I'm not sure how you arrived at that conclusion. Having had a quick look, I can't see any data on local private schools at all, and the reports only compare to other victorian government run schools.
What'd be great is an international benchmark of some kind, and all schools measured against that. Having the data in a readily searchable format, as you suggest, would make it more useful still.
The school we've chosen for our kids compares well against other state government run schools. I don't know what that means in practice, but my feeling for Primary School is that it's about learning a few basics, and socialisation. A major factor for me was that they deal with bullying well and have an inclusive approach. For Highschool academic performance starts becoming more important, and I'd be interested to get some data on private schools for that.
Each of the private schools we've looked at (Fibank, Halibury and Wesley) publish almost the same data (some of the measures aren't 100% duplicates/are missing (e.g. student engagement). You have to get it directly from the schools however
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I understand the importance of engagement, however if you consider the demographic of private school students versus public school students, you'll recognise that the public school is going to be the one that has the kids that want to be tradies or other non-academic career paths. These kids will not go on from year 10. I think that pretty much explains that 15% difference you mention!
I think any of this data needs to be taken with a large pinch of salt and logic. At the end of the day, you have to feel happy with the school you've chosen, and constantly reassess to ensure that the 'business case' remains valid! ;)
Actually people who follow into trades is covered in the metrics - continuation is the key thing. People are included in the Transition stats wether they transition from secondary school to technical school, apprentice, go to uni, or into full time work (of any sort - be it full time at Katies, or onto a factory floor as my brother in law did
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What'd be great is an international benchmark of some kind, and all schools measured against that. Having the data in a readily searchable format, as you suggest, would make it more useful still.
The school we've chosen for our kids compares well against other state government run schools. I don't know what that means in practice, but my feeling for Primary School is that it's about learning a few basics, and socialisation. A major factor for me was that they deal with bullying well and have an inclusive approach. For Highschool academic performance starts becoming more important, and I'd be interested to get some data on private schools for that.
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I think any of this data needs to be taken with a large pinch of salt and logic. At the end of the day, you have to feel happy with the school you've chosen, and constantly reassess to ensure that the 'business case' remains valid! ;)
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Congrats again on little Cordelia. Wonderful name.
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