Bert Van Manen (Forde, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It is my pleasure to rise in the House today to speak about the success of one of Forde's great public schools. Shailer Park State High School is one of Logan's stand-out schools for significant improvements in all five NAPLAN areas. Over the past two years, Shailer Park State High has registered significant improvements across the five NAPLAN areas of measurement, and in part that is due to the great work of Principal Troy Ascott. These improvements include significant gains in year 9 writing, despite an overall state and national trend of declining results. Over the past two years, Shailer Park State High's gains have included 41 points for reading, 68 points for writing, 37 points for spelling, 56 points for grammar and punctuation and 30 points for numeracy. This places Shailer Park State High well above neighbouring private schools. As well as the outstanding NAPLAN improvements, Shailer Park State High School has seen the number of their students entering university rise from 28 per cent to 46 per cent in 2016, placing them well above the Logan and Beaudesert averages.

As a proud supporter of Shailer Park State High and their outstanding NAPLAN improvements, I think it shows the school's commitment, perseverance and inspiration. The hardworking teachers, support staff and leadership team have worked very diligently and very hard to achieve these results, and I wish them all the best for the future.