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ACARA Restores NAPLAN Progress Measures as Public Schools Post Notable Gains

Principals and analysts credit explicit instruction supported by rigorous data use for the strongest improvements.

Overview

  • ACARA published 2025 NAPLAN school results on the My School website, reinstating cohort progress tracking between 2023 and 2025.
  • The release features unranked lists of high-achieving schools and about 50 per state identified as schools making a difference.
  • Brisbane standouts included Warrigal Road, Indooroopilly, MacGregor and Anglican Church Grammar, with Sunnybank Hills reporting about 71% of students making above-average progress.
  • Disadvantaged Victorian schools such as Springvale Rise and Albanvale Primary were highlighted for outperforming similar schools across reading, writing and numeracy.
  • Western Australia’s high-achieving snapshot skewed to metropolitan government secondary schools, while national attendance edged up to 88.8% but remains below the 2019 level.