What are good Brisbane primary schools?

[Teley]

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[Teley]

Anybody?

[Coffee]

According to the Statistics published in the paper yesterday, Pullenvale State School is the best one.

And there's also Rainworth State School, (although I have no idea where that one is ) Norman Park State School and Brisbane Independent School which have done well at tests.

Also pretty good did the North Lakes State College, although it's the biggest school in Brisbane (not sure about QLD) with over 2000 Students.

From the News.com.au Website:

Overall, state schools performed lower than their Catholic and independent counterparts, with higher proportions of students falling below minimal acceptable standards

Feel free to PM (again) with any questions, if you want to know about a particular school.

ETA: Ashgrove State School did also quite well in tests, as I just saw. Will keep updating the post, as I go through the list.

[Teley]

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[sweetseven]

My girls are at Seven Hills and I find it good for social development. It is a small school (100-200 students) on a large piece of land (I think I recall 5 acres being mentioned) and they promote good interraction between the various age groups. All the classes are composite however, and that may deter some people. For example, they have three Prep/1 classes and two 1/2 classes. Also they dont have their own pool, so swimming lessons are much less than those offered by a school with their own pool.

Bulimba is a nearby school that seems to have a good reputation. When I've seen ads for houses for sale, it is mentioned as a selling point if the house is in the catchment area for Bulimba. I dont really know anything about it however.

[Coffee]

Ok, here are the schools. There's a sunnybank hills and a sunnybank state school. I picked the Sunnybank State School, if it's the other one, let me know.

Sunnybank Primary;

Students: 335 Staff retention 93%

Year 2
reading 16%
writing 9%
Numeracy 16%


Year 3
reading 17%
writing 31%
Numeracy 14%


Year 5
reading 41%
writing 30%
Numeracy 27%


Year 7
reading 22%
writing 9%
Numeracy 29%

Greenslopes Primary


Students: 269 Staff retention 82%

Year 2
reading 10%
writing 5%
Numeracy 5%


Year 3
reading 10%
writing 13%
Numeracy 21%


Year 5
reading 16%
writing 9%
Numeracy 15%


Year 7
reading 12%
writing 4%
Numeracy 28%

Camp Hill Pimary

Students: 680 Staff retention 85%

Year 2
reading 105%
writing 7%
Numeracy 9%

Year 3
reading 7%
writing 11%
Numeracy 15%

Year 5
reading 18%
writing 7%
Numeracy 21%

Year 7
reading 10%
writing 3%
Numeracy 19%

Rest will come a bit later

[Coffee]

Ok, here the second half, sorry for the delay. Hope that it helps you a bit, to pick a good school.

Kelvin Grove Primary

Students: 1646 Staff retention 93%

Year 2
reading 0%
writing 0%
Numeracy 0%

Year 3
reading 9.8%
writing 13.7%
Numeracy 4%

Year 5
reading 7.3%
writing 10.9%
Numeracy 9.1%

Year 7
reading 10%
writing 12%
Numeracy 23.1%


Ironside Primary

Students: 705 Staff retention 94%

Year 2
reading 13%
writing 5%
Numeracy 7%

Year 3
reading 6%
writing 6%
Numeracy 6%

Year 5
reading 6%
writing 3%
Numeracy 4%

Year 7
reading 2%
writing 1%
Numeracy 7%


Dutton Park Primary

Students:229 Staff retention 69%

Year 2
reading 28%
writing 9%
Numeracy 28%

Year 3
reading 10%
writing 16%
Numeracy 12%

Year 5
reading 22%
writing 9%
Numeracy 16%

Year 7
reading 8%
writing 8%
Numeracy 4%

[Teley]

Thank you Coffee. You are a godsend!

[JennCharlie]

I think there's a lot more to consider than how the kids did in a one off test when judging a school. Do these scores reflect the kids happiness? What about all the other things that make up a school? School grounds, class sizes, inter school sports, parent groups principal and teachers etc?

[Teley]

I think there's a lot more to consider than how the kids did in a one off test when judging a school. Do these scores reflect the kids happiness? What about all the other things that make up a school? School grounds, class sizes, inter school sports, parent groups principal and teachers etc?

Of course you're right, they're not the only things I would take into consideration. But they still do play a major role, if a very large majority of kids are failing things throughout all grade levels, I'm sorry, that's not a very good school. And I think it's awesome I now have a feel of how big the schools are.

I started off this thread asking whether anyone knows any Brisbane primary schools they have had awesome experiences with. Really, feel free to write them down. All your input is valuable.