Newlands Primary School
2-26 Murphy Street, Preston, 3072
Primary government school · North-Western Victoria · metropolitan · 437 students (209 female, 223 male) · 6.0% with English as an additional language
Measures from the 2025 Annual Report to the School Community · school number 4646 · source document · JSON
The Gap column is this school minus its Similar Schools group: the Department of Education's own comparison with government schools of similar intake. Positive is better, except for absence days. The headline figure averages the 8 comparable measures below.
Performance Summary
NAPLAN
| Measure | This school | Similar schools | State | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 3 reading, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 86.3% over 3 years) | 88.5% | 83.5% | 69.5% | +5.0 |
| Year 3 numeracy, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 85.9% over 3 years) | 88.5% | 80.9% | 66.2% | +7.6 |
| Year 5 reading, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 85.3% over 3 years) | 84.0% | 88.3% | 73.9% | -4.3 |
| Year 5 numeracy, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 80.7% over 3 years) | 86.0% | 82.4% | 69.1% | +3.6 |
| Reading growth, Year 3 to 5 (2025) | 80.0% | 79.9% | 74.7% | +0.1 |
| Numeracy growth, Year 3 to 5 (2025) | 60.9% | 73.9% | 74.0% | -13.0 |
Wellbeing and engagement
| Measure | This school | Similar schools | State | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sense of connectedness, Years 4-6 (2025; 77.0% over 4 years) | 76.5% | 75.2% | 77.1% | +1.3 |
| Managing bullying, Years 4-6 (2025; 74.5% over 4 years) | 69.2% | 74.1% | 76.4% | -4.9 |
| Average absence days, Prep-6 (2025; 18.8 over 4 years) | 17.7 | 18.6 | 21.5 | -0.9 |
Surveys
| Measure | This school | Similar schools | State | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent satisfaction (2025) | 77.3% | 76.6% | 82.0% | +0.7 |
| Staff view of school climate (2025) | 80.5% | 81.0% | 77.4% | -0.5 |
Enrolments at each February census
Enrolments have grown 71.7% over 5 years.
- 2017175
- 2018208
- 2019242
- 2020254
- 2021309
- 2022343
- 2023355
- 2024397
- 2025436
A special focus
As a Spanish Bilingual Immersion school, Newlands offers a curriculum delivered in both Spanish and English.
From this school’s own Annual Report. Other schools with a particular focus are listed here.
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