The Catholic primary schools that have boosted their NAPLAN results the most, thanks to a new way of teaching, have been revealed.

One of the schools doubled the percentage of students sitting in the “exceeding” and “developing” proficiency bands for numeracy as they moved from year 3 in 2023 to year 5.

Bethany Catholic Primary School students Rudraksh, Patrick, Paytyn, Adoniyas, Althea, Lexi and Charlotte. Credit: Jason South

The schools attribute the success to the early adoption of explicit teaching, curriculum resources such as lesson plans for teachers, professional development and good, old-fashioned whiteboards.

The Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools analysed students’ NAPLAN results after they overhauled how students learn reading, writing and maths at all their 29

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