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ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Education and Finance Annual Report mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au ANNUAL REPORT 2016 03 Foreword: Pauline Johnston, Chair, MLC School Council 04 Foreword: Louise Robert-Smith, Principal, MLC School 04 MLC School Vision, Mission, Values 06 Educational and Financial Reporting 07 Summary of Financial Information 08 Evidence of Compliance 08 Key School Bodies Reports 10 Contextual Information About MLC School 18 Student Performance in National and Statewide Tests and Examinations 26 Senior Secondary Outcomes 27 Professional Learning and Teaching Standards, Attendance and Non-Attendance 28 Workforce Composition 29 Student Attendance and Retention Rates 30 Post School Destinations 32 Enrolment Profile, Policy and Procedures 35 School Policies 38 School Determined Improvement Targets 41 Initiatives Promoting Respect and Responsibility 42 Parent, Student and Teacher Satisfaction FOREWORD PAULINE JOHNSTON | Chair, MLC School Council In 2016, once again, of girls’ education, never placing limits on what is possible. MLC School students In 2017 we will be continuing on this journey, making two excelled at the highest important steps. Firstly, we will be appointing our next principal level in academia, for a 2018 start and secondly we will be further developing the sport and the arts. buildings required to deliver on our mission. 35% of our combined Year 12 Higher School I was delighted to announce recently that the School Council Certificate/International has appointed Ms Lisa Moloney as Principal of MLC School Baccalaureate cohort commencing in January 2018. Ms Moloney is currently the achieved an ATAR of 95 or Principal of St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School in Victoria and over in 2016. MLC School’s comes to MLC School with a great depth of experience in IB students in particular unifying school communities to produce excellent educational distinguished themselves outcomes. We are all looking forward to working with once again with the candidature receiving 6 perfect scores of Ms Moloney to take MLC School into the next chapter of 45 (equivalent to an ATAR of 99.95) out of a total of 31 perfect its history. scores across the whole of Australia. During 2017 the school has also commenced building the new Beyond the HSC/IB, Year 10 student Rachel Wang was senior school building, with a view to completion in 2018. acclaimed as the winner of the National History Competition, During the 2016 year the building was delayed by 12 months making her Young Historian of the Year across Australia. Sports to seek permission for an additional floor, which was approved Captain Ella Beere successfully competed against the best in at the end of the year. Whilst we all know that great education the world in the Junior World Kayaking Competition, while our is not solely about buildings, it will nevertheless be wonderful film makers and debaters from all year levels took on all comers for both staff and students to be able to explore the limits of and made the finals in numerous state level competitions. learning in a fit-for purpose 21st century environment. The There is always so much to celebrate at MLC School, from a additional floor space will provide more spaces for learning in personal best to an international and national achievement. specific subject areas, increased library space and more areas for student use. Importantly, during 2016 we drew closer together as a true community with one common objective – to provide the best I would like to thank all members of the school community for possible education for our girls as a platform from which they their efforts during 2016 in making MLC School the special can achieve all they desire in life, and make the world a better place that it is. Thank you to the Principal Mrs Louise place for their contribution. We have been fortunate to have Robert-Smith and the staff, who work tirelessly to give our Mrs Louise Robert-Smith as our Principal leading us in this students every opportunity and support. Thank you to the endeavour throughout 2016 and on into 2017. I take this MLC School parents and families for your support of your opportunity to publicly thank her for her significant contribution daughters, the staff and the school. Thank you to all the to the life of the school. volunteers for your selfless service, including my fellow Council members, who give their time and expertise so generously. At the heart of MLC School since its beginnings in 1886 is a Lastly, and most importantly, thank you to our students for belief that holistically well-educated young women can and bringing open and enquiring minds to school every day and do change the world. We take pride in being at the forefront reminding us all of the joy of learning. MLC SCHOOL 3 FOREWORD LOUISE ROBERT-SMITH | Principal, MLC School I am pleased to report have a way to go in terms of equality. on the 2016 year at MLC Nevertheless many MLC School alumnae made it through these School. During this time times with stunning educational and career achievements. We we have been focused on salute our Old Girls from this time and recognise not only their consolidating our values academic achievements, but also their courage, determination which are listed on the and resilience, and the strides they made for women that following page. benefit us today. We express these values There have been many changes at MLC School over the years, through our many programs, as you would expect. Schools are dynamic organisations. and hopefully they shine We were one of the first schools to integrate technology from our littlest girls to our into our learning platforms, and we were an early adopter of most experienced teachers, to our Golden Girls, our MLC School inquiry based learning and immersion learning experiences. Sapphires, some of whom are gloriously in the ninth decade of The students now progress through these experiences from their lives. Down the Rabbit Hole in Year 6, to a Week in Shakespeare’s If you want to judge the reputation of a school just look at World in Year 7, Experiencing the City in Year 8, the Broken Hill its alumnae, if you want to see the potential of a school, just Experience in Year 9 and the culmination of this program, a look at its current students. On both counts MLC School is service learning opportunity in Chiang Mai involving all of exceptional. Year 10. Established in 1886 with the specific purpose of preparing Since 1999 MLC School has offered the International young women for university, indeed for University honours, Baccalaureate as well as the Higher School Certificate to our and with the important contextual statement that “every care senior girls. One is not better than the other, both unlock the will be taken to foster a lofty moral tone and high Christian doors to any tertiary institution throughout the world. principle in the pupils”, Wesleyan Ladies College, Burwood, But they are indeed different, with the IB requiring breadth later Methodist Ladies College and now MLC School Sydney of subjects among other things, while the HSC allows has continued its proud mission. specialisation. MLC School opened just four years after the University of In 2016 over a third of our Year 12 students, 39% in fact, were Sydney had finally (after 30 years) opened its doors to female IB students. In 2015 it was very much the same, with 37% students. But even though the University doors were open, studying the IB. In 2016 our combined HSC/IB cohort achieved women still faced discrimination getting into courses, during an ATAR of over 90. their time there and even once they graduated, finding limited employment opportunities (especially in the fields of science, Our analysis, based on our combined median ATARs of IB and medicine and law). We should never be complacent about HSC results, would have put us in the first 20 of the League equal opportunity or pay. For example, up until the mid sixties Tables published by the media in December had all our students female student teachers could be dismissed for “marriage or been sitting for the HSC. misconduct” and when I read that male neurosurgeons receive up to 56% more than their female counterparts, I think we still It is also significant that 12 of the top 20 ranked schools are 4 2016 ANNUAL REPORT academically selective. Our achievements are all the more and this year as we have celebrated 130 years of girls’ impressive because MLC School is not selective, it is proudly education at MLC School. On various occasions it has been comprehensive, catering for the full range of abilities and my great pleasure to get to know some of our Old Girls much talents. The richness of school life at MLC School and the better. Their obvious love and care for the school, as well as the wide-ranging achievement of all of our girls is a source of way they personify its values, are inspirational to us all. continuing pride. Our aim is to promote an environment where And lastly I would like to thank the teachers of MLC School and every girl’s particular gifts are recognised and encouraged. our School Council for their collegiality and trust in one another Our parents and community are our partners in the endeavour and in me. As we continue to focus together on operational and adventure of school life. I take this opportunity to publicly excellence, I have been impressed by the way that our staff are thank them most sincerely for their forthright and positive so willing to undertake the kind of personal and professional communication with the staff of the school.