STRATEGIC BRIEFING FOR SCHOOLS Independent Schools Queensland July 2010

Strategic Issues The environment –Enrolments –Community Support –Federal Election Funding - Funding Review - State funding Transparency and accountability National Initiatives - Australian Curriculum - BER Green Paper - Kindergartens - Year 7 - Standards Authority Other Issues

Enrolments 2010 – February Census – 105,546 students Enrolment growth slower than average (2009 – 3.2%; 2010 – 2.7%) Impact of –Global financial crisis –Restricted capacity –Other local considerations

StudentsPrimarySecondaryTotal Independent105, %18.8%14.7% Catholic128, %18.8%17.8% Government484, %62.4%67.5% 2009 Enrolments - Queensland

Enrolments in Queensland Primary Enrolments Secondary Enrolments

Independent Sector Enrolments - Queensland

Projected Queensland Enrolment Change 2009 to 2022 Source: DEEWR Enrolment Projections 2010 and ABS Schools Australia Change (no.)Change (%) Government Schools Primary 310,327461,753151,42649% Secondary 174,288212,43938,15122% Total 484,615674,192189,57739% Catholic Schools Primary 75,539119,18243,64358% Secondary 52,63179,11626,48750% Total 128,170198,29870,12855% Independent Schools* Primary 52,66579,22826,56150% Secondary 52,53772,97920,44239% Total 105,202152,20647,00433%

Enrolments An additional 47,000 enrolments through to 2022 Up to 100 new schools required? Think Tank – –School Infrastructure Planning & Provision

Community Attitudes  Independent schools carry a very positive image across the population  7 in 10 indicate that in general they support independent schools  This support has increased from 54% in 2001 to 70% in 2009

13 Support for independent schools has increased since 2001….. Base: Colmar Brunton 2001 nationwide n=905; UMR Dec 2009 n = 1000 nationwide [used slight variation in question wording and methodology] 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”

Community Attitudes Community attitudes towards independent schools: a nationwide survey (February 2010) Positive Attitudes towards Independent Schools in Queensland (March 2010)

Federal Election Education (particularly schools funding) has featured in past Federal elections Funding issues “neutralised” for 2010 because of Review of Schools Funding

SeatHeld ByMarginNo of independent schools in electorate Participation Rate in independent schooling (%) BonnerALP BowmanLP BrisbaneALP DawsonALP Dickson#LP FairfaxLP FisherLP FlynnALP FordeALP Herbert#LP HinklerNP LeichhardtALP LongmanALP PetrieALP RyanLP WrightLP/NP Queensland Marginal Seats

Legislation Timeline FEDERAL ELECTION LEGISLATION FOR NEW QUADRENNIUM INTRODUCED FEDERAL ELECTION Review of Schools Funding

Federal election Federal election materials Alerts Fact Sheets Independent Updates Electorate Information Policy updates Electorate forums

Julia Gillard’s view – “Australia’s school funding system is one of the most complex, most opaque, and most confusing in the developed world.” Review commenced - –Review Panel –Terms of Reference –Discussion Paper Schools Funding Review

Minister’s Message (in Discussion Paper / Terms of Reference): This review marks an important milestone in schooling for this country... I think the time is right to have this discussion in a constructive and open manner. The review of funding for schooling will be open and transparent. It will be consultative, wide ranging and comprehensive The review is not about taking money away from schools... This review is about the best allocation of resources to all schools — government and non-government — and directing funds to where they are needed most.

Minister Crean ‘this is not about taking money away from schools” “No school will be worse off – not a dollar will be taken away” If Labor re-elected, schools funding overhaul would be his biggest priority

Opposition “we are committed to SES funding model” Funding model would be “enhanced” Fully committed to funding maintained and guaranteed Fully committed to indexation Will look at “sensible” recommendations from the Funding Review

Schools Funding Review ISQ will contribute to the review through: direct submissions to the Review Secretariat; input to submissions made by other authorities such as the Independent Schools Council of Australia (a lead role for Independent sector) informing member schools through memoranda and website resources - An ISQ Review Reference Group with representatives of the ISQ Board, Independent school systems, principals, bursars and other relevant experts.

Schools Funding Review June Finalisation of Terms of Reference Second half of Consultations By the end of Review Report Decisions announced in 2012 Federal Budget?

Funding Models for Non Government Schools 1973 Schools Recurrent Resources Index (SRRI) Expenditure of each school measured against a standard of government costs for schooling 1985 Education Resources Index (ERI) School resources and expenditure compared with the costs of educating a child in a government school 2001 Socio-Economic Status (SES) Student focused proxy measure of the capacity of a school’s community to support it

Schools Funding Review Some key issues: SES model Funding Maintenance/Guarantee AGSRC as the base Indexation Targeted programs Commonwealth/State relations Students with disabilities

Review Outcomes Impact of Federal election New model ICSEA Resources Index Change in indexation National Partnerships National Education Agreement More funding for schools?

