Busselton Senior High School is a government senior secondary school in the popular resort town of Busselton on Geographe Bay, located nearly three hours drive south of Perth in the Warren Blackwood Education District. In Semester 1 2010, the student population was 699 resulting in a staff allocation of 46.5 teachers. With the Principal, the school's executive team comprises the equivalent to two full-time Associate Principals and the Business Manager. Other promotional and leadership positions include 6.8 Heads of Department, a VET coordinator and several Teachers in Charge. The Student Services Team includes the Principal, Associate Principals, School Psychologist, AIEO, Participation Coordinator, Nurse and year leaders. The school also employs a Retention and Participation worker, 4 part-time ITAS teachers to work with indigenous students and a 0.4 FTE Getting It Right Numeracy (GIRN) teacher. School improvement in academic performance is a major focus of the school across all years and the leadership team are constantly seeking new ways through the accountability process to advance the achievement of students. A focus on Year 8 and 9 learning teams has resulted in significant improvements in NAPLAN results for students. The school is currently involved in $2 m building program to enhance and improve facilities in science, a $3m upgrade to general facilities and a $7m program to build a Trades Training Centre. With a reduction in student numbers in recent years, the intense pressure on rooms has alleviated to some extent. The general trend in our TEE results has been a gradual increase in the percentage of students in the mid and top performance triciles and an increase in the median TEE score. Similarly, the school provides successful and exciting Senior School Vocational Education and Training programs in Service Industries, Manufacturing and Industry Studies; Business Studies, Marine and Outdoor Recreation Studies and Recreation Studies. Most students involved in these programs achieve Certificate II..