Briefing for Member Schools

16 May 2011

Topics

• Enrolment Trends• Federal Budget 2011/12• NAPLAN• My School• Australian Government Funding Review• What Parents Want

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

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• Overall increase 2.9%

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

Enrolment Issues

• Intake into Year 8 is down• Prep intake up by 6%• Primary enrolments up 2.7%• Secondary growth is low (< 1%)• International market struggling

Federal Budget

• New commitments of over $800 million for school education

• Cuts 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• Cuts 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 2102

• 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

NAPLAN

• “high stakes”• Increasing focus on procedures,

exemptions and participation

• 2010 NAPLAN National Report released - http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/mceecdya/

Tanberg – The Age 5/2/11

My School

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.

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)

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

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

What Parents Want

School Choice• Preparation for student to fulfil potential in later life• Good discipline• Encourage responsible attitude to school work• High quality teachers

What Parents Want reports available at

www.aisq.qld.edu.au

For further information -

David RobertsonExecutive Director

Independent Schools Queensland

drobertson@aisq.qld.edu.au