See I don't think the fact that you can't compare a one-of-a-kind school makes the My School website crap. If there's not another apple, then you can't compare apples. It just means that if you see a school's NAPLAN results you can raise it with them and give them the opportunity for an explanation. I'd much rather address that before enrolling my child than finding out later.

If you gave me a choice between a school that produced a well-rounded, contributor to society compared to a school with great exam results that produced selfish individuals of course I'd go for the former but I don't think it's so black and white in most instances. I think most of us are looking for a balance. If two schools produce similar exam results but one has values that align better with my own, then I'd choose that one.

My own schools, I think, produced great, kind, salt-of-the-earth kids. Who had crap exam results. Really crap. How much better for those kids if they'd had better exam results and could have gone out into the world and being more of a positive influence on their society? Maybe, they would have ultimately decided to have done exactly what they're doing now, we'll never know and they weren't given a fair go to reach their potential. From my perspective, I'd like to make it as easy as possible for my kids to reach their potential. If that's being a nurse, that's great - if it means being the Secretary General of the UN, that's great too. I couldn't really care less what they end up doing or what exam results they get as long as they've been given a decent go.