Whole-school transformation at Oakwood Primary School
Oakwood Primary School is a government school located one hour south of Perth. With an ICSEA value of 1005, the school serves over 900 students. As part of its school improvement journey, the school committed to the Masterclass Series in 2022 to upskill its teachers in high-impact instruction. Since then, 29 staff have participated in the Masterclass Series. In 2021, at the start of Oakwood’s improvement journey, for Years 3 and 5, the percentage of NAPLAN areas within expected performance was 60%, with 40% of areas well below expected performance. In 2024, 100% of NAPLAN areas are now within or well above expected performance. Oakwood’s target of being at or exceeding the performance of ‘Like Schools’ (i.e. with students from similar backgrounds based on parental occupation and education) was resoundingly achieved in 2024. Students significantly outperformed their peers from Like Schools in the key areas of Reading, Writing, and Numeracy across both Years 3 and 5 (Figures 1-3), bucking the trend of stagnating performance in peer schools.
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