Northern Bay P-12 College 2015 Annual Report to the School Community Northern Bay P-12 College School Number: 8901 Fred Clarke Name of School Principal: Shonah Friswell Name of School Council President: Date of Endorsement: March 24, 2016 All Victorian government school teachers meet the registration requirements of the Victorian Institute of Teaching (www.vit.vic.edu.au). This school meets prescribed minimum standards for registration as regulated by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) in accordance with the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, inclusive of those schools granted an exemption by the VRQA under the 'Student enrolment numbers' and/or 'Curriculum framework for schools - languages program' minimum standards until 31 December 2015.
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Northern Bay P-12 College
2015 Annual Report to the School Community
Northern Bay P-12 College
School Number: 8901
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Fred Clarke
Name of School Principal:
Shonah Friswell
Name of School Council President:
Date of Endorsement:
March 24, 2016
All Victorian government school teachers meet the registration requirements of the Victorian Institute of Teaching (www.vit.vic.edu.au).
This school meets prescribed minimum standards for registration as regulated by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) in accordance with the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, inclusive of those schools granted an exemption by the VRQA under the 'Student enrolment numbers' and/or 'Curriculum framework for schools - languages program' minimum standards until 31 December 2015.
Northern Bay College was formed in 2011 as a result of a merger of nine schools into one multi-campus College. Our
aim is to provide a supportive, co-ordinated and consistent approach to the education and wellbeing of children and
young people living in the Corio/Norlane area.
The process of regeneration of the Corio and Norlane government schools began in 2006 and was driven by the nine
school communities to ensure young people and their families in the northern suburbs of Geelong had access to high
quality education in world class facilities.
2015 marked the beginning of a new College Strategic Plan with an overarching goal “to achieve continuous learning
improvement for all students through the development of a strong culture of collaboration in which teams of teachers
share high expectations, use data effectively, value student voice and take a collective responsibility for improvement.”
Our vision is to instil community commitment, confidence and high expectations in lifelong learning by:
Developing young people who are engaged; motivated and challenged to fulfil their potential.
Maximising the educational opportunities and creating purposeful and diverse pathways for all students
Developing partnerships with other schools, community organisations and business which can empower a community through learning
Integrating education and community /family services in one precinct
Creating a community that is literate, numerate, curious, articulate, resilient and passionate Northern Bay College is a strong learning community which relies upon its local community to work together to achieve
a common goal “a positive educational experience for young people with individualised pathways leading to
employment or further education”.
We focus on providing a safe, secure and well-resourced learning environment which caters for the individuality of our
young people. Our specialised teaching spaces as well as access to the Geelong Industry Trade Training Centre, provide
outstanding environments for learning. Universities, the Gordon and a wide range of organisations and foundations
further support our work.
At Northern Bay College we believe that our students have the right to quality at all times – quality teachers, quality
Northern Bay College provides lots of opportunities for its students. These include but are not limited to a Year Nine
Heroes Journey Program; Hands on Learning in years 9 and 10; STEM at year 8; access to the Year Nine Skilling The Bay
Tertiary Futures program; The SMITH Family Straight Talk where students receive early exposure to reaching career
goals and identifying pathways for learning; Work Experience, Vocational Starting Right; Work Inspirations that provides
young people with opportunities to experience the world of work first hand in a meaningful and inspiring way; AIME
which supports Indigenous students through high school and into university; Generation G where Year 10 students
experience life outside of Victoria by embarking on a week-long trip overseas; an ASPIRE programs at Years 6, 8 and 10
for University bound students; iTrack as an online mentoring program for students in Years 9 to 11; access to school-
based apprenticeships or traineeships within a part-time employment arrangement; access to instrumental music
programs with opportunities to join the College Rock Band and College Concert Band; and the Principal’s
Recommendation Program allowing easier access into a university degree course.
The college has 261.45 equivalent full time staff, 12 principal class members, 158.86 teachers and 90.59 Education Support Staff.
