Good to Great Schools Australia
We are a not-for-profit organisation that supports schools on their improvement journey to transition from Poor to Fair, Fair to Good, Good to Great and on to Excellent.
We support Australian education systems and communities to help their schools successfully deliver 21st century programs that meet the needs of all their students.
We seek to support children from early childhood through to secondary school graduation. We have decades of experience developing and implementing innovative education solutions. Our education model is based on extensive research supported by international evidence. We invest substantially in innovation and continuous improvement through co-design with students, families, teachers, school education systems and education experts.
We form strategic partnerships and collaborate with experts who have decades of experience in large-scale school implementations.

An Introduction to Positive High Expectations Behavior

Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy Choir Performance

Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy Band Performance 2024

Noel Pearson: fixing failing schools is our first priority

Noel Pearson on Cape York Academy (2015)

Noel Pearson Keith Murdoch Oration 2016

Noel Pearson: Education Is As Important As Land Rights

Noel Pearson: We Can Change Destiny

Noel Pearson: The Mentality of No Excuses

Noel Pearson: School should be the place where social class doesn’t matter

Noel Pearson on the idea that if a student has not learned, the teacher has not taught

Noel Pearson on the idea of ‘Studt Ready Schools’

Noel Pearson on the Aurukun School Audit Report (2016)

Noel Pearson: How to make literacy in remote schools sustainable

Noel Pearson on Layne Creek’s reading journey: Effective teaching is social justice

Noel Pearson Address to the Science of Learning National Summit (2023)

Noel Pearson: Indigenous Education Success in Cape York (First Nations Brilliance 2023)

Noel Pearson: With Direct Instruction, every lesson children experience success

Noel Pearson: With every year that we delay, another generation is lost

Noel Pearson: Direct Instruction is a fully proven program

Noel Pearson: How do we shift school system performance from Poor to Fair to Good to Great?

Noel Pearson: Direct Instruction is not rote learning

Noel Pearson: How to ensure every child learns

Noel Pearson: I’m a great supporter of teachers and teaching

Noel Pearson: The importance of Each Lesson

Noel Pearson: What is it that makes the highest performing school systems work?

Noel Pearson: Address at launch of Literacy for Remote Schools in Western Australia

Noel Pearson: Scaling up success in majority Indigenous schools

Noel Pearson Webinar - Direct Instruction

Noel Pearson webinar - The Power of Direct Instruction