Top education at Mt Lockyer

Mt Lockyer Primary School students are the "beneficiaries of outstanding teaching and leadership", according to an Education Department expert review report released this week.

Department of Education Director General Sharyn O'Neill invited principal Maxine Auguston to participate in a study of the school after an independent review found exemplary practice earlier this year.

The study was conducted by the expert review group of four experienced education professionals who spent five days at the school interviewing members of the school community from the principal, deputies, teachers and education assistants to the chaplain, psychologist and students.

According to the report, school leaders are "fuelled by a desire to achieve a balance between public accountability, personal responsibility and professional obligation".

"The principal's approach to leadership exemplifies her vision, values, knowledge and interpersonal skills and ensures that her mantra, 'every child is everyone's responsibility', is achieved," the report said.

"School-wide pedagogical beliefs about how students learn best are at the core of very effective teaching practices."

The study also found students in every class were challenged to do their best, there was a "compelling" sense of team at the school and high-quality relationships between the school and the local community.

Ms Auguston said she was "extremely proud" to be selected as the only regional school for the inquiry, along with Perth's Shenton College and Ranford Primary School.

"The best part has been the public recognition and acknowledgment of what a terrific job the staff do," she said.

Ms Auguston said the school received great support.

"(The community) are incredibly loyal and I honestly feel like it's a partnership with them in the education of their kids, which is what we aspire to," she said.