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Briefing for Member Schools
May/June 2011
Topics
• Enrolment Trends and Issues• Federal Budget 2011/12• Funding• Australian Government Funding Review• My School• Australian Curriculum• Queensland Government Green Paper
2008 2009 2010 20110.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
4.0%
4.5%
5.0%
Percentage Increase in Enrolments (February Data)
February 2011 Census – 109,494 students
1.8% increase over 2010
FEBRUARY ENROLMENTS
2009 2010Change
2009/2010 2011Change
2010/2011 Change 2009/2011
Prep 6,280 6,359 1.3% 6,728 5.8% 7.1%
1 6,022 6,497 7.9% 6,519 0.3% 8.2%
2 5,018 6,077 21.1% 6,549 7.8% 30.5%
3 6,273 5,226 -16.7% 6,290 20.4% 0.3%
4 6,366 6,554 3.0% 5,521 -15.8% -13.3%
5 6,464 6,854 6.0% 6,949 1.4% 7.5%
6 6,966 7,204 3.4% 7,513 4.3% 7.9%
7 7,995 8,143 1.8% 8,291 1.8% 3.7%
Ungraded 735 782 6.3% 781 -0.1% 6.2%
Total Primary 52,120 53,696 3.0% 55,141 2.7% 5.8%
8 10,580 10,943 3.4% 10,921 -0.2% 3.2%
9 10,556 10,658 1.0% 10,904 2.3% 3.3%
10 10,450 10,648 1.9% 10,604 -0.4% 1.5%
11 10,536 10,748 2.0% 10,863 1.1% 3.1%
12 9,914 10,106 1.9% 10,265 1.6% 3.5%
Ungraded 674 748 10.8% 796 6.5% 18.0%Total
Secondary 52,712 53,850 2.2% 54,353 0.9% 3.1%
TOTAL 104,831 107,546 2.6% 109,494 1.8% 4.4%
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
Percentage Increase in Enrolments (August Data)
Qld Independent Sector Linear (Qld Independent Sector)
Introduction of Prep Year
Other Sectors
• State sector – less than 1% increase• Secondary stable; some growth in primary• Catholic sector – 3% increase in
secondary; 2.8% increase in primary
Australian school enrolments 2010
Students Enrolment Share
Primary Secondary Total Primary Secondary Total
Independent* 230,532 260,701 491,233 11.5% 17.7% 14.1%
Catholic 390,532 322,757 713,289 19.4% 21.9% 20.5%
Government 1,389,263 893,094 2,282,357 69.1% 60.5% 65.5%
TOTAL 2,010,327 1,476,552 3,486,879 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Source: ABS Schools Australia 2010 - Full-time enrolments
*When including independent Catholic school enrolments, this figure is close to 550,000 enrolments.
Share of FT primary enrolments by sector and state 2010
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Australia
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
10.5%
10.2%
12.2%
15.8%
13.0%
9.0%
9.9%
12.2%
11.5%
20.0%
22.1%
17.5%
17.9%
17.4%
17.1%
11.8%
27.8%
19.4%
69.5%
67.7%
70.4%
66.3%
69.6%
74.0%
78.2%
59.9%
69.1%
Independent Catholic Government
Source: ABS Schools Australia data
Share of FT secondary enrolments by sector and state 2010
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Australia
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
14.5%
19.0%
18.9%
19.8%
22.0%
13.5%
20.1%
16.1%
17.6%
23.4%
22.8%
19.1%
18.9%
20.5%
18.3%
12.4%
29.9%
21.7%
62.1%
58.2%
62.0%
61.2%
57.5%
68.2%
67.5%
54.1%
60.7%
Independent Catholic Government
Source: ABS Schools Australia data
Share of all FT enrolments by sector and state 2010
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Australia
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
12.3%
14.2%
14.8%
17.4%
16.2%
11.1%
14.0%
14.1%
14.1%
21.5%
22.4%
18.1%
18.3%
18.5%
17.6%
12.1%
28.8%
20.4%
66.2%
63.4%
67.1%
64.3%
65.3%
71.3%
74.0%
57.1%
65.5%
Independent Catholic Government
Source: ABS Schools Australia data
Enrolment growth by sector 1995 - 2010
1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
-1.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
0.6%
0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
-0.1%-0.2% -0.2%
0.1%
0.9%
-0.2%
0.4% 0.4%
1.3% 1.2% 1.2%
0.9% 0.9%1.1%
1.3%
0.5%
0.8%1.0% 1.0%
1.7%
0.8%
1.1%1.3%
4.2% 4.1%
3.3%
4.3%4.1%
3.8%
4.4%
4.1%
3.2% 3.1%
2.8%
3.7%3.5%
2.2%
1.6%
Government Catholic Independent
% c
han
ge
Source: ABS Schools Australia data
Enrolment change by sector 1985 - 2010
Government Catholic Independent0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
Grew by 51,524
students
Grew by 139,667students
Grew by289,519students
En
rolm
ents
Source: ABS Schools Australia data
Projected enrolment change in all schools 2010 - 2020
Source: DEEWR Projections and ABS Schools Australia*Based on average school size by sector for 2010 derived from ABS data.
