Thursday, 23 February 2023

South-Eastern Metropolitan Region schools

Lee TARLAMIS (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (09:44): Yesterday the top 20 highest performing schools in NAPLAN were announced, and I am thrilled to advise the house that three schools across my electorate featured in the top 10, with a further six more in the top 20. Excitingly, Dandenong North Primary School topped out the list as the highest performing school across Victoria, an incredible achievement and one that is richly deserved. Principal Paul Hilton and former principal Kevin Mackay have provided exceptional leadership with tutoring programs and intervention and extension programs, guiding students to perform well academically in literacy and numeracy. The community of students that attend Dandenong North Primary School is a very multicultural and multilingual one, with a majority of students coming from non-English speaking backgrounds. As I have said in this place many times, my community’s cultural diversity is one of our greatest strengths and something that we are all very proud of.

Also in the top 10 were Killester College in Springvale and Wellington Secondary College in Mulgrave. Finishing in the top 20 best performing schools in NAPLAN from my electorate were Strathaird Primary School in Narre Warren South, Keysborough Secondary College, Haileybury college in Keysborough, Lighthouse Christian College in Cranbourne, Lyndale Greens Primary School in Dandenong North and finally Brandon Park Primary School in Wheelers Hill. These results fill me with great optimism and excitement for the future, and the outstanding achievements are a testament to the Victorian public education system, the quality of the teaching at these schools and the earnestness of these students to learn. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate all the dedicated and hardworking students as well as their principals, teachers, support staff and parents who have supported them in achieving these amazing and impressive results. Keep up the great work.