My School Website

Cedars parents might have joined the millions of parents who have accessed the new My School Website. In looking at our local schools I am sure you will have joined me in feeling very proud of our students and teachers and celebrating the strong results our site shows. The staff and I have welcomed the publication of this material but I would like to offer a few comments about them. Firstly the information on this site is very minimal. Although we have done very well as a school I have reservations about a site that claims to compare schools on the data gathered from one test on one day. It is like evaluating the worth of a racing car by looking only at the tyres. Unfortunately the media makes stories out of minimal information and encourages sweeping statements for good and ill. Parents may not be aware that every school presents an annual report to the government with this information and much more. This is generally available on every school’s own website. You can access our Annual Report for 2008/2009.

 I would urge parents to read these reports for much more information than the MySchool site will ever offer.

Mrs Julie Reynolds
Principal