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Simpson Primary School

1 Cockayne Street, Simpson, 3266

Primary government school · South-Western Victoria · regional · 51 students (18 female, 33 male) · 12.0% with English as an additional language

www.simpsonps.vic.edu.au

Measures from the 2025 Annual Report to the School Community · school number 4895 · source document · JSON

Against similar schools+2.9percentage points above its Similar Schools group, averaged across 8 measures
Parent satisfaction100.0%similar schools 89.2%
Student wellbeing85.8%4-year average; similar schools 82.2%
Students51enrolled in 2025

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

MeasureThis schoolSimilar schoolsStateGap
Year 3 reading, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 68.2% over 3 years)83.3%57.8%69.5%+25.5
Year 3 numeracy, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 72.7% over 3 years)83.3%59.5%66.2%+23.8
Year 5 reading, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 56.2% over 3 years)56.2%68.0%73.9%-11.8
Year 5 numeracy, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 62.5% over 3 years)62.5%63.6%69.1%-1.1
Reading growth, Year 3 to 5 (2025)not published (withheld by the Department of Education for privacy)
Numeracy growth, Year 3 to 5 (2025)not published (withheld by the Department of Education for privacy)

Teacher judgement

MeasureThis schoolSimilar schoolsStateGap
English at or above standard, Prep-6 (2025)89.8%83.6%86.3%+6.2
Mathematics at or above standard, Prep-6 (2025)88.0%84.5%84.2%+3.5

Wellbeing and engagement

MeasureThis schoolSimilar schoolsStateGap
Sense of connectedness, Years 4-6 (2025; 85.8% over 4 years)67.4%81.1%77.1%-13.7
Managing bullying, Years 4-6 (2025; 85.8% over 4 years)71.9%84.0%76.4%-12.1
Average absence days, Prep-6 (2025; 26.8 over 4 years)30.522.421.5+8.1

Surveys

MeasureThis schoolSimilar schoolsStateGap
Parent satisfaction (2025)100.0%89.2%82.0%+10.8
Staff view of school climate (2025)73.1%82.2%77.4%-9.1

Enrolments at each February census

Enrolments have shrunk 7.9% over 5 years.

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