The NAPLAN national results provide nationally comparable data on the 2025 national and state/territory results for each test domain and year level assessed, and by gender, Indigenous status and language background other than English. The commentaries highlight Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 NAPLAN results, nationally and by selected subgroups. The data is used to see how students have progressed in literacy and numeracy across the years of schooling.

Key findings

• Since 2023, results at a national level have remained stable in all domains.
• Participation rates across all years and domains have rebounded to pre-COVID levels.
• Girls continue to outperform boys in literacy domains at all year levels, particularly in writing in years 3, 5 and 7.
• Boys continue to outperform girls in numeracy in years 3, 5 and 7. At year 9, boys continue to outperform girls in numeracy among higher achieving students.
• There is some evidence of improved performance among the strongest cohort of Year 7 and 9 Indigenous students
• Higher levels of parental education and occupation continue to be associated with higher NAPLAN performance in all domains.