 The My School website has been updated for 2016. This update includes the latest profile and population data on almost 10,000 schools from around Australia, as well as the outcomes of the 2015 round of NAPLAN testing. There's also up-to-date staff and student numbers, financial figures for each school and current student attendance data. Akara has been collecting data for My School since 2008, meaning you can now review up to eight years of performance data for almost any school in the country. In September 2015, the Education Council agreed on some improvements to the My School website. One of these improvements was making the My School website more accessible. We've reduced the amount of content on the My School landing page by about 50%. This has resulted in a simplified layout, making it easier for visitors to identify information important to them. The search function has also been improved, with a simpler security feature. We've also reviewed the remaining content and simplified and streamlined it for improved readability. If you're a parent of a student in a primary or secondary school and you haven't yet visited the My School website, I encourage you to have a look at the information available about your child's school and about other schools. We've drawn together a range of information in one central online location in a format that is now even easier to navigate and understand. Among other things, My School allows you to make fair comparisons among schools with students from similar socio-educational backgrounds, using the Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage, commonly known as IXIA. You can find out more about IXIA on our website. We believe that publication of data that enables fair comparisons is important. Publicly available information about schools, from texts supplied by the school through to NAPLAN results, contributes to conversations and is sharing of lessons and learning about school achievements, and ultimately supports and drives improvement in education across the nation. If you have any questions or comments, please email us at infoatakara.edu.au. Thank you.