2010 2020 Change (no.)
Equivalent no. of new
schools* Government Schools Primary 1,389,263 1,754,541 365,278 1,081Secondary 893,094 942,649 49,555 147Total 2,282,357 2,697,190 414,833 1,227 Catholic Schools Primary 390,532 492,573 102,041 244Secondary 322,757 367,737 44,980 108Total 713,289 860,310 147,021 352 Independent Schools Primary 230,532 302,722 72,190 149Secondary 260,701 338,548 77,847 161Total 491,233 641,270 150,037 311 All Schools Primary 2,010,327 2,549,836 539,509 1,474Secondary 1,476,552 1,648,934 172,382 415Total 3,486,879 4,198,770 711,891 1,890
The Prep Half Cohort
Year Grade Number % of Normal Cohort
2007 Prep 4,059 62
2008 Year 1 4,870 75
2009 Year 2 5,018 77
2010 Year 3 5,226 80
2011 Year 4 5,521 85
The Prep half cohort goes into Year 7 in 2014
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%
Enrolment Issues
• Intake into Year 8 is down• Prep intake up by 6%• Primary enrolments up 2.7%• Secondary growth is low (< 1%)• Prep Half Cohort• International market struggling
Queensland Economy
• Significant change in demographic growth in Queensland in just a few years
• Reduction in interstate migration (partly replaced by overseas migration)
• Significant change in State finances• Commsec report – Queensland economy
is at the bottom of the list in economic performance
Implications for schools
• 20 plus years of growth• Independent schools often slow to react to
changed economic conditions• Fee increases – parents are hurting• Affordability and sustainability
Affordability
Fee increases have consistently been higher than CPI
Primary and Preschool Secondary Tertiary
Mar-2002 5.9 6.4 3.0Mar-2003 7.2 6.9 2.5Mar-2004 7.6 6.9 8.4Mar-2005 7.0 7.0 5.3Mar-2006 6.6 6.9 4.8Mar-2007 7.9 7.1 0.3Mar-2008 1.4 6.6 3.8Mar-2009 4.3 7.6 3.2Mar-2010 5.3 5.7 5.9
Yearly Change in Education Component of CPI by Category (Australia)
AGSRC, CPI and Average Weekly Earnings
100.00
110.00
120.00
130.00
140.00
150.00
160.00
1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Gro
wth
Ind
ex
Comparison of growth in AGSRC, CPI and AWE 1990-91 to 2007-08
Primary AGSRC Secondary AGSRC AWE CPI
Fee Increases
• Salaries and employment costs• Smaller class sizes (for some schools)• Expanded curriculum choices (VET)• Significant increase in non-teaching staff• ICT• Student welfare/pastoral care• Regulation and compliance
Student teacher ratios 1973 - 2010
Source: ABS Schools Australia data
YearGovernment
Non-Government
Catholic Independent
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
1973 25.1 16.2 29.6 22.2 17.1 14.2
1980 20.2 12.2 23.9 16.6 17.3 13.3
1990 17.9 12.0 21.1 14.0 16.9 12.2
2000 17.1 12.4 19.1 13.4 15.6 11.4
2010 15.4 12.3 17.6 12.8 14.9 10.5
Implications for schools
• Salary increases – productivity gains• Delivery methods• Curriculum/programs provision• Providing value for money• Focus on What Parents Want
Sustainability
• Political support (excepting for the Greens)• Independent schools educate nearly 1 in 5
secondary students• High levels of community support• 4 in 10 state school parents would send their
children to an independent school if fees weren’t an issue
• High parental expectations• National Education System – Australian
Curriculum, NAPLAN – more uniformity
Possible Threats
• Autonomous state schools eg WA Independent Public Schools
• Gillard Government to give 1,000 schools more autonomy by 2014
• Slow reforms at Queensland level (eg State school Principals now have power to expel students)
• Standardisation of curriculum, assessment and reporting
Implications for schools
• Focus on What Parents Want– Values, standards, good discipline– Preparation for students to fulfil their potential
in life– Encourage of responsible attitude to work– High quality teachers
• Focus on being independent• Focus on innovation, creativity
Federal Budget
• New commitments of over $800 million for school education
• Changes to Trade Training Centres and Digital Education Revolution