Schools Recurrent Funding ($billions) SOURCE: Productivity Commission Report on Government Services 2010 and ANR 2007 and 2008 (latest available data)

Independent Sector Income 2008 SOURCE: MCEECDYA Annual National Report on Schooling 2008

Sources of funding for capital development

Total Government Recurrent Funding Per Student – Government and Independent Schools SOURCE: Productivity Commission Report on Government Services 2010, DEEWR 2008 SES data and 2008 State/Territory funding data.

The SES System Final 2009 AGSRC Primary $8,380; secondary $10,646 SES score 85 Primary $5,866; secondary $7,453 SES score 130 Primary $1,149; secondary $1,459

The SES System Final 2009 AGSRC Primary $8,380; secondary $10,646

Funding Maintenance ,631 Catholic systemic schools 55% funding maintained 11% funding guarantee 34% on SES score 1,096 independent schools 17% funding maintained 28% funding guarantee 55% on SES score

Number of Funding Maintained Schools by Sector and SES Score 2009

Distribution of Funding Maintained Independent Schools 2009

Distribution of Independent schools by SES Score 2009 (Australia)

Distribution of Non-government schools by SES Score 2009

Distribution of Queensland independent and Catholic Schools by SES

Non-systemic School Funding Sources, by School SES Scores, 2006

Systemic School Funding Sources, by School SES Scores 2006

Per capita government recurrent expenditure (FTE) by sector

Difference in per capita government recurrent expenditure (FTE) between government and non-government schools NSWVicQldWASATasACTNTAustralia $ 5,531 $ 5,352 $ 5,532 $ 8,945 $ 6,071 $ 5,512 $ 10,133 $ 9,789 $ 6,032

Total Government Recurrent Expenditure Per FTE Student in Government Schools (FTE) ($)

Savings from students attending non- government schools ($ billion)* NSWVicQldWASATasACTNTAustralia *Recurrent expenditure only – excludes capital

Movement in the AGSRC Average Annual Increase 1994 to 2009: Primary 5.6%; Secondary 4.8% Primary AGSRCSecondary AGSRC %5.9% %3.5% %-0.3% %5.2% %5.2% %4.0% %5.2% %7.2% % %7.4% %7.2% %4.6% %3.6% %4.3% %3.5% %5.8%

AGSRC, CPI and Average Weekly Earnings

State Funding Education spending has declined from 23.8% to 23.4% of State expenditure. Very few new initiatives for schools. Continuing significant capital expenditure on state schools

State Funding There has been a significant decline in per capita funding support in real terms over recent years However, a 7.2% increase in funding for non-state schools in 2010/11 – about 4.3% increase after taking enrolment growth into account Driven by teacher salaries in state schools

State Budget General Recurrent Grants 2009/ /11Increase (Actual)(Estimated) 435.7mill 467.1mill7.2% Students 241, ,3803.2% Per Student 1,803 1,8733.9%

State Recurrent Grants Increase in the needs component of the distribution formula from the current 22.5% to 40% (commenced 2009) This will have a significant impact for many schools – winners and losers Also higher volatility in individual school rates from year to year

Transparency Gillard’s view on transparency “Very early in the Government, the Prime Minister and I signaled that a new era of transparency was integral to the Education Revolution”. “Parents want more information. Teachers want better feedback. Policymakers need reliable intelligence to know where to best direct resources”. “the full power of transparency helps to reveal where there is need and where there are schools that can make a great difference even in the face of disadvantage”. “rather than suppressing debate about the performance of schools, we need to encourage it”

Transparency My School NAPLAN Year 12 Outcomes Right to Information legislation

Income Government funding (excl. capital income)15 Fees (gross amount)100 Other private sources (e.g. voluntary fees, donations etc)10 Total gross income (recurrent and fee income)125 * Current year fee income allocated to current and future capital projects(30) ** Total recurrent current year income95 * allocated at the discretion of the School ** this figure is exclusive of income associated with depreciation, interest and principal repayments Capital Expenditure (including source of funding) Government capital funding10 * Current year fee income allocated to capital projects30 Loans50 Carried forward retained earnings previously allocated to capital projects150 Capital Donations/Capital Income specifically billed as such10 Total capital expenditure for the year250 * this would not necessarily be equal to the 30 shown above under Income. My School - Reporting School Income

My School - Enhancements Proposed Enhancements Nationally comparable senior secondary information Satisfaction with schooling Student population indicators Growth data on literacy and numeracy achievement Teaching staff levels of expertise

My School - Enhancements Using student level data to compute ICSEA Other enhancements to ICSEA Reports of results Action to minimise misuse of My School data

