Students at Matthew Flinders Anglican College on the Sunshine Coast have excelled in the 2025 NAPLAN assessments, achieving results well above Queensland averages in every domain amid a broader state and national trend of stagnation and declining metrics.
Flinders has continued to exceed national and state benchmarks, with 2025 cohorts in both the Primary School (Year 3 and Year 5) and Secondary School (Year 7 and Year 9) posting scores well above the Queensland average across all five NAPLAN domains (Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation, Numeracy).
Remarkably, the vast majority of students at Matthew Flinders Anglican College achieved in the top two NAPLAN proficiency levels (“Strong” and “Exceeding”) across all five domains—indicating students’ competence, high-level mastery and readiness. For example, close to 95% of Years 7 and 9 students at Flinders achieved either “Strong” or “Exceeding” for their Numeracy proficiency.
Principal Michelle Carroll said the College was proud to offer its students from Prep through Year 12 a quality education for excellence in learning and life.
“Our College’s outstanding 2025 NAPLAN results highlight our continued dedication to mastery of teaching and learning at Flinders,” Ms Carroll said.
“Our College vision is to promote exceptional scholarship, wellbeing and a culture of deep learning and engagement for our students to thrive, and our staff at Flinders is resolute in their commitment to achieving this, day in and day out.”
“These outcomes affirm the power of our bespoke Flinders Teaching and Learning Framework and Wellbeing Framework—built on the Science of Learning and supported by explicit teaching models that foster deep literacy and numeracy skills in every learner.”
The College is widely recognised as the top-performing school on the Sunshine Coast, and one of the top 30 in Queensland for its academic results in recent independent rankings.
Flinders Records Top Numeracy Scores in 2025 NAPLAN
Flinders consistently achieves strong Numeracy scores, even while data reveals Queensland’s Year 3 students now rank second‑lowest nationally in numeracy, despite record NAPLAN participation rates in 2025.
For example:
- Flinders’ Year 3 Numeracy results were 15% above the state average
- Flinders’ Year 5 Numeracy results were 16.5% higher than the state average
- Close to 95% of Year 7 and Year 9 students achieved in the “Strong” or “Exceeding” proficiency levels for Numeracy.
Literacy and Writing Success at Flinders
As national analysis reveals Australian children's writing skills are at an all-time low, Flinders achieved the following results and improvements in literacy domains:
Flinders’ 2025 Grammar & Punctuation results were a standout:
- The highest score was recorded in the Year 3 cohort at a remarkable 25.7% above the state norm.
- The Year 5 cohort followed at 19% above the state average.
Flinders’ 2025 Writing results hit all-time highs—marking a third straight year of improvement:
- The Year 9 cohort recorded Writing scores of 11.15% above the state average, and Year 7 Writing at 15.6% above the state average.
And across all literacy domains (Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation), Flinders Years 7 and 9 students achieved their highest-ever scores since online testing was introduced in 2023.
Majority of Students at Flinders Achieve “Strong” or “Exceeding” Proficiency
NAPLAN data for 2025 revealed that two out of every three (approximately 66%) Australian students met the “Strong” or “Exceeding” proficiency level for their reading, numeracy and writing skills.
In contrast, nine out of ten students at Matthew Flinders Anglican College achieved either the “Strong” or “Exceeding” proficiency level across all five domains—that’s more than 90% of Year 9 students and more than 94% of Year 7 students.
Learn more about Flinders' strong writing scores in this article here.
