Launching Cohort 7 in Term 1, 2020
Congratulations and welcome to all Cohort 7 schools who will commence the Fogarty EDvance School Improvement Program in February this year. School leadership teams from both primary and secondary, regional and metro and public and Catholic schools will come together in Perth for their first few workshops of the 3 year school improvement journey.
| School | Principal | Location |
| Bluff Point Primary School | Celine Bellve | Bluff Point, Geraldton region |
| Busselton Senior High School | Dainon Coiuzic | Busselton |
| Cassia Primary School | Narelle Ward | South Hedland |
| Como Secondary College | Digby Mercer | Como |
| Darkan Primary School | Eloisa Goss | Darkan, Wheatbelt region |
| Endeavour Schools | Chris Burgess & Jayne Gorbould | Mandurah |
| Greenbushes Primary School | Kylie Loney | Greenbushes |
| Lakelands Primary School | Bradden Mitchell | Lakelands |
| Mullewa District High School | Nicki Patterson | Mullewa, Geraldton region |
| Newman Senior High School | Carolyn Cook | Newman |
| Nollamara Primary School | Bradley Trpchev | Nollamara |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | Steve Gibbs | Thornlie |
| Swan View Senior High School | George Sekulla | Swan View |
| Xavier Catholic School | Travis Bienkowski | Hilbert |
Thank you to all of those in the FED Network for your assistance and support during the recruitment drive for Cohort 7. We are really excited to see where these school leaders take their schools in the next 3 years!
Please contact Georgie Wynne at georgie.wynne@fogartyedvance.au if you have any questions about Cohort 7.
The Fogarty Foundation was proud to recently launch the Report Card for Cohort 3 of Fogarty EDvance, a 3-year whole school improvement program for schools in disadvantaged communities in Western Australia. The EDvance program works to support schools in closing the educational gap for students in lower socio-economic communities.
Distinguished members of Parliament, school leaders, teachers, program partners, sponsors, mentors, program stakeholders and members of parliament joined the EDvance team to celebrate the exceptional achievements of the Cohort 3 schools.
Cohort 3 finished the program at the end of 2018 and their results are very promising. On very visible lag metrics, such as NAPLAN, this cohort of schools has seen material improvements in essential foundational skills for their students across all areas.
There were 13 schools in Cohort 3 of the program, serving 4,600+ students, including:
| – Balga Primary | – Dianella Primary College | |
| – Roseworth Primary | – Warriapendi Primary | |
| – Yule Brook College | – Bentley Primary | |
| – Forrestfield Primary | – St John Paul II Catholic Primary | |
| – Dianella Secondary College | – Southern River College | |
| – Bungaree Primary | – Middle Swan Primary | |
| – Thornlie Primary |
On average, the 12 government schools in the cohort are now at, or above expected performance in over 70% of NAPLAN areas (up from 50% at the start of the program) and on average, the cohort is above expected performance when compared to peer schools.
The primary schools are now, on average, above expected performance in all areas of Year 3 and 5 NAPLAN. At the start of the program, just 2 years ago, this cohort was on average, below or at, expected performance in all areas of NAPLAN except one.
Two of the three secondary schools have seen major growth in their NAPLAN results too – with expected Year 9 performance improving by 0.2 – 1 full standard deviation.
Mr Lee Woodcock, Principal of Thornlie Primary School, spoke about his schools’ experience with the EDvance program and credited a strong improvement plan, regular mentor support, feedback and advice as key factors of their success. Mr Woodcock also made sure to credit his teaching staff on their hard work and commitment and spoke of his renewed enjoyment in writing the school’s annual report since completing the program.
A long time supporter of the program, The Hon. Sue Ellery MLC, Minister for Education and Training, congratulated the schools on their achievements in improving student outcomes and of the importance of strengthening leadership skills in schools.
Fogarty EDvance are currently working with their sixth cohort of schools in 2019 and plan to launch Cohort 7 in 2020, which will extend their supportive reach to over 100 schools in disadvantaged communities in WA.
Read the full Report Card for Cohort 3 here, or you can learn more about Fogarty EDvance here.
For more information, please contact Katie O’Driscoll at katie.odriscoll@fogartyedvance.org,au