Holy Cross Primary ranks in the NAPLAN Top 10 for the Blacktown area.
Primary schools in the Blacktown Local Government Area are outperforming students at similar schools across the country in key NAPLAN subjects, new data shows. A recent article in the Blacktown Advocate named St John Vianney’s Primary, Holy Cross Primary and Mary Immaculate Primary School as ranking in the Top 10 for the Blacktown area.
The 2018 NAPLAN results, uploaded to the Australia Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority’s My School website this week, showed which primary schools across the Blacktown area achieved results “above” or “substantially above” other schools with similar students.
NAPLAN tests assess primary students in years 3 and 5 and high school students in years 7 and 9 in literacy and numeracy.
The results of students with a similar Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA), were compared by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority to determine how schools fared against others with similar challenges and opportunities.
Year 3 students St John Vianney’s Primary School achieved results “significantly above” similar schools in at least one subject.
Top 10 High-Achieving Primary Schools in Blacktown
- Quakers Hill Public School
- Caddie Creek Public School
- Rouse Hill Anglican College
- John Palmer Public School
- Australian Islamic College of Sydney
- St John Vianney’s Primary School
- Kings Langley Public School
- Norwest Christian College
- Holy Cross Primary School
- Mary Immaculate Primary School
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28 Aug 2025
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Today Kindy participated in a guided meditation about the importance of sharing God's love with others. 🫶![626921712571842_1210471577550183-1]()
28 Aug 2025
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Congratulations to Brendan and Maria from Year 4 who have both progressed through to the State Finals of the Prime Ministers Spelling Bee 👏💚💜
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28 Aug 2025
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Today Kindy participated in a guided meditation about the importance of sharing God's love with others. 🫶
28 Aug 2025
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Congratulations to Brendan and Maria from Year 4 who have both progressed through to the State Finals of the Prime Ministers Spelling Bee 👏💚💜
27 Aug 2025
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Today a group of our amazing Year 5 students represented our school at the annual Diocesan Education Mass! The mass was held at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Parramatta and was a beautiful occasion for students from all over the Diocese to celebrate their role in the mission of the Church. A huge thank you to Mrs Channell who also accompanied us!
26 Aug 2025
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Best of luck to both Ruby and Francesca from Year 6 who will be representing Holy Cross at the Voice of Youth Cluster Final tomorrow 💚💜
25 Aug 2025
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Congrats to Maria (Year 4) on an amazing performance at her very first Karate Kata tournament last Saturday! She took home the silver medal. 🥈 We are so proud of her hard work and dedication. Way to go! 👏
22 Aug 2025
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Our Year 4 students have been hard at work giving back to our local community! ❤️ Today they spent time making sandwiches for the Greater Western Sydney Vinnies Van. This incredible service provides food and snacks to people in our community who are struggling. A huge thank you to all the wonderful parents who generously donated ingredients and to the four parent volunteers who helped our students make these sandwiches. Your support made this a truly special and impactful day for everyone involved.
21 Aug 2025
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Today two-time LEGO Masters winner Henry Pinto visited our students to share his journey with LEGO and how this also led to him becoming a published author 📚 Check out our student interview with Henry 💜💚
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🎉 Thank you to local legend Henry, the two time winner of LEGO Masters, and author of Brick Dad for visiting our school today and inspiring our students with his creativity, passion, and incredible LEGO-building skills! 🧱✨ We’re grateful for the time you spent with us and the excitement you sparked in all of our students. 🙌💡
19 Aug 2025
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As part of Book Week, Year 5 and Year 1 teamed up for some buddy reading 📚 Year 5 loved reading and discussing picture books and Year 1 read their guided reading books beautifully 📕
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Today our Orchestra students have the opportunity to showcase their talents alongside six other schools as we host the Captivate Arts Factor Strings Showcase 🎶🎻
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Last Wednesday our Holy Cross team participated at the Blacktown Zone Athletics Carnival. Congratulations to all students who ran, jumped and threw throughout the day. We had some amazing results, many students making finals or placing top 10 in their events. Special congratulations to the following students who have qualified for the Parramatta Diocesan Carnival: 4x100m senior girls relay (Maddison R, Sophie R, Celine T, Minara M) Joseph K 🥇Discus 🥈Long Jump 🥉 100m Ava L 🥇100m 🥇 200m 🥉 Long Jump Louis H 🥇 800m Aarick K🥉 800m Minara M 🥈 200m Alana T 🥇 Discus Melina A 🥉 Shot Put Neil B 🥉Long Jump Aiden F 🥉 Shot Put Celine T 4th 100m 🏆 Ava L was also Runner Up Junior Age Champion and broke the 200m Junior girls record - new time of 31.04 Thank you to the parents who came and cheered on all our students and for sharing some pictures from the day 💜💚
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