• National Asian Languages in Schools to end after 2011/12
Budget Forward Estimates
2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Program $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000
Rewards for School Improvement 15,785 48,596 91,860 91,860
Reward Payments for Great Teachers 50,000 - 125,000 125,000
Teach Next 6,400 5,250 4,450 1,950
National Trade Cadetship 600 12,500 12,500 12,500
Australian Baccalaureate - - 2,188 4,511
National Asian Languages in Schools 4,635 461 - -
National School Chaplaincy Program 74,000 74,000 74,000 -
Helping Children with Autism 5,354 5,450 5,555 5,665
Trade Training Centres 98,880 92,020 80,720 74,860
Digital Education Revolution 107,000 100,000 98,000 74,000
Building the Education Revolution 98,269 - - -
Students with Disabilities (Non-Government) 17,482 17,540 8,768 -
FEDERAL BUDGET 2011/12
Reward Payments for Great Teachers
• $425 million over the next four years - $1.25 billion for the initiative
• New Australian Teacher Performance Management Principles and Procedures
• Top 10% of teachers (approx 25,000 each year)
• Bonus of up to 10% of salary• First bonus payments in 2014 based on
2013 performance
Empowering Local Schools
• $480 million by 2018 for self-governing schools
• 1,000 schools to be self-governing over 2012 and 2013
• Initial focus is government schools; non-government schools able to participate from 2013
• Grants of up to $50,000 for participating schools
Rewards for School Improvement
• $250 million over four years• National School Improvement Framework
and Office of National School Evaluation (within ACARA)
• Reward payments to schools showing the most improvement under the framework
• Expected that 4,500 schools will receive rewards between 2012/13 and 2016/17
Items of Interest
• $222 million for the expansion of the National Schools Chaplaincy Program
• Teach Next – 450 new teachers• National Trade Cadetships• Enhancing Support for Students with
Disabilities - $200 million• Changes to Trade Training Centres and
Digital Education Revolution
Items of Interest
• Australian Baccalaureate• National Asian Languages in Schools
Program will end• Budget provides for the extension of
recurrent funding for non-government schools until the end of 2013, and capital funding to 2014
Federal Budget
• $54 million allocated to establish a new independent statutory agency, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, by 1 July 2012
• The agency will be headed by a Commissioner who will have sole responsibility for determining charitable, public benevolent institution and other not-for-profit status for all Commonwealth purposes
Schools recurrent funding by sector 2008-09
Government Catholic Independent0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
3.4 3.92.1
27.4
1.4
0.8
1.4
2.04.1
Australian Government State/territory governments Parents
$ b
illio
ns
)estimated(
Source: Productivity Commission & Financial Questionnaire
The SES funding model
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
SES Score
% o
f AGS
RC
SES score 85
SES score 130
Final 2010 AGSRC
Primary $9,070; secondary $11,393
SES score 85Primary $6,349; secondary $7,976
SES score 130Primary $1,243; secondary $1,561
Sliding scale of funding entitlement per student according to SES score (2010 final
amounts)
80 85 90 100 110 120 130 135 $-
$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
$6,000
$7,000
$8,000
$9,000
$6,349 $6,349
$5,778
$4,644
$3,511
$2,377
$1,243 $1,243
$7,976 $7,976
$7,258
$5,834
$4,410
$2,985
$1,561 $1,561
Primary
SES Score
Fu
nd
ing
per
stu
den
t
Independent schools by SES score 2009
75% of schools have an SES ≤107Note: SES 85 includes special schools
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 101 103 105 107 109 111 113 115 117 119 121 123 125 127 129 131 133 135
Number of Funding Maintained schools by sector and SES score 2009
