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NSW public school leaders and teachers across the State are inspiring excellence in their students, according to the latest NAPLAN results published today.

More than 30 Sydney, regional and rural schools were named as Schools Making a Difference – performing strongly compared with similar schools with similar NAPLAN starting points – in ACARA’s update today of the My School website.

The NSW Department of ����vlog����’s own data supports the strong results, showing schools such as Cabramatta High School are making a difference from Year 7 all the way to Year 12 and the HSC.

The multicultural southwest Sydney school’s success and the approaches driving those gains has been highlighted by the NSW Centre for ����vlog���� Statistics and Evaluation (CESE).

Down south on the Murray River, Tocumwal Public School principal Darren White was delighted to have his small school included on ACARA’s Schools Making a Difference list.

In the Illawarra, Gwynneville and Dapto Public Schools are also celebrating their inclusion and have been showcased in local media.

Other public primary schools included were Yass, Queanbeyan South, Woongarrah, Westdale, Newling, Belmont, The Pocket, Mullumbimby, Forest Hill, South Wagga, Oakhill Drive, Quakers Hill, Caddies Creek, Penrith South, Kingswood, Cronulla South and Engadine. High schools included Cessnock and Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys Campus.

A focus on explicit teaching, collaboration, high expectations, effective feedback and consistency were mentioned repeatedly when teachers spoke about the secret to their success.

Cabramatta High School demonstrates exceptional strength in lifting student achievement, driving strong NAPLAN growth from Year 7 to Year 9 and sustaining that improvement to Year 12. 

Departmental analysis shows the school’s NAPLAN performance in Years 7 and 9 is consistently above, and often well above, that of similar schools across every domain in literacy and numeracy. 

Students at Cabramatta High School continue this trajectory into their senior years, achieving above-average academic growth from Year 9 to Year 12, with an increasing proportion of students attaining results in the top three HSC bands.

From 2022 to 2024, the school recorded a 13.75% increase in students achieving in the top three HSC bands. 

Cabramatta High School was chosen to showcase Effective Feedback strategies in the Centre for ����vlog���� Statistics and Evaluation's latest What Works Best series, published today.

At Gwynneville Public School, principal Tenae Carroll said the school had made strong gains in recent years, with growth in both literacy and numeracy.

“It is exciting,” Ms Carroll said. “We get to know each child so that we can put targeted supports in place.

“The teaching is focused explicitly to each and every child’s needs and we ahve such a strong supportive community around us that really values education.

“The students are just so happy coming to school every day and that has show in our results across literacy and numeracy.”

At Tocumwal Public School, with just 157 students, principal Darren White was proud to see strong growth in literacy and numeracy.

“We set goals and it's nice to know that we're well on the way to achieving them,” he said.

“We use science to get it right. We are trying to make sure we are giving every individual the opportunity for strong growth across every subject area.

“We make sure their learning goals are quite clear. Part of the explicit instruction is providing feedback at the right time – students can see exactly where they are.”