Northern Bay P-12 College
Achievement
Our 2014 NAPLAN data in year 3 and in year 5 show NBC working slightly below the middle 60% of Victorian
Government schools in both reading and number. However we have almost 60% of students obtaining medium to high
relative growth over the 2 year assessment period.
Between year 7 to 9 approximately 56% of students show medium to high growth in numeracy and 57% medium to
high growth in reading. Again, data shows that NBC is working slightly below the middle 60% of Victorian Government
schools in both reading and number at this level. The year nine NAPLAN data in 2013 was lower than other like schools
but in 2014 was similar to other schools with a greater percentage of students achieving high relative growth compared
to the year before.
86% of our students successfully completed their VCE in 2014 up from 79% in 2013. Our average School Study Score is
slightly below state level but similar to other like schools.
Teacher assessment against AusVELS shows the percentage of students from Prep to year six with a grade of C
(expected standard) or above in English and Mathematics is just below 60%.
Teacher assessment against AusVELS shows the percentage of students from years seven to ten with a grade of C
(expected standard) or above in English is at 40% and Mathematics is at 35%.
National Partnerships funding enabled us to engage four educational leaders to work collaboratively with College
leadership to focus explicitly on school improvement. This included building teacher capacity and content knowledge,
focusing on effective teacher pedagogy, effective use of data, individual and team coaching and access to contemporary
ideology around successful schools. High quality consultants were also engaged to work with Educational Leaders to
embed priority work to a deeper level.
An Intervention Design Plan has been written and embraced by staff for implementation. This intervention plan is based around:
Quality Teaching
Data Conversation
Student Voice
Whole School Positive Behaviours We believe if we continue to strengthen the capacity of our leaders and teachers to focus on, and build a culture of high
expectations then student aspiration and learning outcomes will improve. We also believe if we build a strong culture,
with collaboration and meaningful use of data embedded in teams, then shared responsibility and accountability will
reinforce high expectations for all staff and continuous improvement for all students. And if we adopt a whole school
approach to classroom management which is applied consistently across all campuses, then the learning environment
will be conducive to improving student learning outcomes.
This highly focused work we believe will have a significant impact upon our student learning outcomes.
Engagement
Our focus has been on engaging students in all areas of learning through our differentiated and inclusive approach to teaching and learning. This is developed through our Starting Right program from P- 12 and develops into shared responsibility between a team of teachers. Through differentiation of quality tasks and knowing how our students learn we are able to create an environment where their individual learning needs are met. The Connect re-engagement program and Young Parents Access Program allows us to provide targeted support to some of our vulnerable learners. Other engagement programs include Year 9 Heroes Journey, Aspire, STEM and College SRC. We also provide Koorie and EAL educational support workers and we have developed a range of community partnerships to support student pathways.
Northern Bay P-12 College
Wellbeing
Our School Global Budget and Equity and Inclusion funding is being used strategically to meet the diverse needs of our
students. This comprises of one full time Learning Partner and Learning Worker at each campus, who actively work
alongside teachers and campus leaders to support the wellbeing needs of the community. The introduction of the
Equity and Inclusion leading teacher allows our college to align processes and practices to build teacher capacity to
work with all of our students. The newly formed College Allied Health team includes a full time Speech Therapist and an
Occupational Therapist, who work together to identify students with additional needs within our junior communities.
Other supports include Bluearth, Hands on Learning program, School Nurses, breakfast clubs and the junior campus
Heads up Ambassador program.
Productivity
The merger of nine schools into one college created a huge budget deficit with increased staff costs and a reduced income stream. Strict measures were taken to reduce the credit side of our budget and, with the support of each campus, the budget deficit has been reducing each year with the end of 2015 showing a credit surplus Our Productivity Goals are:
1. To build a sustainable student enrolment 2. To build guaranteed employment/further education through a Northern Bay Promise
The following strategies have been put in place to support us to meet these goals
A strong College transition program into, through and beyond Year 12
Identification of appropriate external support to achieve our vision
Monitoring student attendance
Monitoring student retention
Creation of a 3214 Wellbeing Report
Seeking philanthropic support
Establishing a stronger relationship with Northern Futures
Leading the Northern Bay Guarantee
Joining Communities That Care program
Improvement to school fee collection
Conducting a year five Expo
Allowing higher achieving students to work within other learning communities
Introduction of a Student Scholarship program at year seven
Improved course counselling
For more detailed information regarding our school please visit our website at http://www
Northern Bay P-12 College
Performance Summary
The Government School Performance Summary provides an overview of how this school is contributing to the objectives of the Education State and how it compares to other Victorian government schools.
