Achievement Targets

Shenton 2025 describes the planning context for the continued development and improvement of the College and sustains our four key areas: Successful Students, Connected Teachers, Powerful Learners, Engaged Leaders.

Our Strategies and Milestones provide a valuable roadmap for our community to understand the direction we will take in the coming years. Alongside the Strategies and Milestones identified, Shenton 2025 includes targets to measure key aspects that we consider significant indicators of improvement.

These targets are reflective of the broad ambitions of this Business Plan and are specific in their focus. Some of the targets are deliberately aimed at specific cohorts of students who have been identified through our self-assessment process; others are more global in their scope and require a much more schoolwide response. The targets are deliberately ambitious and are written to encourage improvement and growth in current areas of identified need, as well as sustainable consolidation in areas of strength.

The College Principal makes a comprehensive report to the School Board, the College staff, and the Parents & Citizens on all aspects of NAPLAN performance. The College also presents an Annual Report to the community through the School’s Online portal and the College’s website.

Academic Targets

NAPLAN

Target 1: In each year of the Business Plan, we see a positive trend in those students achieving ‘Limited’ and ‘Satisfactory’ performance in Y7 NAPLAN, achieving ‘Moderate’ or better progress in Y9, across Reading, Writing, and Numeracy.
(Source: Stable Cohort; First Cut – EARS Assessment data)

Target 2: Our Student Gain measurement will be above those of ‘Students with Same Starting Scores’ in NAPLAN 7-9 for matched students.
(Source: Stable Cohort; MySchool website; NAPLAN, Student Gain)

WACE

Target 3: 98% of students eligible for a WACE pathway will demonstrate the minimum standard of Literacy and Numeracy competency in OLNA by the end of Year 12.
(Source: Schools Online)

Target 4: In each year of the Business Plan, 80% or more of our students will attain an ATAR score or a Certificate III or higher, with an ambitious target of 85% by the end of the Business Plan cycle.
(Source: Schools Online/SAIS WACE report)

Target 5: The median Year 12 ATAR performance will rank in the Top 5 of the Like Schools group, with an ambitious target of being the top public comprehensive school.
(Source: SAIS School Performance Report/Schools Online)

Specialist Programs

Target 6: Continued strong median ATAR results for students in funded specialist programs in comparison to other cohorts in the College.
(Source: SAIS Dashboard)

Non-Academic Targets

With the implementation of innovative data collection tools, we routinely collect substantial, quality datasets to measure our progress within the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and the AITSL Standards for Principals. These standards underpin our REACH Performance Development processes and reflect our achievements in influencing the creation of safe and inclusive learning environments, where the focus is on each member of the community being agents in their own progress.

Our targets for our teaching staff will operate in the five AITSL standards that fall under teacher Professional Knowledge and Professional Practice.

Know students and how they learn
Know the content and how to teach it
Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
Create a maintain safe and supportive learning environments
Assess, provide feedback, and report on student learning

For our leadership team the collected data will relate to the AITSL Standards for Principals:

Leading teaching and learning
Leading improvement, innovation and change
Developing self and others
Leading the management of the school
Engaging and working with the community

CLIMATE

Target 7: Established classroom survey datasets indicate positive outcomes across all five of the identified AITSL Teaching Standards.
(Source: PIVOT and internal tools)

Target 8: Surveys demonstrate strong levels of satisfaction in school culture, leadership, and organisation.
(Source: PIVOT, National School Opinion Survey, and internal tools)

ATTENDANCE

Target 9: Regular and Overall Attendance measures are equal to Like Schools and significantly better than WA Public Schools.
(Source: Schools Online, Student Details, Student Attendance by Year Group)

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Target 10: Through the establishment of a range of measurement tools, recognise progress in participation, and contribution to, community and citizenship activities across our learning community.
(Source: Measures to be established)