Under the Australian Government Programmes for Schools Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines, all schools are required to make a commitment to ensure that School Performance Information is made publicly available within 6 months of the completion of the programme year.
This is the school’s Annual Report for the 2016 year.
SCHOOL PROFILE
The Montessori School is an independent school offering Montessori education for children aged from 3 to 18 years. In 2016, there were 148 students, with three pre-primary groups (3 to 6 year old students) two lower primary groups (7 to 9 year old students) one upper primary group (10 to 12 year old students) a lower secondary group (13 to 15 year old students) and an upper secondary group (16 and 17 year old students) undertaking International Baccalaureate courses.
The school is registered with the Montessori Australia foundation Quality Assurance Program.
Staff Numbers
Teaching Staff Full time and Part time Positions 29
Co-Principals Part-time Positions 2
Administration Full time and Part time Positions 5
Staff Attendance
The average number of days absent per staff member over the year was 3 days
Long Service Leave taken by 5 staff was a total of 50 days
Staff Retention
Average years of service 8.3 years
Maximum years of service 36 years
Minimum years of service 0.5 years
Staff Qualification
Our teaching staff are very well qualified and among them they have attained:
Masters Degrees 3
Graduate Diplomas 10
Bachelor Degree 20
Diplomas and Others 10
All teachers are academically well qualified.
All Teaching aide staff are very well qualified with Montessori qualifications.
All teachers are registered with Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
All staff members hold a Working With Children card.
All non-IB teaching staff are either Montessori qualified or participating in Montessori professional development.
Staff Professional Development: Total expenditure $ 7,637
STUDENT INFORMATION
Student attendance for 2016 was 89.32%
Management of Non-Attendance:
Student attendance is marked every morning and every afternoon by the teacher.
Teachers report unexplained student absences to the Office before 9.30am
Parents of these students are contacted by the Office
The school has a sign-in system for late and senior secondary students.
Excess late arrivals and absences are discussed in a parent-teacher meeting
Continued absences are referred to the Principal
NAPLAN
Small schools with small numbers of students need to be particularly careful not to give information that would allow the identification of particular students.
The IB and NAPLAN results vary from year to year as the children undertaking the assessment have varying abilities. Especially in NAPLAN we must acknowledge that the school has a low number of students in each year group and hence it is difficult to make meaningful generalisations, as the results of one individual has a significant effect upon the overall performance of the group.
These NAPLAN results may also be viewed at MySchool website at www.myschool.edu.au
The NAPLAN results for year 5 are not shown as there were less than 5 students
2016 | NUMERACY | READING | WRITING | GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION | SPELLING | |||||
The Montessori School | Australian Schools Average | The Montessori School | Australian Schools Average | The Montessori School | Australian Schools Average | The Montessori School | Australian Schools Average | The Montessori School | Australian Schools Average | |
| Yr 3 | 501 | 402 | 488 | 426 | 446 | 421 | 537 | 436 | 434 | 420 |
| Yr 7 | 541 | 550 | 565 | 541 | 529 | 515 | 538 | 540 | 567 | 543 |
| Yr 9 | 584 | 589 | 638 | 581 | 601 | 549 | 618 | 569 | 599 | 580 |
The IB figures are provided to show results over the last five years IB – Year 12 results and post school destinations for 2016.
IB Achievements
Total enrolments 2012 – 2016 32
Number of students enrolled in IB Diploma 25
Number of students awarded the IB Diploma 19
Number of students enrolled in IB Certificate 7
Number of students awarded the IB certificate 13
Post School Destinations
Total enrolment 2012 – 2016 32
University Entry 19
University prep, then University 4
TAFE 1
Working, apprenticeship 4
Gap Year 4
SATISFACTION
In 2016, especially in the secondary area, enrolments were retained.
There was an increased number of events which were well attended by parents. The parent community also responded well to all student organised events and we received some very good feedback.
The high level of cooperation and collaboration of all in our school contributes to the overall satisfaction of our staff.
Parent, student and staff satisfaction can also be assessed through surveys. A formal survey is taking place at the moment and we will share the results with the parent community later this year.
FUNDING INFORMATION 2016
The Montessori School Kingsley, Inc.
Income for the Year 1/1/2016 to 31/12/2016
| Grant Operating | $ |
| Comm Govt Recur Non Government Schools | $729,005 |
| Misc. State Grants | $23,650 |
| Per Capita - Dept Ed Services WA | $347,341 |
| Spraying Grant | $2,655 |
| Misc. Commonwealth Grants | $5,873 |
| Total Grant Operating | $1,108,524 |
| Fees and Charges | $3,909 |
| Art Levy | $750 |
| Bdg Fund/Capital Contributions | $24,960 |
| Enrolment Fees | $66,613 |
| Fundraising | $6,227 |
| Gross Fees | $1,043,532 |
| Maintenance Levy | $15,126 |
| Subsidies | -$9,418 |
| Parent Education | $727 |
| Holding Fees | $1,056 |
| Total Grant Operating | $1,153,484 |
| Total Income | $2,262,008 |
Income as per Audited Accounts 31 December 2016