All schools work in partnership with their school community to improve outcomes for children and young people. Sharing this information with parents and the wider school community will help to deliver community engagement in student learning in the school, which is a state-wide priority of the Framework for Improving Student Outcomes.
School Profile
Enrolment Profile A total of 2005 students were enrolled at this school in 2015, 984 female and 1021 male. There were 18% of EAL (English as an Additional Language) students and 6% ATSI (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) students.
Overall Socio-Economic Profile Based on the school's Student Family Occupation index which takes into account parents' occupations.
Parent Satisfaction Summary Average level of parent satisfaction with the school, as derived from the annual Parent Opinion survey. The score is reported on a scale of 1 to 7, where 7 is the highest possible score.
School Staff Survey Measures the percent endorsement by staff on school climate derived from the annual School Staff survey. The percent endorsement indicates the percent of positive responses (agree or strongly agree) on school climate from staff at the school. Data are suppressed for schools with fewer than three respondents to the survey for confidentiality reasons.
Northern Bay P-12 College
(Primary Year Levels)
Performance Summary
Achievement
Student Outcomes
School Comparison
Teacher Assessments from the Australian Curriculum/Victorian Essential Learning Standards (AusVELS) Percentage of students in Years Prep to 6 with a grade of C or above in:
English
Mathematics
The grades are the same as those used in your child's end of year report. A 'C' rating means that a student is at the standard expected at the time of reporting.
Towards Foundation Level AusVELS is not used for the School Comparison.
Towards Foundation Level AusVELS Learning gain of students, relative to expectation in a year, for all students working within Towards Foundation Level AusVELS (AusVELS A to D).
Data will not be displayed where less than 10 student assessments were provided.
Northern Bay P-12 College
(Primary Year Levels)
Performance Summary
Achievement
Student Outcomes
School Comparison
NAPLAN Year 3 The percentage of students in the top 3 bands of testing in NAPLAN at Year 3. Year 3 assessments are reported on a scale from Bands 1 - 6.
NAPLAN Year 5 The percentage of students in the top 3 bands of testing in NAPLAN at Year 5. Year 5 assessments are reported on a scale from Bands 3 - 8.
Northern Bay P-12 College
(Primary Year Levels)
Performance Summary
Achievement
Student Outcomes
School Comparison
NAPLAN Learning Gain does not require a School Comparison.
NAPLAN Learning Gain Year 3 - Year 5 Learning gain of students from Year 3 to Year 5 in the following domains; Reading, Numeracy, Writing, Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation. NAPLAN learning gain is determined by comparing a student's current year result to the results of all ‘similar’ Victorian students (i.e. students in all sectors in the same year level who had the same score two years prior). If the current year result is in the top 25%, their gain level is categorised as ‘High’, middle 50%, is ‘Medium’ and bottom 25%, is ‘Low’.
Northern Bay P-12 College
(Primary Year Levels)
Performance Summary
Engagement
Student Outcomes
School Comparison
Prep Yr1 Yr2 Yr3 Yr4 Yr5 Yr6
91 % 94 % 91 % 93 % 93 % 92 % 90 %
Average Number of Student Absence Days Average days absent per full time equivalent (FTE) student per year. Common reasons for non-attendance include illness and extended family holidays. Absence from school can impact on students’ learning. A school comparison rating of ‘lower’ indicates that the absence rate in this school is greater than what we would estimate, given the background characteristics of their students. Average 2015 attendance rate by year level:
Northern Bay P-12 College
(Primary Year Levels)
Performance Summary
Wellbeing
Student Outcomes
School Comparison
Students Attitudes to School - Connectedness to School Measures the Connectedness to School factor derived from the Attitudes to School survey completed annually by Victorian government school students in Years 5 to 12. The school's average score is reported here on a scale of 1 to 5, where 5 is the highest possible score.
