of $2 million in funding. This, however, could only be achieved by severely depleting the school's Reserve Funds which the Board had assiduously accumulated over many years for major long term projects, such as a new swimming pool. The Board has reluctantly come to the conclusion that the pool and other projects are now not capable of being funded by the school.

The benefits of an Independent Public School like Churchlands being able to plan and budget the allocation of its one line funding budget, in the most efficient and effective manner, in the best interests of and in accordance with the school's priorities as determined by the Board (especially longer term projects) are quashed and nullified by a government policy which results in reserves allocated for longer term projects being depleted to meet day to day operating expenses.

With the completion in late 2017 of the Year 7 building, science/arts block, mathematics block, technology centre and gymnasium, I am sure that all students and staff were pleased that the school no longer resembled a construction site during 2018.

The School Board has again confirmed that the optimal size of the school is no more than 2500 students. The aim is to remove all demountables and reclaim the playing fields.

In October 2018, the school hosted a "Back to School" event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Class of 1968 (my year ? I still cannot believe that it is 50 years since I graduated from Churchlands). This is the second cohort of students to achieve their 50th and become members of the "Churchlands Gold Class". This has now become an annual event for successive graduating years. Thanks go to Tracey Gralton and Nawal Kurson for arranging the event.

The Churchlands Senior High School Foundation (Inc) "Solar Power for Scholarships" project to install 400kW of solar power comprising over 1000 panels was established in late 2016. With the hard work of the Foundation Board, the very generous donations of donors large and small and the support of the P&C, the Foundation was in a position to fund the project in its entirety by early 2017. I am extremely disappointed and embarrassed to report that Building Maintenance and Works only managed to put the project out to tender in January 2019, two years after the Foundation had sufficient funds to complete the project. Due to this delay, the school has not been able to realise and take advantage of the significant saving from the generation of free solar power for two years. It is an understatement to say that I am not impressed with the government bureaucracy and red tape involved in this project.

The Board congratulates the graduating class of 2018 and it was a pleasure to again attend the well organised graduation ceremony in November. Their achievements are a great testament, not only to the students and their families, but also to the Principal, teachers, support staff and school management as a whole. This success has enhanced Churchlands Senior High School's reputation within both the education and wider communities.

The success and reputation of the school depend on cooperation between and the hard work and dedication of: the leadership of the Principal and his Executive and Administrative team, an active School Board, P&C, Alumni and Foundation, and of course, the staff and the students.

In particular, I would like to thank the Principal, Mr Neil Hunt, for his leadership and along with his Executive team for their application and dedication to achieving the best outcome for the school. The Board has been very pleased with the planning, implementation and execution of the various strategies set out in the school's Business Plan. The members of the Board have strategic oversight

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of the school's achievement targets, finance and overall direction and have worked in positive accord with the school administration.During 2018, the School Board focused its efforts in the following areas: ? Review of the reports by the Principal on the

progress of the Business Plan. ? Endorsement of the Annual School Report, school

budget and student performance targets and achievements. ? Endorsement of the financial arrangements necessary to fund the school objectives, priorities and directions. ? Review and endorsement of current and future building programs. ? Support and promotion of the Board, the P&C, the Churchlands Foundation and the Alumni in the school and the community.

Blume (Head Boy) all of whom generously gave their time during 2018 as Board Members and I thank them for their efforts and dedication.

For your information, copies of the Minutes of all Board meetings are published on the school's website .

The Board welcomes your input and encourages your feedback.

John Gillon Chair Churchlands Senior High School Board jmgillon@.au

Serving on a School Board is a privileged opportunity to contribute and create better outcomes for the school, students, staff, parents and community.

March 2019

I acknowledge Tracey Gralton (Alumni Representative), Chris Porteous (P&C Representative), Grant Brinklow, Adrian O'Brien and Janet Pettigrew (Elected Parent Representatives), Jane Hegarty and Kim Hudson (Staff Members), Shrushti Jethva (Head Girl) and Ethan

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CHURCHLANDS A SCHOOL OF OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT

Students' academic progress is without doubt the most important measure of success of an individual, program and school. However, we also believe that our school offers students opportunities across a range of endeavours, that significantly contribute to their physical, social and emotional development and enhances their educational experience. This report will focus on achievements across all aspects of schooling during 2018.

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

SENIOR SCHOOL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Year

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Rank

in the

16

28

28

23

29

State

Churchlands SHS was ranked 29th in the state in the Median ATAR League Table and 7th highest government school. This is a slight drop on 2017 but similar to 2015 and 2016. The success of the academically selective Perth Modern School has impacted on the enrolment of students at the very top end and could distort comparisons with some measures over the last four years compared to previous years.

