I don't know why you say as "as expected".
When looking at the Baulko stats something the data does not tell you.
The 1343 total attempts includes 72 attempts from the students who did Life Skills courses. For those who don't know what LifeSkills courses are, they are for students with learning difficulties, they do not sit a final exam and the results are NOT reported in Bands, thus it is IMPOSSIBLE for these students to gain a Band 6. The attempts should not be included in the data, however every year BOSTES continues to include them in the total attempts.
If you take a fair comparison for Baulko 733 credits from 1271 attempts (those attempts where it is possible to gain a Band 6/E4) = 57.6711% = 3rd
I'm not taking away from the other schools, all should be congratulated on a job well done, especially Girraween ,way to go guys, I just think tha before people starting saying "what happened to Baulko", the full facts should be known. Reality the result is very similar to last year, in fact the number of credits rose, and for the first time gained more credits than Ruse, job well done.
The reason that Baulko got 3rd place is not due to any lack of effort from Baulko, rather North Sydney Boys should be congratulated on their improvement, once again, well done.