Students Attitudes to School - Student Perceptions of Safety Measures the Student Perceptions of Safety factor derived from the Attitudes to School survey completed annually by
Victorian government school students in Years 5 to 12. The school's average score is reported here on a scale of 1 to 5, where 5 is the highest possible score.
Northern Bay P-12 College
(Secondary Year Levels)
Performance Summary
Achievement
Student Outcomes
School Comparison
Teacher Assessments from the Australian Curriculum/Victorian Essential Learning Standards (AusVELS) Percentage of students in Years 7 to 10 with a grade of C or above in:
English
Mathematics
The grades are the same as those used in your child's end of year report. A 'C' rating means that a student is at the standard expected at the time of reporting.
Towards Foundation Level AusVELS Learning gain of students, relative to expectation in a year, for all students working within Towards Foundation Level AusVELS (AusVELS A to D).
Data will not be displayed where less than 10 student assessments were provided.
Towards Foundation Level AusVELS is not used for the School Comparison.
Northern Bay P-12 College
(Secondary Year Levels)
Performance Summary
Achievement
Student Outcomes
School Comparison
NAPLAN Year 7 The percentage of students in the top 3 bands of testing in NAPLAN at Year 7. Year 7 assessments are reported on a scale from Bands 4-9.
Being the first year of secondary school, Year 7 NAPLAN is not used for the School Comparison.
NAPLAN Year 9 The percentage of students in the top 3 bands of testing in NAPLAN at Year 9. Year 9 assessments are reported on a scale from Bands 5-10.
Northern Bay P-12 College
(Secondary Year Levels)
Performance Summary
Achievement
Student Outcomes
School Comparison
NAPLAN Learning Gain does not require a School Comparison.
NAPLAN Learning Gain Year 5 - Year 7 Learning gain of students from Year 5 to Year 7 in the following domains; Reading, Numeracy, Writing, Spelling & Grammar and Punctuation. NAPLAN learning gain is determined by comparing a student's current year result to the results of all ‘similar’ Victorian students (i.e. students in all sectors in the same year level who had the same score two years prior). If the current year result is in the top 25%, their gain level is categorised as ‘High’, middle 50%, is ‘Medium’ and bottom 25%, is ‘Low’.
NAPLAN Learning Gain Year 7 - Year 9 Learning gain of students from Year 7 to Year 9 in the following domains; Reading, Numeracy, Writing, Spelling & Grammar and Punctuation. NAPLAN learning gain is determined by comparing a student's current year result to the results of all ‘similar’ Victorian students (i.e. students in all sectors in the same year level who had the same score two years prior). If the current year result is in the top 25%, their gain level is categorised as ‘High’, middle 50%, is ‘Medium’ and bottom 25%, is ‘Low’.
NAPLAN Learning Gain does not require a School Comparison.
Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Mean study score from all VCE subjects undertaken by students at this school. This includes all Unit 3 and 4 studies (including those completed in Year 11) and any VCE VET studies awarded a study score. The maximum student study score is 50 and the state-wide mean (including government and non-government schools) is set at 30.
Students in 2015 who satisfactorily completed their VCE: 85% Year 12 students in 2015 undertaking at least one Vocational Education and Training (VET) unit of competence: 61% VET units of competence satisfactorily completed in 2015: 60% Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) credits satisfactorily completed in 2015: 57%
Northern Bay P-12 College
(Secondary Year Levels)
Performance Summary
Engagement
Student Outcomes
School Comparison
Average Number of Student Absence Days Average days absent per full time equivalent (FTE) student per year. Common reasons for non-attendance include illness and extended family holidays. Absence from school can impact on students’ learning. A school comparison rating of ‘lower’ indicates that the absence rate in this school is greater than what we would estimate, given the background characteristics of their students. Average 2015 attendance rate by year level:
Yr7
Yr8
Yr9
Yr10
Yr11
Yr12
88 %
86 %
87 %
86 %
88 %
93 %
Student Retention Percentage of Year 7 students who remain at the school through to Year 10.