< 80 80 - 89 90 - 99 100 - 109 110 - 119 120 - 129 130 +0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 0
241
372
205
68
60 0
23
7556
26
6
Catholic Independent
SES score band
No. o
f Sch
ools
AGSRC Index supplementation 1999 to
2010 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%
Change in rates
Movement in State Recurrent Funding Rates for Independent Schools
2009 => 2010 2010 => 2011No of
Schools% of
SchoolsNo of
Schools % of
Schools
Decrease 3 2% 0 0%
Unchanged 0 2% 0 0%
Increase up to 1% 13 7% 0 0%
Increase 1% to 2% 42 23% 3 2%
Increase 2% to 4% 89 50% 26 15%
Increase 4% & above
32 18% 178 83%
Funding Review panel members
• David Gonski AC• Dr Peter Tannock AM• Dr Ken Boston AO• Kathryn Greiner AO• Hon. Dr Carmen Lawrence• Bill Scales AO
Funding Review
• Commenced April 2010• Listening tour 2010• Emerging Issues Paper December 2010• 1,200 submissions• 7,000 AEU campaign submissions
Funding Review Timeline
• Listening Tour – July/August 2010
• Emerging Issues Paper – December 2010
–Submissions called for 31 March 2011
• Second Issues Paper – August 2011
–Submissions August/September 2011
• Final Report – December 2011
• Government Decisions ???
Funding Review Research Projects
1. Definition of equity (DEEWR)2. Current arrangements to fund disadvantaged students
including students with disability (ACER)3. Developing a Schooling Resource Standard (Allen
Consulting)4. An evaluation of existing funding models and
methodologies used by the states and territories(Access Economics)
5. Improving education outcomes (Nous Group Consortium)
6. Different funding models (DEEWR and Review Panel)
Independent sector key messages
1. No loss of funding in real terms2. Continuing direct relationship between the
Commonwealth and the non-government sector3. Funding to continue to be allocated in legislated
quadrennium or longer cycles4. An accurate measure of the changes in the cost of
educating a child in a government school5. Increased and continuing capital and targeted funding6. Importance of projected enrolment growth and
independent sector partnership with governments7. Funding must be based on robust data8. Consistent application of funding model
AEU Submission
• The key principle of government funding for private schools should be that there is no pre-existing, pre-determined entitlement to public funding
AEU Submission
Where governments choose to provide funding to private
schools, the level of funding should be determined by rating
each private school through criteria including:• Enrolment practices• Student profile• Compliance with mandated curriculum• Public accountability• Level of fees• The total income, assets and resources at the disposal
of the school
NCEC Submission
• Catholic sector wants at least the current level of total government funding in real terms into the future, irrespective of individual family financial circumstances
• Catholic school systems to be funded at a percentage of a national resource standard, based on a resource-availability and a socio-economic indicator
• Non-systemic schools funding based on national resource standard modified by a resource-availability and a socio-economic indicator
Non-systemic school funding sources and non-systemic enrolments by school SES
score 2006
Source: ANAO analysis of Non-government Schools Financial Questionnaire data & DEEWR Census
85 or less 86 - 90 91 - 95 96 - 100 101 - 105 106 - 110 111 - 115 116 - 120 121 - 125 126 - 129 130 or more
$-
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
Independent Sector enrolments Commonwealth General Recurrent Grants Targeted Programs
State Government Grants Private Income
School SES Score
Annu
al fu
ndin
g pe
r stu
dent
2006
No
n-s
yste
mic
en
rolm
ents
Net recurrent income by student – average school amount by sector by state
(Total net recurrent income / total enrolments)
Source: ACARA Financial Data – February 2011Note: 28 schools’ data is pending for the independent sector.
