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TABLE OF CONTENTS SCHOOL DETAILS ...................................................................................................... 3 School Sector .................................................................................................... 3 School’s Address ................................................................................................ 3 Total Enrolments ................................................................................................ 3 Year Levels Offered ............................................................................................ 3 Co-educational or Single Sex ................................................................................. 3 Characteristics of the Student Body ......................................................................... 3 DISTINCTIVE CURRICULUM OFFERINGS ............................................................................ 4 EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES .................................................................................... 5 SOCIAL CLIMATE ...................................................................................................... 5 PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT............................................................................................ 6 Parent, Teacher and Student Satisfaction with the School ............................................. 6 CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ................................................................ 7 SCHOOL INCOME BROKEN DOWN BY FUNDING SOURCE ........................................................ 7 STAFFING INFORMATION ............................................................................................. 8 Staff Composition, Including Indigenous Staff ............................................................. 8 Qualifications of all Teachers ................................................................................ 8 Expenditure on and Teacher Participation in Professional Development ............................. 8 Average Staff Attendance for the School ................................................................... 9 Proportion of Teaching Staff Retained from the Previous Year ........................................ 9 KEY STUDENT OUTCOMES .......................................................................................... 10 Average Student Attendance Rate (%) for the Whole School .......................................... 10 Average Student Attendance Rate for each Year Level ................................................. 10 Management of Non-Attendance ............................................................................ 10 NAPLAN Results for Years 3, 5 and 7 and 9 in 2015 ...................................................... 11 Apparent Retention Rate Year 10 to 12 .................................................................... 11 Year 12 Outcomes ............................................................................................. 11 Post-School Destination Information ....................................................................... 11

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School Annual Report 2016 (Based on 2015 data) SCHOOL DETAILS School Sector

Independent School’s Address

Cnr Queen Victoria Parade and Chermside Road, East Ipswich, Queensland, 4305 Total Enrolments

2015 @ Aug census P – 12: 2015 @ Aug census EEC – 12: 2015 @ Aug census EEC – 12:

844 957 924 FTE

Year Levels Offered

Early Education Centre Junior School Middle School Senior School

Pre-Prep Prep – Year 6 Years 7 – 9 Years 10 – 12

Co-educational or Single Sex

Co-Educational All girls’ education

Pre-Prep - Year 6 Years 7 – 12

Characteristics of the Student Body

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Early Education Centre (2.5 - 4 year olds): 75 FTE Junior School/IJGS (Prep – Year 6; co-educational Prep – Year 4): 323 Middle School: 228 Senior School: 292.2 Boarders: 64 Overseas: 1.94 % of school population Indigenous: 3.78% of school population

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DISTINCTIVE CURRICULUM OFFERINGS The School uses Dimensions of Learning as its teaching and learning framework. The framework focuses on the process of teaching and learning and provides students with a common language for learning and appropriate strategies for acquiring, extending, refining knowledge and using it meaningfully. In addition, the Art and Science of Teaching (ASOT) is used as a methodology to support classroom practice. Junior School - Prep to Year 6 and Early Education Centre (ages 2.5 - 4 years) The Early Education Centre offers an educational program across all classrooms, with the pre-prep classes taken by highly qualified kindergarten teachers. The Centre’s focus is on providing quality care and excellence in programming following the Reggio Emilia philosophy. The Centre’s standards exceed the National Childcare Accreditation Council Inc. standards. Regular skills and knowledge audits are undertaken across Years P-6 to identify areas needing additional support or targeted teaching. Diagnostic tests are also administered every year to ensure students’ learning development is progressing and any learning difficulties or extension requirements are addressed with remediation, support or enrichment programs. Middle School (Years 7 – 9) The IGGS approach to Middle Schooling ensures learning and life skills programs respond to the developmental readiness, needs, and interests of young adolescent women. Students receive special guidance through the transition from primary to secondary schooling and from coeducation to single-sex classes. By introducing gender-specific programs at this critical stage, IGGS helps girls develop academically and personally in a safe and supportive environment. The Curriculum consolidates essential learning skills and promotes connectivity - students can see the connections to other subject areas as well as to ‘the real world’; see the relevance of the learning to their own lives; and make meaningful connections between topics or skills. Senior School (Years 10 - 12) Our Senior School curriculum offers three pathways:   

