Ingleburn High School is a government-funded comprehensive co-educational secondary day school, located in Ingleburn, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Overview The school follows the New South Wales Education Standards Authority curriculum, which is provided to all schools in NSW. The School's motto is "Your School, Your Future".http://www.ingleburn-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/# | go to ‘Parents’ then ‘About us’ In 2008, the school consisted of 63.6Ingleburn High School: "Annual School Report 2008", page 9, 2009 teaching staff and approximately 880 students.Ingleburn High School: "Annual School Report 2008", page 2, 2009
Of the year 7 cohort, 2007, 50% met national numeracy benchmarks.Ingleburn High School: "Annual School Report 2007", page 4, 2008
The 2009 year 9 cohort ranked below or substantially below both similar schools and all Australian schools in all performance areas (reading, writing, grammar & punctuation and numeracy) except for spelling in which the cohort performed close to similar and all Australian schools.
For 2009, Ingleburn High School was ranked 455 out of 555 NSW secondary schools by The Sydney Morning Herald, placing it in the bottom 20% of schools for which data was available.
In 2004, the student attendance rate for years 7 to 10 was below the district and state averages.Ingleburn High School: "Annual Report 2004", page 7 In the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, the student attendance rate for years 7 to 10 and for years 11 to 12 were below the state averages.Ingleburn High School: "Annual School Report 2008", page 2 In 2008, the staff attendance rate was 93.9%.Ingleburn High School: "Annual School Report 2008", page 9
There are programmes to support students of specific non-European origins. One programme in particular involves a "federally funded" "Aboriginal Education Worker" whose role will be to work with only Aboriginal students. The reason for this staff member is that the State has made it compulsory that only students of Aboriginal origin must have an "Individual Education Plan". Other programmes available to all students include the school newsletter voucher programme in which students who "collect 3 vouchers from different newsletters"Ingleburn High School: "the School TIE", page 12. November, 2007 may redeem their vouchers for a bronze award from a deputy principal.
The school's latest programme is PBIS or "Positive Behavior In School"; a programme developed by the "U.S. Office of Special Education Programs". The programme occupies students' time every fortnight requiring students to "focus on the positive behavioural expectations...of all students". Workshops includes topics such as "discussing with students our expectations regarding...moving around and through corridors and walkways". This programme also occupies staff time in "development sessions".Ingleburn High School: "The School TIE", page 3, May 2008
Alumni Michele Bruniges – Secretary of Department of Education, Skills and Employment Meg Lees – former head of the Australian Democrats Glenn Williams – baseball player
See also
List of government schools in Sydney Education in Australia
References
External links Ingleburn High School Website