Results and achievements
Each year our students achieve outstanding success in VCE and NAPLAN. Whether they attain a high ATAR, their personal best in one or more subjects, or gain entry into their course or pathway of choice, we are proud to be part of their journey and celebrate their achievements.
Northcote High School has a reputation as a leading provider of rigorous academic education. Most significantly, our school has maintained and sustained its absolute commitment to providing an exemplary education to the young people of Northcote and surrounding areas.
2021 VCE results
Our 2021 class has achieved outstanding results. This cohort have met the challenges that a second year of the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown at them and achieved their best. We are so proud of the resilience that our students have shown throughout the periods of remote learning and their dedication to their work which is shown by the results.
25% of our students received ATARs over 90 and 50% of our students received ATARs over 80. The median ATAR was 80. An impressive number of students, 137, received study scores of 40+ and the cohort achieved a median study score of 31. In addition 92% of our VCAL students achieved satisfactory completion.
Some other highlights included:
- Dux: Felix Wong, with an ATAR of 99.15
- 62 students with ATARs over 90
- Perfect Study Score in Chinese First Language
The graphic below outlines further highlights. Congratulations to the class of 2021!
2020 VCE results
We are very proud of our class of 2020. This cohort have demonstrated resilience; creativity; tenacity and care for each other, and they have not allowed the extraordinary challenges of COVID-19 distract them from achieving their best. We are delighted with the VCE and VCAL results achieved, which included 40% of our students with ATARs over 80, putting them in the top 20% of students in Australia; 85 students with study scores of 40+ and 100% satisfactory completion in VCAL.
Some other highlights included:
- Dux: Alice Brown, with an ATAR of 98.15
- 40 students with ATARs over 90
- 2 Perfect Study Scores: in Health and Human Development and Visual Communication Design
The graphics below outline further highlights.Congratulations to the class of 2020!
NAPLAN results
NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) is an annual assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in Australia. The tests cover skills in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy. The assessments are done every year in May.
As with VCE results, NAPLAN results provide the school with an annual snapshot of cohort achievement, trend data and of the learning progress of individuals. We use this data to inform curriculum planning and target instruction.
Over the last five years, our Year 7 and Year 9 groups have achieved results above the state and national averages in all NAPLAN test areas (Numeracy, Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation).
This consistently high performance continued in 2021:
- Well above the Australian average
- Well above the Victorian average
- At consistently the same level for demographically similar schools.
Of particular note in our 2021 results:
- Consistent high level of relative growth for our Year 7 students from Year 5 across all test areas.
- High level of relative growth for our Year 9 students from Year 7 across the test areas of Reading, Writing and Numeracy. The writing results at Year 9 were particularly impressive.
These results show progression well above national averages and comparable to, or better than, similar schools. The results are a significant endorsement of the excellent performance of our students and their teachers.
To see our NAPLAN results, visit My School website.