Academic – eligible for OP and tertiary entrance Academic – combination of OP and VET. Eligible for OP and tertiary entrance. Vocational – eligible for an OP equivalent and may include School-based apprenticeship or traineeship

Advanced levels of some subjects are offered, such as Mathematics C, English Extension and Music Extension, as well as challenging Science and Technology disciplines. For some subjects, students may undertake additional university-level programs and participate in cocurricular academic competitions. A comprehensive Careers Education program provides senior students with the knowledge and skills they need to make informed decisions in their Senior Phase of Learning and about their lives beyond school. Particular focus is placed on coping with transition issues, making appropriate vocational decisions and enlightening students about the ‘world of work’.

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EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Our co-curricular program inspires students to develop team spirit, pride, confidence and leadership qualities. With more than 50 different activities on offer, opportunities abound for students to enhance and showcase their special abilities in the arts, sports, intellectual pursuits, and community service projects. Skills development is coached by enthusiastic staff and past students, as well as qualified coaches. The range includes (but is not limited to): AFL Auskick Art Club Athletics Badminton Basketball Choirs Clarinet Ensemble Cricket Cross-Country Community Service Dance Debating & Public Speaking Drama

Duke of Edinburgh Award Equestrian E-Steam Flute Cadenza Football Gymnastics History Club Hockey Music Musicals Netball Opti-Minds Robotics Club

School of Performing Arts Skipping Softball Speech & Drama String Ensembles Swimming Tennis Theatre Sports Touch Football Volleyball Wind Symphony

Private tuition is offered for children keen to advance in tennis, speech and drama and various strands of music. These lessons, from highly qualified teachers, may be held either during the school day or after school. Details about our extra-curricular and co-curricular program are provided on our website. Promoting a balanced lifestyle approach is a very important aspect of life at Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School. The opportunity to participate in a rich and extensive co-curricular program encourages the students beyond the classroom environment.

SOCIAL CLIMATE The School provides a caring community in which individuals feel valued and a sense of belonging to their school. Each girl and boy is encouraged to develop a life-long love of learning, confidence and leadership skills in an environment which values respect for the individual together with tolerance and an understanding of others. In the Junior School, the staff and Special Needs Committee work in conjunction with parents to support the academic and pastoral care of students. This enables a collaborative approach to be taken towards student welfare that is able to address the needs and care of students both at home and at school. Our Middle School and Senior School Pastoral Care framework enables the care of individual students and the teaching of an age-appropriate Life Skills program. This ensures important transition periods are acknowledged and well-managed; encouraging students to develop resilience, respect and social maturity.

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PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT Our Parents & Friends Association keeps families informed about the School’s advancements and allows parents to take an active role in projects that enhance their children’s education. The Association coordinates both fund-raising and friend-raising activities to support the School’s goals. It has a number of sub-committees such as the Sports Supporters Group and the Special Events Committee. Four members of the Board of Trustees are current parents. Other parents prefer to give their time and support as canteen volunteers, classroom helpers, coaches, costume-makers, guest speakers, audiences and spectators. Parent, Teacher and Student Satisfaction with the School Enrolment Trends

Enrolment Retention Rates

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CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Title: Dr Peter Britton – Principal & CEO

SCHOOL INCOME BROKEN DOWN BY FUNDING SOURCE Refer to the My School website http://www.myschool.edu.au/

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STAFFING INFORMATION Staff Composition, Including Indigenous Staff Women (W)

Men (M)

Casual

Indigenous

Workplace Profile

Total Staff

W%

M%

0

7

71

29

0

0

21

81

19

0

6

0

64

95

5

1

0

18

8

88

89

11

15

6

0

8

1

30

76

24

62

16

0

32

9

210

82

18

Full Time

Part Time

Full Time

Part Time

Senior Executives

5

0

2

0

0

Middle Managers

17

0

4

0

Academic Staff

41

14

3

Administration Staff

27

33

0 90

Catering, Grounds & Other Total

W

M

W

M

1

1

Qualifications of all Teachers

Qualification Doctorate or higher Masters Bachelor Degree Diploma Certificate

Either detail the number or the percentage of classroom teachers and school leaders at the school who hold this qualification 2 19 99 63 12