? Churchlands ranked 4th best public school based

on the number of SCSA awards won (and 5th in the

state). ? WACE Achievement rate was 98% versus a state

average of 89%. ? 37 students were awarded Certificates of

Distinction. ? 76 students were awarded Certificates of Merit. ? Four Churchlands students received ATARs of 99 or

above. ? Churchlands was listed amongst the top performing

schools in nine ATAR Courses. ? Our ATAR Dux, Jordan Morrison, achieved an ATAR

of 99.85. ? Harrison Kneeshaw achieved a Certificate of

Excellence (top 0.5%) for Mathematics Applications. ? The median ATAR was 85.1, a slight drop from 2017

but an increase on 2016. ? 220 of the 227 VET students (97%) completed a full

Certificate II or higher qualification. ? Our "attainment rate" (ATAR 55+ and/or completion

of minimum Certificate II) was 98% which is the same as the previous two years which in turn was the equal highest level we had achieved since this measure began.

The 2018 cohort produced a number of strong individual performances in many subjects. While the overall results were slightly down on those of

2017, generally they were a little better than in 2016. 71% percent of Year 12 students undertook four or more ATAR subjects and this is in keeping with the percentage from 2017 and more realistic than in the previous few years. Rigorous interrogation of data and counselling continues to occur to ensure students maximise their results. The VET completion rate of 97% was an excellent achievement and compares favourably to a few years ago when the rate was 66% in 2011 and 2012.

League Table Ranks 1. Publicly Listed League Table This is provided annually in the press to publicise school rankings. The statistics used by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority to produce these tables have varied in the past few years and this changed once again in 2016 data where the main table publicised was based on the median ATAR in each school. Churchlands SHS saw some good performances in 2018 though the median was slightly down on 2017. The following tables show these results for Churchlands SHS over a number of years and provides a measure of the school's consistently high performance.

2. Median Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank The school consistently ranks around the 85/86 mark. The 2018 figure of 85.1 was higher than in both 2015 and 2016.

League Table Ranks

Year

2014 2015

Median 86.7 83.0 ATAR

2016 84.7

2017 86.6

2018 85.1

3. Percentage of students in each third of the state population (Triciles) School achievement data is based on students' scaled marks which in turn contribute to the ATAR. This table shows the percentage of ATAR students in the low, mid and high third ATAR students in the state. In an average school, 33% of the ATAR students could be expected to fall into each category. The 2017 results are the best on this measure since 2014.

Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Low % 15 24 24 17 25

Middle % 34 37 35 37 35

High % 51 39 41 46 40

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4. Percentage of students with a scaled score over 75

This table shows the percentage of students who received a scaled score above 75%.

Year

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Percentage 46

35

44

39

37

Year 12 Summary Statistics 2014-2018

Outstanding Course Performances Churchlands SHS has been acknowledged as being amongst the top performing schools in the state in nine ATAR courses: Earth and Environmental Science, Economics, EALD, French SL, Health Studies, Japanese SL, Media Production and Analysis, Music and Politics and Law. Churchlands SHS also scored better than the "State" and "like schools" in 12 ATAR courses when measuring "the percentage of students scoring at or above the state average". Particularly noteworthy were the outstanding results achieved by the students in Economics, Music, Maths Specialist, Physical Education Studies and Modern History.

YEAR

2014

2015

2016**

2017

2018

Year 12 Students

141

297

349

340

355

Eligible to Graduate (Female) (Male)

141 (76) (65)

297

349

(166) (131) (162) (187)

340 (184) (156)

355 (177) (178)

Graduated

140 (99%) 294 (99%) 340 (97%) 329 (97%) 348 (98%)

Number of ATAR Students

110 (78%) 229 (77%) 278 (80%) 231 (68%) 253 (71%)

Number completing a Unit of Competence

55 (39%) 122 (41%) 151 (43%) 212 (62%) 227 (64%) A big increase!

Number completing Certificate II 49 (89%) 118 (97%) 151 (100%) 208 or higher

(98%) 220 (97%)

Attainment Rate*

134 (95%) 288 (97%) 342 (98%) 334 (98%) 348

* Attainment Rate is defined as the percentage of students who attain a minimum ATAR of 55 and/or a Cert II or higher. ** Denotes new rules used to establish WACE Achievment (Graduation) from this year.

