Dubbo’s newest school proud of NAPLAN results
THE Central West Leadership Academy has shown leadership when it comes to results in the school’s first Year 7 NAPLAN tests with class averages two performance bands above the national average across the board.
Academy principal Mandi Randell said she was very proud of the students’ success.
“The Academy’s approach to highly individualised learning and differentiation means students are able to get the support they need to excel in this measure of academic skills,” Ms Randell said.
“We offer a well-balanced and rigorous curriculum full of critical thinking and real-world challenges.
“This enables our students to demonstrate a broad range of high achievement from strong NAPLAN scores through to exceptional results in the da Vinci Decathlon, the Western Region High School Chess competition and Future Problem Solving program,” she said.
The Academy is Dubbo’s newest school, and says it’s focus is on teaching 21st Century skills aimed to ensure today’s children in our region are equipped for the jobs of the future.
Aligned to the Australian
Curriculum, the Academy teaches to ability rather than age and imparts skills which are increasingly sought after globally such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving, innovation, community awareness and contribution, global mindedness, languages and coding.
It’s not the Leadership Academy’s only recent success. Year 7 student Finn Randell has been named a news champion, selected from a nationwide candidate pool during a national forum exploring democracy and the media at the Museum of Australian Democracy (MOAD) in Canberra.