Expenditure on and Teacher Participation in Professional Development a) Teacher Participation in Professional Development Description of PD activity Curriculum Innovation Early Childhood Gifted and Talented Human Resource Indigenous Education KLA Specific Leadership Quality Teaching School Improvement STEM Student Wellbeing Supporting Students with a Disability Workplace, Health and Safety Total number of teachers participating in at least one activity in the program year School Annual Report 2016

Number of teachers participating in activity 27 2 1 2 5 13 27 80 12 29 7 4 80 80

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b) Expenditure on Professional Development

Total Number of Teachers 80

Total expenditure on teacher PD

Average expenditure on PD per teacher

$43,485

$545

The total funds expended on teacher professional development in 2015 The proportion of the teaching staff involved in professional development activities during 2015

$43,485 100%

The major professional development initiatives were as follows:  Quality Teaching and Classroom Pedagogy  Art and Science of Teaching  Workplace Health and Safety

Average Staff Attendance for the School (Based on unplanned absences of sick and emergency leave periods of up to 5 days)

Number of Staff 92

Number of School Days

Total Days Staff Absences

185

Average Staff Attendance Rate

305.83

98%

For permanent and temporary classroom teachers and school leaders the average staff attendance rate was 98% in 2015

Proportion of Teaching Staff Retained from the Previous Year

Number of permanent teaching staff at end of previous year 80

Number of these staff retained in the following year (the program year) 76

% retention rate 95%

From the end of 2014 93.75% of staff were retained for the entire 2015 school year

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KEY STUDENT OUTCOMES Average Student Attendance Rate (%) for the Whole School

The average attendance rate for the whole school as a percentage in 2015 was 93.3% Average Student Attendance Rate for each Year Level Average attendance rate for each year level as a percentage in 2015

Year levels Prep

94.29%

Year 1

95.14%

Year 2

95.30%

Year 3

95.37%

Year 4

92.06%

Year 5

91.41%

Year 6

92.40%

Year 7

93.52%

Year 8

93.30%

Year 9

92.86%

Year 10

93.35%

Year 11

90.01%

Year 12

91.17%

Management of Non-Attendance

Students are marked present or absent in House Group every morning at 8.15am. Students must also register their attendance if they arrive at school after this time. Parents / Guardians are requested to phone the School to advise of their child’s absence each day they are not attending. If this phone call is not received by 9am, the School Reception will phone parents directly to advise their child has not been recorded as attending school. Students must also submit written notification signed by a parent/guardian upon their return to School to their House Group Teacher. Students’ absences are recorded on each student’s Semester report.

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NAPLAN Results for Years 3, 5 and 7 and 9 in 2015 Refer to the My School website http://www.myschool.edu.au/

Apparent Retention Rate Year 10 to 12

Year 12 student enrolment as a percentage of the Year 10 cohort is 98.95%

Year 12 Outcomes Outcomes for our Year 12 cohort 2015 Number of students awarded a Senior Education Profile

87

Number of students awarded a Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement

0

Number of students who received an Overall Position (OP)

69

Number of students or are completing or completed a School-based Apprenticeship or Traineeship (SAT)

6

Number of students awarded one or more Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualifications

35

Number of students awarded a Queensland Certificate of Education at the end of Year 12

84

Number of students awarded an International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBD)

0

Percentage of Year 12 students who received an OP1-15 or an IBD

91%

Percentage of Year 12 students who are completing or completed a SAT or were awarded one or more of the following: QCE, IBD, VET qualification

98%

Percentage of Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) applicants receiving a tertiary offer

99%

Post-School Destination Information

At the time of publishing this School Annual Report, the results of the 2015 post-school destinations survey, Next Steps – Student Destination report for the school was not available. Information about these post-school destinations of our students will be uploaded to the school’s website in September after release of the information.

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