Mac Robertson High School: Masters of Education - Situational and SWOT Analysis

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Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Situational analysis................................................................................................................................2
Commentary..........................................................................................................................................5
SWOT analysis......................................................................................................................................5
Commentary..........................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................8
Recommendation...................................................................................................................................9
References...........................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Mac Robertson girls’ high school is an academically selective, high school for the gifted
student that is located in the Melbourne Australia. The high school was incorporated in 1905
in Australia. The high school was operated and managed by the Victoria department of
education in the country. It has been found that Mac Robertson girl’s high school has ranked
sixth in Australia’s top ten girls schools. The school provides an educational experience to
the girls in the territory. It improves and enhances the skills, talents, and knowledge of the
girls by providing a variety of education to them. The school has a long tradition of
educational distinction. The school offers an educational knowledge which equips girls for
the leadership roles in the academic and professional life. In this report, the situational
analysis is discussed along with the SWOT analysis.
Situational analysis
The education system of Australia is a pillar of the economic growth of Australia. It leads to
innovation, increases productivity and has a direct impact on the health of individuals’
wealth, wellbeing and social agility. Education is obligatory in Australia between the ages of
5 or 6 and 15, 16 or 17. It depends on the state and date of birth. The government schools
graduate almost 60% of students and 40% students by private schools. The Australian
curriculum has been progressively developed for the primary and secondary schools
(Baroutsis & Lingard, 2017). Many aspects of the education system in Australia are strong
whereas some measures do not indicate the optimum performance. The education system in
Australia relies on the dual funding from Commonwealth and state government. Key
influences on the contemporary education context are:
 Changes in the perspective of education influences teacher’s personal and
professional standpoint.
 The languages have an important role in the education system of Australia because
they intercede the interpretation and makes meaning among people.
 The advancement in the technology amends the way people use language, connect
and relate to each other through information and learning.
 The time and place influences and orients the role of teachers in the education system.

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The education has existed in Australia for more than 200 years. The education system was
dominated by the social and moral needs of society. There was great concern for education in
the history even for the families. There was great concern for the education standards and
outcomes. By the end of 1830, it was assumed that the crime was outcome of ignorance and
ignorance was the consequence of the lack of education. Therefore, the education can reduce
crime so it was mean to organise society in the Australia. It was authoritative for the
government to set up schools so that students can be taught three R’s (reading, writing and
arithmetic), good moral and how to be law enduring citizens. The government had laid down
certain guidelines for the curriculum of schools including teachers and student’s behaviour
and the activities which can be and cannot be performed in the grounds of school. The
compulsory education was familiarized in the 1870s which was challenging to enforce. There
were three levels of certificate introduced in the Australian education system, qualifying
certificates, scholarships and intermediate certificate (Foster, 2018). The qualifying
certificates were used to award students for completing 6 years in the elementary school. The
scholarships were permitted to the students for the successfully completing 4 years of higher
education. The intermediate certificate was awarded for the successful completion of 4 years
of high school. The leaving certificate was given for the accomplishment of another 2 years.
The student who wants to take admission in the university are required to attain leaving
certificate from the school (Zyngier, Traverso & Murriello, 2015).
The situational analysis is collection and evaluation of the political, economic, social and
technological data aiming at internal and external forces which can influence the performance
of an organization. The PEST analysis provides encouragement to the governors,
management and staff indulge in the environment of school which could influence planning,
future finance and administrative decisions (Fogarty, Riddle, Lovell & Wilson, 2017). The
PEST analysis of Mac Robertson high school is:
Political: The political factors include factors like schools being privatisation. It has less
impact on the Mac Robinson high school as it is owned by the government. It has been
observed that government enterprises create the risk which the schools fail to deliver policy
or abstracted from the local main concern. The political factors include the skills which are
required to be a teacher or tutor (Yeom, Fan & Garg, 2016). It comprises the changes with the
short lead times. It includes the requirements to be self-managing and self-financing. The
Australian government and state and the territory government has set goals and directions for
the Australian schooling (Fieger, Villano, Rice & Cooksey, 2017). The education and training