Natasha Pertwee Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 We are moving to the Secret Harbour area in January 2017 and we would be really grateful for advice on school for our boys who will be 13 and 10. It is so hard just looking at websites. So far, we like the look of South Coast Baptist College. Does anyone have any opinions please? Many thanks Natasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot01 Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 nothing beats visiting the schools and getting the general feel, it is hard to choose from overseas. also it depends on your child - are you looking for a University pathway or not, what are their interests? We picked my son's high school as is dyslexic and they had a great learning support department and he was in to music and drama and they were one of the top schools for those subjects. Two things that can help in term of looking at statistics however are - https://www.myschool.edu.au/ This has all the NAPLAN results for every school in WA - like SATS, tells you about school finances, how many no English speaking kids etc etc. Put in the suburb and all the schools in that area come up. Click on a school and go to NAPLAN - results in numbers. If there is no red then the school is average or above for Australian schools, red means below. Lots of factors affect the NAPLAN results but this can be a starting point. For high school and more complicated to follow is this - http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/reports/statistical-reports/school-comparison-statistics the results of the Year 12 exams in WA listing the top schools. Last year the Baptist College only had 33 students in Year 12 which means they would have been very limited in the range of subjects to choose from and a bigger year 12 is better. Their results are not reported which suggests that no one got above 65% in their exams - not a good result. This page also lists all the subjects taken and the top schools in each subject - so if your child wants to do e.g art then you can look up the top performing schools in that subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Pertwee Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Thank you Scot01. We would love to visit all the schools, but we won't have much time. Which school did you choose? My son is also dyslexic? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisheharr Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Hi Natasha, we too are moving to Secret Harbour in January with our children aged 7 and 9..... We have chosen South Coast Baptist simply because we have a few friends in the area who's children attend the school and are really happy with it..... Hope that helps x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Pertwee Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Thank you Sisheharr, that's really helpful! Might see you there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisheharr Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Hey Natasha....... Just wondered if you'd made a decision re schools? January is getting closer!!!! Hope everything's coming together nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Pertwee Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Hello! Sorry I didn't reply, I think we were moving out of our house! Have you arrived? We did decide on SCBC in the end. Did you? Would you like to meet up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah Ricardo Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Hey Natasha, I am from Bright Steps Child Care & Kindergarten, Bright Steps Child Care are respected early learning centers in Altona North, Newport & Williamstown where children can discover a lifelong love of learning. please visit us for more information and inquiries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedolly Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Leah Ricardo said: Hey Natasha, I am from Bright Steps Child Care & Kindergarten, Bright Steps Child Care are respected early learning centers in Altona North, Newport & Williamstown where children can discover a lifelong love of learning. please visit us for more information and inquiries. Be kinda of a long way to drop them off at Altona since they will be living in WA! Actually dont think they would be very impressed with Daycare since they are 10 and 13! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz Dollar Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Hi My son went to Church lands Public school he was very happy there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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