Government Catholic Independent
NSW $10,770 $9,539 $14,770
VIC $10,178 $9,300 $15,201
QLD $10,742 $9,672 $12,084
SA $11,723 $10,331 $11,828
WA $13,585 $10,722 $12,756
NT $17,992 $14,638 $14,713
TAS $11,674 $9,102 $12,300
ACT $12,484 $9,614 $13,257
Net recurrent income per student by sector
Source: ACARA Financial Data – February 2011
Independent* Catholic Government**
Schools Enrolments Schools Enrolments Schools Enrolments
$0 - $5K 7 3,029 1 158 11 774
$5 - $10K 317 109,558 1,057 360,078 2,358 1,039,087
$10 - $15K 430 236,532 492 281,033 2,634 1,050,536
$15 - $20K 155 117,252 40 9,195 726 118,958
$20K plus 122 60,031 43 5,315 984 66,621
*28 schools’ data pending in the independent sector
**38 schools have no funded enrolments & therefore no net recurrent income per student amount. They are environmental education centres and hospital schools in NSW.
Legislation timeline – ALP 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
My Crystal Ball
• No hit lists• Funding moderated by school resources
(hybrid SES/ERI?)• Funding Guarantee (but no Funding
Maintenance in a new model)• Existing Funding Maintenance??• Squeeze on indexation• National resource standards
Implications for Schools
• Manage reporting of school income (recurrent/capital; net trading activities)
• Look at Foundations etc as a means to manage private income flow to the school
• Plan for possible reduction of Government funding in real terms
Tanberg – The Age 5/2/11
My School
NAPLAN
• “high stakes”• Increasing focus on procedures,
exemptions and participation
• 2010 NAPLAN National Report released - http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/mceecdya/
Top and bottom 100 schools for net recurrent income per student -
Australia
Highest net recurrent income per student
Independent 6Catholic 0Government 94
100
Lowest net recurrent income per student
Independent 14Catholic 67Government 19
100
Source: ACARA Financial Data – February 2011Note: 28 schools’ data is pending for the independent sector.
Highest 10 NRIPS schools by sector and state - Australia
Sector School Name StateFunded
FTENRIPS Description
Government Wollombi Public School NSW 3 $
101,472 Small
Government Cassia Educ Support Centre WA 16.4 $
105,191 Education support centre/remote
Government Karratha Educ Support Centre WA 17.2 $
107,126 Education support centre/remote
Government College Row School WA 19.2 $
108,999 Education support centre
Government Rivendell School NSW 24 $
115,346 Special school
Government Woolomin Public School NSW 25 $
117,478 Rural
GovernmentShenton College Deaf Education Centre WA 16
$ 118,501 Special school
Government Tennyson Special School QLD 7.1 $
122,061 Special school
Government The Wa Institute For Deaf Education WA 43.6 $
152,414 Special school
Government Lyons Early Childhood School ACT 6 $
158,667 Early childhood/Small
Source: ACARA Financial Data – February 2011Note: 28 schools’ data is pending for the independent sector.