Students exiting to further studies and full-time employment Percentage of students from Years 10 to 12 going on to further studies or full-time employment.
Note: This measure uses data from the previous year.
Northern Bay P-12 College
(Secondary Year Levels)
Performance Summary
Wellbeing
Student Outcomes
School Comparison
Students Attitudes to School - Connectedness to School Measures the Connectedness to School factor derived from the Attitudes to School survey completed annually by Victorian government school students in Years 5 to 12. The school's average score is reported here on a scale of 1 to 5, where 5 is the highest possible score.
Students Attitudes to School - Student Perceptions of Safety Measures the Student Perceptions of Safety factor derived from the Attitudes to School survey completed annually by
Victorian government school students in Years 5 to 12. The school's average score is reported here on a scale of 1 to 5, where 5 is the highest possible score.
Northern Bay P-12 College
How to read the Performance Summary
What are student outcomes?
Student outcomes show the achievements of students in this school in English and Mathematics. They also show results in national literacy and numeracy tests and, for secondary colleges, the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) examinations. They provide important information about student attendance and engagement at school.
For secondary colleges, the Performance Summary also provides information about how many students at this school go on to further studies or full-time work after leaving school.
You can see these results for the latest year, as well as the average of the last four years (where available).
The Performance Summary also allows you to compare student outcomes for students at this school with the outcomes of students in all other Victorian government schools.
What is a School Comparison?
The School comparison is a way of comparing school performance that takes into account the different student intake characteristics of each school.
A School comparison takes into account the school’s academic intake, the socio-economic background of students, the number of Aboriginal students, the number of non-English speaking and refugee students, the number of students with a disability, and the size and location of the school.
The School comparison measures show that most schools are doing well and are achieving results that are ‘similar’ to what we would estimate given the background characteristics of their students. Some schools are doing exceptionally well with the students they have, and have ‘higher’ performance. Some schools have ‘lower’ performance after taking into account their students’ characteristics – these schools will receive targeted support to ensure that there is improvement.
Looking at both the student outcomes and school comparisons provides important information about what a school is doing well and the areas that require further improvement.
More information on school comparison performance measures can be found at: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/principals/manage
ment/pages/performreports.aspx
What is the meaning of ‘Data not available’?
For some schools, there are too few students to provide data. For other schools, there are no students at some levels, so school comparisons are not possible. Newly opened schools have only the latest year of data and no averages from previous years. The Department also recognises the unique circumstances of Specialist, Select Entry, English Language and Community Schools where school comparisons are not appropriate.
What is this school doing to improve?
All schools have a plan to improve outcomes for their students. The ‘About Our School’ statement provides a summary of this school’s improvement plan.
Additionally, NAPLAN learning gain charts are provided for each of the NAPLAN domains. These compare a student's current year NAPLAN result to the results of all ‘similar’ Victorian students (i.e. students in all sectors in the same year level who had the same NAPLAN score two years prior).
If the current year result is in the top 25% their gain level is categorised as ‘High’, the middle 50% is categorised as ‘Medium’ and the bottom 25% is categorised as ‘Low’.
Results for students working within Towards Foundation Level AusVELS (AusVELS A-D) show the percentages of these students making progress below, at and above the expectations of their schools.
Student Resource Package Expenditure figures are as of 21 March 2016 and are subject to change during the reconciliation process. Misc Expenses may include bank charges, health and personal development, administration charges, camp/excursion costs and taxation charges. Salaries and Allowances refers to school-level payroll.
All funds received from the Department, or raised by the school, have been expended, or committed to subsequent years, to support the achievement of educational outcomes and other operational needs of the school, consistent with Department policies, School Council approvals and the intent/purposes for which funding was provided or raised.
