Sal Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Many people ask about the best high schools in Perth but I thought it'd be good to provide a list of not necessarily the worst (but in some cases yes) but the ones with the lowest academic results. If your child is non academic and hopes to get an apprenticeship then this isn't relevant. However if you think your child is University bound then it'd be good to avoid schools that have a very low % of kids doing Stage 3 courses (the equivalent of Highers or A levels). I also looked at how many kids who actually did the courses passed them scoring above 65%. The least academic schools Southern River College Gosnells Swan View Senior High school - Swan View Padbury SHS Mandurah Senior College Rockingham Senior High Safety Bay Senior High Wanneroo Senior High Armadale Senior High Lakeland Senior High South Lake Hamilton SHS Hamilton Hill Cecil Andrews SHS Armadale Balga SHS Clarkson Community College Gilmore College Kwinana Warnbro SHS Lockridge SHS Kiara/Beechboro Belridge SHS Beldon Seven Oaks Senior College Cannington Governor Stirling SHS Midland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackboots Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I never realised until we moved here how many people search out an area for schools .. as in the UK you just went to the catchment area school .. not a lot of people had a choice of moving to village/towns just for a school ... makes you think we are quite lucky to able to make that choice as immigrants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmacl Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Thanks for the information. I never realised that people who do apprenticeships are not very academic. Much better to go to go to university do a useless course and work in macdonalds. Some trade apprenticeships actually require better grades and mathematical and science knowledge than some university courses nowadays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Posted September 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Fair comment Colin, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rsg2369 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Good comment Colin Thats the problem with university's many of the degrees that have been undertaken have no practicality when it comes to the job market hence why are so many struggling with certain degrees ie history etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomPom Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Overall, an interesting read. Thank you everyone - all points and comments are worth taking on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozzachino Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Overall, an interesting read. Thank you everyone - all points and comments are worth taking on board. Thanks for that, is there a similar way to do this for primary schools? Ps, some of us study things at university because we have a passion for them, not necessarily to get a job in it. I studied history and film as double majors and although I wanted to have an academic or teaching career focused on history, circumstances in my life meant this was not possible for me at the time. I still firmly believe having a degree gave me an edge over many candidates for the jobs I subsequently got who did not have a degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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