Independent Schools with the highest NRIPS - Australia
School Name StateRank (counting down from highest NRIPS)
Net Recurrent Income per
student
Lindfield Montessori Preschool NSW 458 $33,578
Sydney Grammar School NSW 547 $30,414
Banksia Montessori School WA 642 $27,387
The Kilmore International School VIC 648 $27,216
The Currajong School VIC 706 $25,862
Toogoolawa School NSW 709 $25,800
The Scots College NSW 728 $25,433
St Catherine's School NSW 732 $25,383
Wesley College VIC 777 $24,514
Abbotsleigh NSW 783 $24,429
Note: Excludes independent schools with data pending or blank, Special schools, Special Assistance Schools, Majority Indigenous Student School and Australian Technical Colleges/Trade Schools
Source: ACARA Financial Data
ICSEA scores Australia – My School 2.0
Highest ICSEA (Top 100 Schools)
Government 38
Independent 54
Catholic 8
Lowest ICSEA (Bottom 100 schools)
Government 76
Independent 11
Catholic 13
Change in ICSEA for independent schools Australia – MySchool v1 and 2.0
2009 2010
Highest ICSEA (Top 100 schools) Highest ICSEA (Top 100 Schools)
Government 61 Government 38
Independent 21 Independent 54
Catholic 18 Catholic 8
Lowest ICSEA (Bottom 100 schools) Lowest ICSEA (Bottom 100 schools)
Government 76 Government 76
Independent 11 Independent 11
Catholic 13 Catholic 13
My School
Future developments –
• Reporting of school assets?• Satisfaction surveys – parents, students and
teachers• More detail on staffing – teachers by National
Teacher Standards• Focus on student gain (disadvantage for highly
performing schools)
Australian Curriculum
• Ministers approved the Australian Curriculum for Foundation (Prep) to Year 10 for English, mathematics, science and history on 8th December 2010
• However, Ministers did not approve the achievement standards in their current form
• Ministers have instructed ACARA to finalise for their approval the achievement standards and any adjustments and refinements that may need to be made to the curriculum content by October 2011
Australian Curriculum
• The Queensland Implementation Plan remains unchanged
• 2011 is awareness raising, engagement and understanding
• 2012 implementation of English, mathematics and science i.e. to teach, assess and report on the Australian Curriculum
• 2013 implementation of history
• Early adoption of Australian Curriculum is an individual school decision
Australian Curriculum
• The Queensland Studies Authority has a package of 100 resources available on their website to assist schools with planning, unit development and audit tools
• www.qsa.qld.edu.au
• Independent Schools Queensland briefings for principals and School Leaders continuing – refer to www.aisq.qld.edu.au for details
Australian Curriculum
• Draft Version 2 of The Shape of the Australian Curriculum now available for consultation
• Final The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Geography now available
• Draft The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Languages now available for consultation
• All available at www.acara.edu.au
Australian Curriculum
The big issues
• Achievement standards• Time allocations/what is mandated• Senior secondary
QSA
• Future of QCATs post 2012• Review of QCE• Review of CST
Queensland Government
• Focus on NAPLAN results• Green Paper• Year 7• Standards Authority• Universal provision of kindergarten• Pre-service education
Green Paper – Year 7
State Government announced in late 2010 that further consultation will be held on the
proposed movement of Year 7 to secondary
Half Cohort Impact
2011 Enrolments in Independent Schools
Year 3 6,290Year 4 5,521 ------ Year 7 in 2014Year 5 6,949
Green Paper – Standards Authority
• Queensland College of Teachers• Queensland Studies Authority• Non-State Schools Accreditation Board
• Independent Standards Authority• “independent” accreditation of state
schools
Kindergartens
• New recurrent funding arrangements for kindergartens commenced 2011
• Approved kindergarten providers eligible for recurrent funding for kindy aged cohort
• Providers must be licensed; 15 hours a week for 40 weeks a year; and delivered by a qualified teacher
Kindergartens
• Independent Schools Queensland is an approved “Central Governing Body” to administer kindergarten funding for stand alone kindergartens
• Long Day Centres funded directly by the Department
• Independent schools with stand alone kindergartens and kindergartens with close association with independent schools may join the ISQ CGB for funding purposes
Kindergartens
• 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)
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
For further information -
David RobertsonExecutive DirectorIndependent Schools Queensland