NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way My School Financial Data Explained Sample Primary School 2010

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way My School – Financial Information On December 3 ACARA will publish on the My School website the capital and operating income of every school in Australia This will include the financial information for the calendar year of 2009 Operating income is for day-to-day expenses like salaries and maintenance Capital income is for building works and the purchasing of major equipment

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way From 2010, all costs involved in running a school will be included on the My School website. It will be expressed as a $ value per student All sources of income are added together and this total (called operating costs) is divided by the number of students in the school

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way i.e. Total Income from all sources Total number of students Example Demonstration High School (enrolment 1000 students) receives:  $8 million from the State Government  $1.5 million from the Federal Government  $0.5 million from parent contributions, canteen, other charges etc. = $10m/1000 students = $10,000 per student per year

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way State Government recurrent funding 81%

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way Terms Explained

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way State Government Recurrent Funding It’s funding provided to support NSW Government schools. It includes: –Teacher and School Assistant salaries (usually the largest component - >75% at SAMPLE Primary School) –building/grounds maintenance –utilities i.e. electricity, gas, water etc –school cleaning –out of school centralised support e.g. curriculum consultants, State and Regional Office activities etc (school share apportioned by student enrolments &/or floor area).

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way Australian Government Recurrent Funding  It’s funding provided to the State Government to support the education of all students enrolled in public schools as well as funding for targeted National Partnerships and general recurrent funding based on student numbers  Some of this funding is given directly to the schools for: o Literacy programs o Numeracy programs o Low Socio Economic School support o The rest is used to help fund day-to-day to operating expenses like salaries and support from regional and central offices

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way Fees, charges and parent contributions  This figure reflects the contributions and support received from parents and the local school community. It includes all money receipted by the school, such as: o Subject fees o Voluntary contributions o Excursions o Hire of Facilities o Canteen rent/profits o Other extra-curricular activities etc

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way Other Private Sources  Any income shown under note 6 in your OASIS system will be counted as “Other Private Sources” for the purposes My School for example: o Donations from community organisations o Funds that the school holds in trust to pass on to another organisation – and example might be bushfire relief fundraising and 40 Hour Famine

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way MY School capital expenditure

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way  Capital expenditure includes funding given to the school from the Australian Government and the NSW Government  This also includes any money that the school has used from their operating funding for capital projects  Capital projects include buildings, COLAs, playground upgrades, school minor works like putting a new roof on the school, or refurbishing the canteen, or building a school security fence

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way  The cost per student shown on the My School website can vary greatly between schools  This variance is caused by a number of factors, including: i.The size of the school – schools with lower student numbers will have a higher cost per student. ii.The complexity of the student population (if the school has a support unit, if the school has an intensive English centre, if the school is in a remote area). iii.The special needs of individual students in the school (for instance a school may have a student with very high support needs). iv.If the school is part of a targeted initiatives like SIP, PAS or one of the National Partnership Programs

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way This graph shows the correlation between the size of the school and the cost per student. Generally as the number of students enrolled in the school rises, the cost per student will fall Small schools, high cost per student Large schools, lower cost per student

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way My School financial data explained

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way Example of differences N.B :- the average cost per student in a NSW Government Primary school is $12,468

NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way