general Sharyn O’Neill said many BETHANY HIATT State schools had "punched well EDUCATION EDITOR above their weight" when the socio- Numberin top third % Churchlands Senior High School has economic status of their students was : - Total taken into consideration. 1 St Hilda’s Anglican School For Girls 117 91 77.78 a State School in I She singled out high schools in 2 ’Hale School 177 119 67.24 Manjimup, Katanning and Denmark, 3 ’ Christ Church Grammar School 178 116 65.17 Which all made the top 50. Ms O’Neill 4 Methodist Ladies’College 125 81 64.80 said she expected all schools to have 5 Perth College 139 90 64.75 Girls was crowned leading TEE high expectations of their students, Churchlands Senior High School 202 128 63.36 regardless of their background, their 6 school lastyear after taking out first 7 St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School 150 93 62.00 place on two tables measuring race or where they lived. 124 74 59.68 And she warned that some schools 8 Presbyterian Ladies’ College academic achievement and having the 9 ’ PenrhosCollege 135 80 59.26 top median tertiary entrance rank in highest ranking achieved by a public which did not do as well as expected 56.67 would have to review their results to 10 Great Southern Grammar School 30 17 the State of 94. 65. school on that measure since the Cur- 161 91 56.52 Itrankedfirstbasedonthepercent- riculum Council started compiling find areas where they could improve. 11 Shenton College 12 ntation College age of students who achieved an aver- tables 10 years ago. Girls’ schools dominated the top 10 age score which was in the top third of Churchlands was the only public but Hale School came in second as the 13 school inthe top 10. Five State schools top-ranked boys’ school, with 67.24 14 h School 235 121 51.49 marks in WA, with 77.78 ~er Cent 63 50.40 reaching the benchmark, made the top 20, compared with three per cent of students achieving marks College 125 St Hilda’s was also first on a table in 2008 and four the year before that. in the top third. It was followe~t close- lege 129 65 50.38 based on the percentage of students Only four State schools were ly by Christ Church Grammar School. 50.00 who studied four or more TEE sub- ranked in the top 20 vocational educa- St Hilda’s is a member of the Asso, 49.50 jects and scored at least one A grade.- tion and training schools, even though ciation of Heads of Independent 48.55 The Education Department said vocational training has traditionally Schools of Australia, which refuses to Churchlands’ sixth placing, with been a strong point of the public comment on the league tables. system. 63.36 per cent of its students achiev- > EDITORIAL 20 ing marks in the top third, was the Education Department director- State a grand scale BETHANY HIATT Year 8 right through to additional programs we run "m Year 11 and 12to support them," he said. The 2009 Beazley Medal winner, Hayley Anderson, went back in front of~he cameras yesterday to praise her former school. "We all worked really hard," she stud. ~dwe had amazing teachers as well."