Mount Crosby State School is a fantastic Queensland state school. Our students achieve high standards in all areas of academic, cultural and sporting pursuits. There is a strong improvement agenda for the school, grounded in evidence from research and practice, and couched in terms of improvements in measurable student outcomes, especially in literacy, numeracy and science. Explicit and clear school-wide targets for improvement have been set and communicated with accompanying timelines. A high priority is given to the school-wide analysis and discussion of systematically collected data on student outcomes, including academic, attendance and behavioural outcomes. Data analyses consider overall school performance as well as the performances of students from identified priority groups; evidence of improvement/regression over time; performances in comparison with like-schools; and in the case of data from tests such as NAPLAN, measures of student growth across the years of school. The school community is driven by a deep belief that every student is capable of successful learning. A high priority is given to building and maintaining positive and caring relationships between staff, students and parents. There is a strong collegial culture of mutual trust and support among teachers and school leaders. The staff works to maintain an intellectually rigorous learning environment that is safe, respectful, tolerant and inclusive. Mount Crosby State School applies resources (staff time, expertise, funds, facilities, materials) in a targeted manner to meet the learning needs of all students. It has school-wide policies, practices and programs in place to identify and address student needs. Flexible structures and processes enable the school to respond appropriately to the needs of the individual learners. The school has a professional team of highly able teachers including teachers who take an active leadership role beyond the classroom. Strong procedures are in place to encourage a school-wide, shared responsibility for..