NAPLAN NAPLAN testing –Queensland Govt aims to lift overall performance –NAPLAN based on National Curriculum from 2012 –“high stakes” issues for schools - possible narrowing of the curriculum, teaching to the test, provision for disadvantaged students, “league tables” –Qld, WA and Tas have now all published NAPLAN results by school

Year 12 Outcomes Reporting OP results (bands) Issues percentage of students rather than numbers IB students Other issues Impact of Right to Know legislation Data demands on non-state schools

Australian Curriculum Proceeding at pace Politics/state issues Flexibility Assessment issues

Timeframes 2010 – release of final version of Phase 1 Australian Curriculum for P – Year – release of final version of Phase 2 Australian Curriculum for P – Year – release of final version of Phase 3 Australian Curriculum for P – Year – significant progress in implementation of Phase 1 for P – Year – significant progress in implementation of Phase 2 for P – Year – earliest possible date for implementation of Phase 1 for Year – significant progress in implementation of Phase 3 for P – Year – earliest possible date for Year 12 graduates of Phase 1

Development and Implementation Timeline for K-10 Australian Curriculum Learning Area (K-10)Development StartedDevelopment Completed Implementatio n from Substantial implementation by English Mathematics Science Humanities and social sciences History Geography Business / economics Civics and citizenship Arts Languages* Health and Physical Education TechnologiesDesign and technology ICT

Learning AreaPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3Notes EnglishEnglish K-10 Mathematics K-10 ScienceScience K-10 Humanities and social sciences History K-10 Geography K- 10 Economics / business Civics and citizenship To include attention to financial literacy requirements; optional 9-10 The Civics and Citizenship curriculum will be conceptualised with reference to the existing national statement of learning for civics and citizenship; optional 9-10 Languages Consideration will be given to developing the languages curriculum around standards of language proficiency, rather than curriculum content organised by years of schooling ArtsArts K-10Providing for learning in Dance, Drama, Media, Music and Visual Arts K-8; option 9-10 Health and physical education K-10 TechnologiesDesign and technology 5-10 ICT 3-10 Option 9-10 Subject to development of ICT general capability continuum and how best to provide for the teaching of specific ICT knowledge, skill and understanding; option 9-10

Years Prep–7Years 8–10 EnglishMathsScienceHistoryEnglishMathsScienceHistory 2011  2012   2013 Implement i.e. to teach, assess and report on the Australian Curriculum.  Introduce the Australian Curriculum - awareness raising, engagement and understanding. Queensland Implementation Plan – Phase 1

Building the Education Revolution (BER) Consists of three main programs: Renewing Australia’s Schools – every Aust eligible school for maintenance and renewal of school buildings and minor building works. Primary Schools for the 21st Century – to build or upgrade large scale infrastructure Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools – to build around 500 new science laboratories and language learning centres in high schools The BER: $14.7 billion over three years aimed at school capital funding projects. Independent sector $1.5 billion Part of the federal government’s economic stimulus strategy

Building the Education Revolution Political implications More inquiries Implementation in the independent sector – strong model for future funding

Green Paper - Flying Start Consolidation of ‘accrediting’ bodies –Queensland College of Teachers –Queensland Studies Authority –Non-State Schools Accreditation Board (and Eligibility for Govt Funding Committee) Year 7 to be the first year of secondary Early Childhood Review of Teacher Education

Early Childhood Commonwealth and Queensland Government policy – universal access to kindergarten for all children in the year before prep 15 hours a week/40 weeks a year (600 hrs / yr) Qualified teacher Approved education program

Early Childhood In Queensland only about 29% of children currently access a kindergarten program This compares to other major states where it is up to 90% Outcomes of Australian Early Development Index

Kindergartens Qld Gov – additional 240 new kindergartens by 2014 – to be located on school sites Qld Government – new recurrent funding model for kindergarten provision Qld Government – new kindergarten curriculum

Kindergartens Child care/long day care centres (mainly for-profit, privately run) Community kindergartens (not-for-profit) C & K provision Independent schools – a variety of provision including long day care and stand alone kindergartens

Kindergartens New kindergartens announced for 2010/2011/2012 (40 more to be announced for 2012) To date 6 independent schools – 8 units Another 15/20 for 2012/13/14 Government funding up to 75% of the capital costs

Kindergartens DECKAS is the current funding scheme – must be affiliated with C & K for funding DECKAS will be abolished and replaced by a recurrent funding model as from 2011 $2,100 per student for stand alone kindergartens Funding through Central Governing Bodies Funding also available for kindergartens within LDC – at a lesser rate

Year 7 Issues 2014? Primary schools Boarding Facilities – capital assistance Professional assistance

Prep Year Compulsory? More flexible entry?

Standards Authority Registration of teachers Minimum standards for schools Quality assurance and improvement processes Student outcomes

Other Issues Queensland Schools Alliance Against Violence Queensland Education Leadership Institute National Professional Standards for Teachers Consumer Protection Legislation

Discussion and questions Thank you Contacts