1. 1 01 STUDENT RESOURCE PACKAGE 2016 1 Student Resource Package (SRP) Equity Reform: Social Disadvantage and Catch-Up

2. 2 01 STUDENT RESOURCE PACKAGE 2016 The 2015-16 Victorian Budget laid the foundations of the Education State, but the next step is all about helping our kids learn, giving parents confidence and giving teachers the resources and skills they need to do what they do best.

3. 3 01 STUDENT RESOURCE PACKAGE 2016 Why change the needs based elements of the SRP? Social disadvantage Students academically struggling There is still an unacceptable link between social disadvantage and low levels of performance An unequal distribution of educational experience and opportunity affects the life chances of children born in disadvantaged circumstances There are students failing to meet acceptable levels of education that will enable them to participate in further education, work and life in the 21 st century As a result, schools may struggle to provide the educational support needed to support these students to catch up Fairness*Inclusion* Ensuring that differences in educational outcomes are not the result of differences in wealth, income, power or possessions Ensuring that all students meet an acceptable level of education *The OECD discusses fairness and inclusion when considering equity in education: “Equity in education means that personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin or family background, are not obstacles to achieving educational potential (fairness) and that that all individuals reach at least a basic minimum level of skills (inclusion).” OECD (2012), Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools

4. 4 01 STUDENT RESOURCE PACKAGE 2016 Student need can be measured in a number of ways, both directly and indirectly, as well as at an individual and school level Social disadvantage Definition and purpose Examples These are student level measures, intended to be used at an individual level, to target funding to students with specific needs Based on school / community context, usually constructed by averaging student characteristics or by more complex multi-level modelling; includes concentration of individual measures Student Family Occupation (SFO) (at a student level) Student Family Education (SFE) Individual SES index (e.g. Commonwealth SEA index) SFO: Student Family Occupation index ICSEA: Index of Community Socio- Educational Advantage SFOE: Student Family Occupation and Education Index IRSD: Index of Relative Socio- economic Disadvantage 1. Individual 2. School level (incl. cohort)

5. 5 01 STUDENT RESOURCE PACKAGE 2016 Fairness Equity : Social Disadvantage The Social Disadvantage (SD) loading was introduced in 2016 and replaces all previous SFO related funding including the SFO, Middles Years Equity, Secondary Equity and Strategic Programs Low SES Funding. Funding for the previous SFO related funding items are now being used to allocate Social Disadvantage funding plus an additional $138m of new Gonski funding. The SD loading allocates funding based on parental occupation, parental education and the level of concentration of disadvantage in a school. Students with the highest level of need are targeted with the most funding. The level of SD is measured through the student’s Student Family Occupation and Education (SFOE), which is a combination of their SFO and SFE categories. The density of need, as assessed according to each school’s SFOE index is used to further weight the SD loadings. Data regarding occupational and education categories is collected each year as part of the August mid-year census.

6. 6 01 STUDENT RESOURCE PACKAGE 2016 6 Equity : Social Disadvantage There are two levels of Social Disadvantage loadings, depending on the student’s level of need:  Level 1: For students with parents who are unemployed with below diploma level education or have lower skilled jobs with very low or low education  Level 2: For students with parents who have various combinations of medium and low skilled jobs and education levels, or are unemployed with a diploma level education SFO Category ABCDNU SFE Category Year 9 or below002110 Year 10 or equivalent002110 Year 11 or equivalent002210 Year 12 or equivalent000210 Certificate I to IV000210 Advanced Dip/Diploma000020 Bachelor degree or above000000 Not stated/Unknown000000

7. 7 01 STUDENT RESOURCE PACKAGE 2016 Equity : Social Disadvantage

8. 8 01 STUDENT RESOURCE PACKAGE 2016 8 Equity :Social Disadvantage The amount of funding each eligible enrolment attracts is determined according to the density of need in each school as measured by the SFOE index. The SFOE index is a combination of the SFO and SFE indexes of each school. Theses indexes are determined using the weightings and formula published at www.education.vic.gov.au/school/principals/finance/Pages/srpref011.aspx www.education.vic.gov.au/school/principals/finance/Pages/srpref011.aspx Where as school’s SFOE index fall between the minimum and maximum thresholds the rate will be tapered based on their SFOE index according to the formula: ((SFOE-Minimum SFOE Threshold)/(Maximum SFOE Threshold-Minimum SFOE Threshold)) ​​​ ​ Level 1 Student ​ ​ Level 2 Student ​ ​ Minimum Threshold ​ Maximum Threshold ​ Minimum Rate Maximum Rate ​ Minimum Rate ​ ​ Maximum Rate ​ Primary ​ 0.4000 ​ 0.6500 ​ $578 ​ $4,626 ​ $290 ​ $2,314 ​ Secondary ​ 0.4000 ​ 0.6500 ​ $514 ​ $4,100 ​ $258 ​ $2,050 ​ Special 0.5500 ​ 0.7700 ​ $578 ​ $4,626 ​ $290 ​ $2,314 ​ Language ​ 0.4000 ​ 0.6500 ​ $578 ​ $4,626 ​ $290$2,314 ​

9. 9 01 STUDENT RESOURCE PACKAGE 2016 9 Inclusion Equity : Catch Up Equity (Catch Up) funding is targeted at students who enter secondary schools and are at risk of educational failure. Secondary students who did not meet the national minimum standards in the NAPLAN in Year 5 will each attract the catch up loading. In some cases where it is not possible to track Year 5 NAPLAN data students will be matched to their earliest NAPLAN test, as a transitional arrangement. Secondary Year Level (Yr) ​ ​ ​ ​ Yr 7 ​ Yr 8 ​ Yr 9 ​ Yr 10 ​ Yr 11 ​ Yr 12 ​ First match ​ Yr 5 NAPLAN ​ Yr 7 NAPLAN ​ Yr 9 NAPLAN ​ Second match ​ ​ Yr 7 NAPLAN ​ Yr 9 NAPLAN This loading is not affected by the school’s or student’s level of disadvantage and is based only of the academic achievement of the student. Rate:  $2,000 per non-PSD funded student  $1,000 per PSD funded student

10. 10 01 STUDENT RESOURCE PACKAGE 2016 Questions A number of useful documents can be found at the following link: https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/SRP/reports/default.aspx?DisplayContext=1 They include: Equity Funding – Schools Brochure Equity Funding – Schools FAQ Equity Funding - Glossary