Briefing for Member Schools

15th September 2011

2011 Commonwealth Supplementation

2011 AGSRC (2009/2010 Financial Year)

Primary $9,697

Secondary $11,945

Primary 6.91%

Secondary 4.85%

AGSRC Index supplementation 1999 to 2011

  Primary AGSRC Secondary AGSRC 1999 7.3% 4.0%

2000 8.2% 5.2%

2001 6.4% 7.2%

2002 5.2% 5.2%

2003 7.1% 7.4%

2004 8.7% 7.2%

2005 3.1% 4.6%

2006 6.3% 3.6%

2007 5.5% 4.3%

2008 5.6% 3.5%

2009 4.2% 5.8%

2010 8.2% 7.0%

2011 6.9% 4.9%

Funding Review Timeline

• Listening Tour – July/August 2010

• Emerging Issues Paper – December 2010

–Submissions closed 31 March 2011

• Second Issues Paper – August 2011

–Submissions close 30 September 2011

• Final Report – December 2011

Government Decisions will need to be made during 2012/13 about funding arrangements

from 2014

Research Reports

• National School Resource Standard (Allen Consulting Group)

• Funding for Disadvantaged Students (ACER)• Existing Funding Models for Schooling (Deloitte

Access Economics)• Challenges and Opportunities (Nous Group)

Available at http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/ReviewofFunding/Pages/default.aspx

Possible Gonski Outcomes

• Framework and principles to underpin future funding models

• Focus on disadvantage students• National School Resource Standard• Funding Maintenance

The Government will have to make a decision about the actual funding model

well before 2014 to enable relevant legislation to be passed through

Parliament.

Legislation timeline – Current Government

Jan 2007       Federal Election Dec 2007

Jan 2008 Legislation for new funding quadrennium passed      Dec 2008

Jan 2009         Dec 2009

Jan 2010  Review of schools funding    

Dec 2010     Federal Election  

Jan 2011Review of schools funding

Dec 2011Amend Schools Assistance Act for 2013    

Jan 2012 Government decision  on funding review / Legislation for new funding quadrennium? Dec 2012

Jan 2013 Legislation for new funding quadrennium ?    Federal Election Dec 2013

Jan 2014         Dec 2014

Jan 2015         Dec 2015

Jan 2016       Federal Election  Dec 2016

Jan 2017 Legislation for new funding quadrennium      Dec 2017

A Flying Start

White Paper

• Year 7• Queensland Education Standards Authority• Pre- service education and induction• Kindergartens

Getting Ready for Secondary School

• Year 7 to move to secondary in 2015• For State schools, “junior secondary” from 2013

(Years 8 and 9); from 2015 (Years 7, 8 and 9)• The change will be piloted in up to 20 state

schools prior to 2015• Strong emphasis on pastoral care for Year 7

students, teacher professional development and introduction of the Australian Curriculum

• Increase the Living Away from Home Allowance for Year 7 students to the secondary rate

Getting Ready for Secondary School

• Capital funding - $5 million in new funding; ability to utilise up to a further $27 million from State capital funding over the next three years

• Boarding school needs currently being considered

Pilot Schools• Murrumba State Secondary College (2012) (new school)• Springfield Central State High School• Varsity College • Crows Nest State School• Glenmore High School• Eimeo Road Mackay (new school planned)

Year 7 to Year 8 Transition

2010 Enrolments

Year 7 Year 8 Difference

State 40,786 36,048 (4,738)

Catholic 9,340 11,589 2,249

Independent 8,225 11,120 2,895

Total 58,351 58,757

Prep Half Cohort

State Wide Figures – 2010

Year 3 Year 4

State schools 25,837 39,935 65%

Catholic schools 7,180 10,050 71%

Independent schools 5,334 6,764 79%

All schools 38,351 56,749 68%

Education Standards Authority

From 2013

QSA+NSSAB = QESA• Minimum accreditation standards• State and non-state schools• Focus on quality assurance and

continuous improvement• Possible new standards – for example,

boarding standards

Kindergartens

• New recurrent funding arrangements for kindergartens commenced 2011

• 240 additional kindergartens by 2014• 108 sites announced• Further rounds for 2013 and 2014• 40% of Queensland children currently attending

kindergarten (up from 29% in 2008)• Kindergarten will be an additional year of schooling• Slowly, the barriers between schooling and early

childhood education are being broken down

Pre-Service Education

• Review of Teacher Education and School Induction

• 65 recommendations• 24 accepted by the Government and will

be implemented• 41 recommendations to be further

considered by a Taskforce

2011 NAPLAN

• 2011 NAPLAN outcomes released Friday 9th September

• National and State/Territory Report – www.naplan.edu.au

• QSA individual school report – www.qsa.qld.edu.au

• Parent and student reports

Next Steps

• The State Government’s annual Next Steps survey report has been released

• It reports on 2010 Year 12 students and their destinations in 2011 in relation to further study and training or work

• Available at www.education.qld.edu.au/nextstep

Legislation

• Education and Training Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

• Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) Bill 2011

Industry, Education, Training and Industrial Relations Committee

Public submissionsPublic hearings

Details available on the Queensland Parliament websitewww.parliament.qld.gov.au

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The strong level of support for independent schools continues to increase

I’m going to read some statements about education. Tell me whether you agree or disagree with each one.

“In general I support independent or private schools”

22% 24% 23%24%

6% 4%

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70% 72%

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Colmar Brunton 2001 UMR Dec 2009 UMR Jun 2011

Disagree Unsure/Neither agree/disagree Agree

For further information -

David RobertsonExecutive DirectorIndependent Schools Queensland

drobertson@aisq.qld.edu.au