- 2007 School Certificate Report
- 2007 HSC Report
2007 School Certificate
The College has received a pleasing set of results in the School Certificate for 2007.
Some of the significant features include:
- Outstanding results in Australian History. 43% of our candidature were awarded a Band 6 (90 & above) compared to 6% state-wide. This reflects the strength of History at SAC, following similar outstanding results in 2006.
- A continuation of the greatly improved performance in English literacy achieved in 2006. The English faculty has worked hard to lift the profile and academic performance of our boys in English. Like their colleagues in History, our English staff are ensuring that our students are well read and very literate
- Maintaining the recent excellent results in Geography in with 27% of our students achieving a band 6 result
- 3 “all-rounders” received a Band 6 result for every subject. These boys were: T. Kingston, H. Power, M. Rubic. This is a tremendous achievement. Congratulations to those students.
The results indicate the following:
- There is a growing culture of academic achievement within the middle years of schooling at St. Aloysius
- The hard work of staff to enable students to achieve to their potential
- Despite the commitment to extensive co-curricular , service , cultural and liturgical programmes; academic achievement is maintained while hoping to grow well rounded “men for others”
The following tables compare School Certificate results over the past five years at St. Aloysius College.
Please note: the figures in brackets for 2006 and 2007 are state percentages.
English:
| Year | Band 6 | Band 5 | Band 4 | Band 3 | Exam mean |
2007 |
19 (6) |
58 (28) |
23 (39) |
0 (27) |
83.89 (74.76) |
| 2006 | 24 (6) | 50 (25) | 25 (40) | 1 (27) | 84.71 (74.11) |
| 2005 | 8 | 57 | 34 | 2 | 81.83 |
| 2004 | 5 | 53 | 36 | 4 | 81.01 |
| 2003 | 15 | 46 | 35 | 4 | 81.91 |
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Mathematics:
| Year | Band 6 | Band 5 | Band 4 | Band 3 | Exam mean |
2007 |
18 (6) |
45 (15) |
28 (23) |
9 (56) |
81.67 (69.38) |
| 2006 | 27 (6) | 37 (14) | 26 (21) | 8 (57) | 82.77 (67.87) |
| 2005 | 28 | 45 | 20 | 6 | 84.66 |
| 2004 | 16 | 51 | 26 | 4 | 82.37 |
| 2003 | 26 | 50 | 20 | 4 | 84.15 |
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Science:
| Year | Band 6 | Band 5 | Band 4 | Band 3 | Exam mean |
2007 |
10 (40 |
58 (23) |
29 (38) |
3 (35) |
82.16 (73.48) |
| 2006 | 14 (5) | 55 (25) | 29 (33) | 2 (36) | 82.35 (72.86) |
| 2005 | 11 | 66 | 21 | 2 | 82.98 |
| 2004 | 8 | 56 | 31 | 2 | 81.83 |
| 2003 | 10 | 57 | 29 | 4 | 82.04 |
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History:
| Year | Band 6 | Band 5 | Band 4 | Band 3 | Exam mean |
2007 |
43 (6) |
43 (18) |
13 (36) |
1 (40) |
87.14 (72.14) |
| 2006 | 51 (7) | 37 (17) | 11 (28) | 1 (46) | 88.28 (71) |
| 2005 | 28 | 52 | 17 | 1 | 84.58 |
| 2004 | 14 | 53 | 27 | 3 | 81.91 |
| 2003 | 15 | 46 | 34 | 5 | 82.22 |
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Geography:
| Year | Band 6 | Band 5 | Band 4 | Band 3 | Exam mean |
2007 |
27 (6) |
55 (26) |
16 (38) |
1 (30) |
85.62 (74.60) |
| 2006 | 28 (8) | 47 (22) | 23 (35) | 2 (32) | 84.98 (74.38) |
| 2005 | 8 | 57 | 31 | 3 | 81.11 |
| 2004 | 8 | 58 | 27 | 4 | 81.44 |
| 2003 | 15 | 49 | 31 | 4 | 81.75 |
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To put the results in their broader context I have included the performance of our students in the top 2 bands (i.e. 80 or above) and compared that to the % of students in the state that achieved the same results.
School V State comparison:
| Subject | SAC (top 2 bands) 2003 |
SAC (top 2 bands) 2004 |
SAC (top 2 bands) 2005 |
SAC (top 2 bands) 2006 |
State (top 2 bands) 2006 |
State (top 2 bands) |
| English Literacy | 60% | 58% | 65% | 74% | 31% | 34% |
| Mathematics | 76% | 67% | 73% | 64% | 20% | 22% |
| Science | 66% | 64% | 77% | 70% | 30% | 27% |
| Geography, Civics & Citizenship | 64% | 64% | 65% | 75% | 30% | 33% |
| Australian history, Civics & Citizenship | 61% | 67% | 79% | 88% | 24% | 25% |
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Note:
- Results in Mathematics across the state were down in 2006 compared to 2005.In 2005 there were 25% of state candidature in bands5 & 6 and the state mean was 71.01%.
- In 2006 only 20% of state were in top 2 bands & the state mean was only 67.87%. The state results were still “historically” low in 2007 with 21.65% in top two bands
Neville Williams
Director of Curriculum
Monday, 10 December 2007
