Briefing for Member Schools 15 th September 2011

2011 Commonwealth Supplementation 2011 AGSRC (2009/2010 Financial Year) Primary$9,697 Secondary$11,945 Primary6.91% Secondary4.85%

AGSRC Index supplementation 1999 to 2011 Primary AGSRCSecondary AGSRC %4.0% %5.2% %7.2% % %7.4% %7.2% %4.6% %3.6% %4.3% %3.5% %5.8% %7.0% %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

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 ElectionDec 2007 Jan 2008Legislation for new funding quadrennium passed Dec 2008 Jan 2009 Dec 2009 Jan 2010 Review of schools funding Dec 2010 Federal Election Jan 2011 Review of schools funding Dec 2011 Amend Schools Assistance Act for 2013 Jan 2012Government decision on funding review / Legislation for new funding quadrennium?Dec 2012 Jan 2013Legislation for new funding quadrennium ? Federal ElectionDec 2013 Jan 2014 Dec 2014 Jan 2015 Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Federal ElectionDec 2016 Jan 2017Legislation 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 7Year 8Difference State40,78636,048(4,738) Catholic9,34011,5892,249 Independent8,22511,1202,895 Total58,35158,757

Prep Half Cohort State Wide Figures – 2010 Year 3Year 4 State schools25,83739,93565% Catholic schools7,18010,05071% Independent schools5,3346,76479% All schools38,35156,74968%

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 additional kindergartens by sites announced Further rounds for 2013 and % 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 9 th September National and State/Territory Report – QSA individual school report – 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

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 submissions Public hearings Details available on the Queensland Parliament website

24 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”

For further information - David Robertson Executive Director Independent Schools Queensland