Westgrove Primary School is located in northwest Werribee. In 2010 Westgrove has 622 students supported by 51.45 EFT staff:2 principal class,40.62 teacher class and 8.83 education support staff.In 2010 the number of students of an English Second Language background has continued to increase. The Student Family Occupation density measure has also increased. This change in the demographics brings challenges as we strive to improve student achievement. In 2010 the school is continuing to work hard using a number of strategies to improve student learning in English and Mathematics.Staff are working in Professional Learning Teams using a range of data to inform curriculum planning to meet the learning needs of students.These teams are supported by 2 school based Literacy coaches and 2 school based Numeracy coaches along with a 0.5 Regional Literacy and an 0.5 Regional Numeracy coach. We are encouraged by the improvement in the student learning results this year. The year 3 and 5 Literacy and Numeracy Naplan results are showing improvement which indicates our strategies are having a positive effect on student learning. Westgrove is committed to improving student attendance rates and has sound strategies in place for the tracking and follow up of student absences. The school motto "Together We Grow" underpins our core aim of working together to build a purposeful learning community.