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Student Outcomes and post-school destinations
In 2013, the Berry Street School provided a school
program to 162 students, 95 males and 67 females.
In August of 2013, student numbers at each campus
were:
Noble Park: 26 students
Morwell: 64 students (including 6 Indigenous
students)
Shepparton: 38 (including 12 Indigenous students).
Their outcomes were:
• 46 students began their Foundation VCAL
Certificate.
• 19 transferred to TAFE or other vocational training
programs
• 7 students moved into employment
• 1 student gained a traineeship
• 5 transferred to another school
• 5 students are unemployed
• 9 students are being supported by other agencies
to find suitable education or work pathways
• 5 students are looking for work
• 8 students moved out of the school area or
interstate
• The destination of 3 students is unknown.
The remainder returned to the Berry Street School at
the commencement of 2014.
Student Attendance
Students enrolled at the Berry Street School come
to the school with impoverished and complex
backgrounds, and experience a range of issues
that negatively impact on their capacity to learn.
Attendance for individual students is strongly
influenced by events occurring in their lives outside of
the school setting.
At the Shepparton campus average attendance for
2013 was 65.1%, a very slight drop from previous
years.
The attendance average at the Morwell campus was
36.16%, and at the Noble Park campus was

17.4%. These figures are well below that of previous
years, but in part can be accounted for by the
introduction of an electronic timetable and student
attendance package, which has allowed more accurate
and reliable data collection.
Clear areas of improvement across all campuses have
been identified for 2014.
Each day attendance is tracked, and contact is made
with families, residential units and other carers.
Student and Teacher satisfaction with the school
In 2013, the Berry Street School took part for the
fourth time in the LEAD survey, a suite of stakeholder
surveys offered by Independent Schools Victoria as
part of the National Partnerships program.
Student satisfaction with the school (both General
Student satisfaction and Quality of Teaching) was at or
above the mean as measured against all participating
schools in all areas of General Student satisfaction
and Quality of Teaching. Improvements were shown
in most areas from the 2012 surveys. In particular,
students rated the learning environment highly,
increasing from a 6.3 mean in 2011 to 8.02 in 2013.
Basic skills and knowledge increased from a 7.4 mean
in 2012 to 8.1 in 2013. Treatment of students also
showed a big improvement, from a 6.1 mean in 2012
to 8.0 in 2013.
Overall teacher satisfaction with the school was slightly
below the mean as measured against all participating
schools (7.4 against the ISV mean of 8.7). In the
school-based domains, areas of strength were school
values, discipline, learning support and pastoral
care staff. Satisfaction with resources, technology
and student behaviour were rated as the least
satisfactory. In the workplace domains, Berry Street
school staff rated all areas above the state mean, with
goal alignment, staff collaboration and professional
development rating particularly highly.

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