Waverley Public School is a highly inclusive community of 359 students, with disability access and 25% from language backgrounds other than English. The school values the high levels of trust and open communication it enjoys with a vested parent/carer community and active P&C. The school has a Family and Occupational Index (FOEI) of 5 and a focus on maximising academic growth and achievement.
The school maintains a culture of high expectations with students and staff, emphasising personal learning and the differentiation that supports continual improvement. Teachers are highly collaborative, drawing on collective efficacy to identify and effectively address student needs. Literacy and numeracy initiatives are evidence driven, with an emphasis on developing teacher skills to analyse and respond to class-based data. This approach includes the identification and personal growth for high potential and gifted students. To support classroom practice, the school offers a range of co-curricular activities including music ensembles, dance, debating, public speaking, sport, languages, film, student leadership and sustainability activities.
Waverley Public School is an active member of the long standing Community of Schools in the Eastern Suburbs (CoSIES), which promotes professional collaboration and student opportunities in areas such as early career teachers, literacy and numeracy, high potential and gifted learning, leadership capacity building, program development and other networking opportunities.
The school promotes its PBL core values of Respect, Safety and Engagement as the driving force behind proactive wellbeing programs and the active partnership with the local community and external organisations. The school works closely with, and benefits from, a community managed OOSH.
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