NAPLAN 2024

NAPLAN 2024 - Years 3 & 5

Term 1 - Wednesday 13th March - Monday 25th March 

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

The results can assist teachers by providing additional information to support their professional judgement about students’ levels of literacy and numeracy attainment and progress.

NAPLAN tests are one aspect of each school’s assessment and reporting process, and do not replace the extensive, ongoing assessments made by teachers about each student’s performance. Each teacher will have the best insight into their students’ educational progress. 

NAPLAN is made up of tests in the 4 areas (or ‘domains’) of:

• reading
• writing
• conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
• numeracy

Information for NAPLAN parents and carers

NAPLAN – privacy collection notice

Wherever possible, schools will organise for individual students who are absent at the time of testing to complete missed tests at another time during the test window. 

Parents or carers may withdraw their child from the tests to address issues such as religious beliefs and philosophical objections to testing. The principal may also approve a student exemption for a student who has a: 

• non-English speaking background and has arrived in Australia from overseas and has been in school for less than a year before the NAPLAN test period, or 
• significant intellectual disability and/or significant co-existing conditions which severely limit capacity to participate in the tests. 

The Disability Standards for Education (2005) set out the rights of a student with a disability in relation to education and the obligations of school education providers under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Within this legislation, the definition of disability is broad and includes physical, intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, neurological and learning disabilities. For further advice and support regarding student exemptions please contact Mirjana by Tuesday 5th March. 

Detailed information about exemptions, withdrawals and absences from NAPLAN can be found in the 'Student participation section' of this website.

If you have any further queries, or if your child will be absent during the NAPLAN testing period please do not hesitate to contact Mirjana on 84435544 or via email mirjana.grubor793@schools.sa.edu.au