(98%)

Destination Data

Destination

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Returned to School

0%

0%

0%

1.3%

0%

Apprenticeship/ Traineeship

2.2%

2.5%

4.2%

2.9%

1.7%

TAFE

11.6%

9.4%

9.6%

4.6% 15.4%

University

70.2% 66.2%

77% 51.1% 62.1%

Employment Other Training

11.3% 0.9%

9% 0.7%

No data

No data

0.4% 0.4%

18.4% 2%

7.2% 0%

Employment Assistance

3.1%

0.4%

0%

7.2%

1.4%

Other

0.6% 11.9%

0.4%

4.6%

3.7%

Deferred

-

-

8%

7.9%

8.5%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

The table above attempts to show where students from a particular Year 12 cohort went the following year. The data itself has been put together from a number of sources including phone calls to students and the data reflects the proportions from those that answered the survey. The data for the "Class of 2017" is reflected in the "2018" column and this corresponds with an 85% return on the surveys. Below this table we provide further information on the university offers through TISC to the four public universities ? UWA, Curtin, Murdoch and ECU.

From the "Class of 2018" ? 226 students with an ATAR applied for admission to

a Western Australian public university. ? 246 students had a first preference. ? 182 students or 74% were offered their first

preference. (State = 69%) ? 230 students or 93% were offered one of their

preferences. (State = 93%) ? Of the remaining 7% a number of these students

were offered places at Notre Dame, interstate or overseas universities. Offers to the four WA Universities were as follows:

University Curtin ECU Murdoch UWA Total

no. students 94

31

25

80 230

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STATEWIDE TESTING Year 7 NAPLAN 2018

NAPLAN (497 students)

AUST. MEAN

WA MEAN

CSHS MEAN

In Top 20%

CHURCHLANDS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

In Middle In Bottom At National

60%

20%

Min Standard

Below National Min

Standard

Numeracy

548

549

589

36%

58%

6%

3%

0%

Reading

542

539

578

40%

52%

7%

5%

1%

Writing

505

505

531

30%

60%

9%

19%

3%

Spelling

545

545

570

33%

56%

10%

6%

1%

Grammar &

544

542

583

33%

60%

7%

7%

2%

Punctuation

This table compares Churchlands SHS with the Australian and WA means.

Churchlands has achieved excellent results in Year 7 NAPLAN 2018. The high targets set in the Operational Plan were either met or close to the target.

? NAPLAN data is equal to or better than like schools: ACHIEVED

? Numeracy Target: 40% in top 20% and Lower than 5% in Bottom 10%: NOT ACHIEVED as 36% were in top 20%

? Literacy Target: 35% in top 20% Reading and 30% in top 20% in Writing: ACHIEVED in Reading 40% NOT ACHIEVED in Writing 30%

Year 7 NAPLAN Performance (Top 20%)

NAPLAN Numeracy Reading Writing Spelling Grammar & Punctuation

2016 40% 33% 31% 34% 33%

2017 36% 35% 37% 26% 34%

2018 36% 40% 30% 33% 33%

This table shows the percentage of our students in the top 20% of testing Australia wide.

The school only has data for the past four years for Year 7s as they entered high school for the first time in 2015. The students are only in high school for just over two months prior to sitting NAPLAN in early May. With the rigorous and well planned teaching and learning programs targeting specific groups, and with specialist teachers the school would expect to value add to students' performances in NAPLAN in 2020 when they are in Year 9.

Year 9 NAPLAN 2018 Churchlands has achieved commendable results in Year 9 NAPLAN 2018.

The high targets set by Middle Secondary have been met or are close to the target, these were:

? NAPLAN data is equal to or better than like schools. ACHIEVED above like schools for Numeracy and Reading. (Writing results were not available due to the difference in results between students who sat online compared to paper and pencil.)

? Establish a trend of high progress for the top end students from Year 7 to Year 9 students in the high and very high categories of achievement progression for NAPLAN. ACHIEVED it is believed that approximately 12% of students have `topped' out in Reading and 24% have `topped' out in Numeracy.

? Student achievement progression from Year 7 to

Year 9 `above expected' in all areas tested compared to like schools. ACHIEVED above like schools for Numeracy and similar to like schools for Reading in terms of progression. PROGRESSING below like schools for Numeracy in terms of progression. ? The gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal achievement in NAPLAN and OLNA is reduced over the life of the plan. ACHIEVED the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal achievement is reduced for Numeracy and Reading. One Aboriginal student topped out in Reading. ACHIEVED all three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) students who sat the assessment performed at or above the benchmark for Numeracy and Reading. Two of the three were above the benchmark for Writing. One student did not sit NAPLAN.

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