Briefing for Member Schools 16 May 2011

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

February 2011 Census – 109,494 students 1.8% increase over 2010

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 YearGradeNumber% of Normal Cohort 2007Prep4, Year 14, Year 25, Year 35, Year 45,52185 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

BudgetForwardEstimates 2011/122012/132013/142014/15 Program$’000 Rewards for School Improvement15,78548,59691,860 Reward Payments for Great Teachers50, ,000 Teach Next6,4005,2504,4501,950 National Trade Cadetship60012,500 Australian Baccalaureate--2,1884,511 National Asian Languages in Schools4, National School Chaplaincy Program74,000 - Helping Children with Autism5,3545,4505,5555,665 Trade Training Centres98,88092,02080,72074,860 Digital Education Revolution107,000100,00098,00074,000 Building the Education Revolution98, Students with Disabilities (Non-Government)17,48217,5408,768- 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 -

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 2011 Note: 28 schools’ data is pending for the independent sector.

Net recurrent income per student by sector Source: ACARA Financial Data – February 2011 *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 Highest ICSEA (Top 100 schools)Highest ICSEA (Top 100 Schools) Government61Government38 Independent21Independent54 Catholic18Catholic8 Lowest ICSEA (Bottom 100 schools) Government76Government76 Independent11Independent11 Catholic13Catholic13

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 ,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 terms 2.Continuing direct relationship between the Commonwealth and the non-government sector 3.Funding to continue to be allocated in legislated quadrennium or longer cycles 4.An accurate measure of the changes in the cost of educating a child in a government school 5.Increased and continuing capital and targeted funding 6.Importance of projected enrolment growth and independent sector partnership with governments 7.Funding must be based on robust data 8.Consistent application of funding model

Legislation timeline – ALP 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 Election Dec 2013 Jan 2014 Dec 2014 Jan 2015 Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Federal ElectionDec 2016 Jan 2017Legislation 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

For further information - David Robertson Executive Director Independent Schools Queensland