NAPLAN results highlight NSW students’ strengths | Australian Markets

The 2025 NAPLAN National Report launched as we speak exhibits some constructive progress, with more nonetheless to be performed to raise literacy and numeracy outcomes throughout the state.

This 12 months, college students in Years 5, 7 and 9 have been the primary cohort to finish a second NAPLAN cycle beneath the new proficiency ranges first launched in 2023.

For NSW colleges, results in 2025 are secure in comparison with earlier years, with college students displaying strengths in areas together with:

• Year 5 studying up 4.9 share factors in robust and exceeding in comparison with the identical cohort’s Year 3 results in 2023
• Year 5 spelling up 6.3 share factors in robust and exceeding in comparison with the identical cohort’s Year 3 results in 2023
• Year 7 spelling up 3.6 share factors in robust and exceeding in comparison with the identical 2023 cohort in Year 5
• Year 5 grammar and punctuation up 7.4 share factors in robust and exceeding in comparison with the identical 2023 cohort in Year 3

Today’s results show constructive indicators for a lot of college students in NSW, which is exceeding the national average in writing, studying, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy.

The results additionally show the place continued and constant assist is required, notably in Years 5, 7 and 9 writing and Years 7 and 9 studying.

The Minns Labor Government is dedicated to the work of rebuilding public training and lifting outcomes throughout NSW.

Among our most vital reforms has been our work to handle the instructor scarcity and guarantee each classroom in NSW has a devoted instructor, by lifting wages, enhancing job security, decreasing workload and enhancing the classroom surroundings by banning cell phones and restoring principals’ authority to handle pupil behaviour. This work has seen instructor vacancies drop 40% to their lowest degree in 5 years and the quantity of merged and cancelled courses halved.

The Better and Fairer Schools Agreement we signed with the Commonwealth earlier this 12 months ensures each public faculty is on a path to getting 100% of the Schooling Resource Standard, with the extra funding going straight in the direction of packages and reforms that may raise pupil outcomes.

Our ongoing work to raise pupil outcomes consists of:

• Introducing a new Year 1 Number Screening Check trial to evaluate college students’ early numeracy abilities, with wrap-around early intervention;
• Delivering the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check with focused assist for colleges to make sure college students acquire foundational literacy abilities;
• Introducing system-wide literacy and numeracy targets with bold targets to improve pupil outcomes;
• Boosting the Small Group Tuition Program to supply more focused literacy and numeracy assist;
• Building lecturers’ capability to ship the new data and abilities wealthy Ok-12 English and Mathematics syllabuses via express instructing;
• The express and systematic instructing of writing is a key focus in all new NSW syllabuses to higher assist all NSW college students.

The full 2025 NAPLAN national results are printed on ACARA’s web site.

Acting Minister for Education and Early Learning Courtney Houssos stated:

“Congratulations to all of the scholars throughout NSW who participated in NAPLAN testing this 12 months, particularly these at more than 300 colleges within the state’s north who did so within the face of excessive climate situations.

“Students, households and lecturers throughout NSW ought to really feel proud of these results – and know that the place there are gaps, we’re focussed on supporting colleges and lecturers to close them.

“These results show NSW persevering with to carry out strongly towards national benchmarks, and determine areas that require consideration.

“We are committed to reforms that will strengthen literacy and numeracy foundations, including the introduction of an early Phonics and Number Check and a knowledge-rich curriculum explicitly taught across all our schools. These will equip NSW public school students with the vital knowledge and skills they need to achieve excellent outcomes.”

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