Brisbane Water Secondary College – Woy Woy Campus, Lisarow High School, Kincumber High School and Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College – The Entrance Campus are among the NSW public high schools that have shown most improvement in their 2023 Higher School Certificate (HSC) results.
NSW Department of Education Secretary Murat Dizdar congratulated school leaders and students on their success.
“These are outstanding results not only for our schools, but our staff, students and their communities,” he said.
“Our Plan for Public Education speaks of our ambition as a system to provide opportunities for all and transform lives through learning.
“This improvement demonstrates an ongoing commitment to student and school success in the HSC, and the support of dedicated teaching staff to sustain it.
“These achievements do not happen in isolation.
“It is the collective efforts of a whole school community to provide outstanding learning experiences in every classroom that challenge and grow our students.”
The Department used top two and top three band HSC data from the Centre of Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE) to recognise its most improved schools.
Top two bands include bands 5 and 6 for HSC standard courses and E3 and E4 for extension courses, while top three bands include bands 4-6 (standard) and E2-E4 (extension).
Brisbane Water Secondary College – Woy Woy Campus saw strong improvement in its 2023 HSC results through top two and three band data.
This is the school’s second consecutive year on the most improved list.
In 2023, staff researched, developed and implemented programs and assessment with a focus on explicit feedback. A student success plan was also implemented, with an explicit focus on student success through the development of genuine partnerships with students, their parents/carers and teachers.
Student growth and attainment was achieved through three core initiatives: nurturing student success and wellbeing; ensuring knowledge of students; and a renewed focus on Aboriginal education and students.
There are 2217 public schools in NSW with more than 800,000 students, including around 330,000 high school students.