Low SES School Communities
National Partnership
Situational Analysis Report
For new schools with 2012 start date
(updated July 2011)
School: Insert name
School code: Insert
Region: Insert region
Situational Analysis Report
The following is a report prepared as a result of a Situational Analysis at Insert school name from
Insert dates.

School Situational Analysis team members: names and positions
Insert names and positions

Report authors: names and positions
Insert names and positions
I endorse the contents of this report.
Insert Principal's Name
Principal
Insert name of School
A copy of this report has been lodged with the School Education Director with responsibility for this
school.
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Table of contents
1. School context............................................................................................................4
2. Methodology...............................................................................................................4
3. Findings......................................................................................................................6
4. Conclusions and recommendations...........................................................................8
5. School plan targets 2012...........................................................................................9
6. Strategies 2012 - funded by the Low SES School Communities National
Partnership...............................................................................................................10
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1.0 SCHOOL CONTEXT
Insert description of school context from the current School Plan.
2.0 METHODOLOGY
In conducting this school Situational Analysis, the following phases were followed to draw
conclusions, make recommendations and develop strategies linked to the six Reforms of the Low
SES School Communities National Partnership:
1. planning the process
2. collecting data
3. analysing data
4. communicating findings, recommendations and strategies.
Insert details in the table below [This section outlines the tasks undertaken to complete the
Situational Analysis including dates for key activities and tools utilised for collecting and analysing
data. A list of data sources is included in Appendix 2 of the Low SES School Communities National
Partnership Information package for schools, but schools may wish to include other sources of
data to reflect their local or regional context.] Delete this italicised section from the final report.
Timeline for the situational analysis
Date/s
Phase
Task/s
Planning the
process

Establish a Situational Analysis
team including representatives
from key stakeholder groups
Principal

Determine the data that needs
to be collected and the tools
available

Develop a timeline for the
Situational Analysis, including
tasks, required resources and
allocation of personnel
responsible
Principal
and
Situational
Analysis
team

Decide how the findings will be
communicated to the school
community.

Undertake a SMART training
workshop.
Collecting data
Required
resource
Staff
responsible
 Collect data on:
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Date/s
Phase
Task/s
Required
resource
Staff
responsible
Situational
Analysis
report
template
Principal
and
Situational
Analysis
team
o student enrolment
o student attendance
o student retention
o student literacy/numeracy
performance
o staff profile
o student engagement
o parents/community
o (comprehensive community
involvement including
Aboriginal community and
AECG)
Analysing data
 Scanning the data
 Drawing conclusions
 Validating the conclusions
 Explaining significance of
conclusions.
Communicating
findings,
recommendations
and strategies

Communicate the findings,
explaining conclusions, making
recommendations and
developing strategies linked to
Reforms.
Insert additional rows as required
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3.0 FINDINGS
[Use the following questions as prompts to discuss the findings from your school’s data. Enter your
findings into the relevant sections below. Delete this text and the questions from your final report.]
Student enrolment

Are enrolments increasing, decreasing or remaining static?

Are there particular reasons for enrolment being at these levels?
Student attendance

Are attendance rates increasing, decreasing or remaining static?

Are attendance rates above, below, or consistent with state/region?

What are we doing to improve attendance rates?
Student retention (central/secondary schools)

Are retention rates increasing, decreasing or remaining static?

How do they compare to state, region and SEG measures?
Student performance (primary/central schools)

What does the Best Start Kindergarten Assessment data indicate about the literacy and
numeracy levels of students beginning school?

What are the implications for our planning for K-2 students?
Student performance (all schools)

How were the students represented across the bottom 2 and proficient (top 2) bands in
NAPLAN?

What comparisons to LSG and state could be made?

How did the growth rates for the various aspects compare with state growth rates?

What are the overall areas of strength and those for further development?

What spread of students were represented across the bands? Is this significantly different from
previous years?

What does the value-added data indicate for: lower, middle and higher performing students? Is
this significantly different from previous years?
Student performance (central/secondary schools)

How many students are choosing Vocational Education pathways? Is this an
increasing/decreasing trend?

How many students Years 10-12 have completed an AQF Certificate 11 level qualification in
2008/09 or completed Year 12? Is this an increasing/decreasing trend?
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Student engagement

What findings did the surveys generate on student attitudes and learning experiences in
literacy and numeracy to inform school planning?
Staff profile

What percentage of various funding dissections supported staff professional learning?

Are there implications for areas of professional learning that could be enhanced?

What were our targets for 2009/10 and did our professional learning funds build staff capacity
to help us achieve our targets?

What findings did the surveys generate on teacher confidence, beliefs and perceptions in the
teaching of literacy/numeracy to inform school planning?
Parents/community

Are there implications for cohorts of students on attitudes and engagement?

Are there implications for improving parent satisfaction with aspects of school operation?

Are there implications on the level of home, school and community partnerships?
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4.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Using the findings from Section 3, develop conclusions, recommendations and strategies linked to the six Reforms.
Conclusion
Recommendation
Draft strategies to be
implemented
A number of outcomes
were identified in the
NAPLAN data as being
problematic
Identify outcomes where
students have performed
above/below state average
Whole school analysis of
NAPLAN using SMART to
identify strengths and
weaknesses with alignment to
syllabus outcomes
Example only –
delete from final
report
Identify teaching and learning
strategies to improve
outcomes of higher/lower
achieving students
Final strategies to be
implemented (following
joint planning sessions)
NP Reform
Incorporate teaching strategies
from SMART data for identified
outcomes into teaching and
learning programs
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5.0 SCHOOL PLAN TARGETS 2012
In this section schools should insert the 2012 School Plan targets based on the Situational Analysis report.
Targets 2012
Example 1: Increase the number of students (in years 7 and 9) achieving at or above minimum standard from 89% in 2010 to 92% in 2011
in NAPLAN Literacy.
Insert additional rows as required
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6.0 STRATEGIES 2012 - FUNDED BY LOW SES SCHOOL COMMUNITIES NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
In this section schools should indicate the school’s key strategies for 2012. Include strategies that may be co-funded from both Low SES and
other funding sources
Key strategy 2011
Example: Teacher professional learning in explicit and systematic teaching of literacy.
Insert additional rows as required
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