Senate Committee: Education and Employment

QUESTION ON NOTICE Additional Estimates 2016 - 2017

Outcome: Schools and Youth

Department of Education and Training Question No. SQ17-000508

Senator Collins, Jacinta provided in writing.

Also refer to previous hearing Question No. SQ16-000940

The proportion of metropolitan Australian schools that have a level of low-SES disadvantage (SQ16-000940)

Question

What proportion of metropolitan Australian schools have the level of low-SES disadvantage as the school underlying the example submitted to Education Council, and referred to in SQ16-000940? (85 per cent Q1 and 10 percent Q2).  please provide the proportion of metropolitan schools in each state and territory that have this level of disadvantage.  please provide names of schools that actually match or closely match this type of school, in each state and territory.

Answer

The following table shows the proportion of major city schools by state and territory that have at least 85 per cent of students in Socio-Economic Advantage (SEA) quartile 1 and at least 10 per cent of students in SEA quartile 2. There are no schools in Tasmania or the Northern Territory categorised as major city schools.

State/territory NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. ACT NT Aus

Proportion 0.14% 0.06% 0.22% 0.21% 0.13% N/A 0.00% N/A 0.13%

Source: departmental model as at the 2016–17 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook.

The table below lists schools that exactly match these criteria: School Location Casino West Public School NSW Craig Davis NSW Nowra East Public School NSW Mooroopna Park Vic Gympie Flexible Learning Centre Qld Kentville Qld Kaurna Plains School SA Lockridge Senior High School WA Listed below are government schools in metropolitan areas that closely match these criteria. These schools are estimated to have a Commonwealth share of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) within a 5 per cent range (i.e. 2.5 per cent either side) of the example school. Note: these schools may have a similar SRS despite having different characteristics. NSW schools Waratah West Public School Ashfield Boys High School Picnic Point High School Wiley Park Girls High School Girls High School Belmore Boys High School Doonside High School High School West Wallsend High School Eagle Vale High School Strathfield South High School Blacktown Girls High School Macarthur Girls High School High School Northmead High School Middle Dural Public School Sir Joseph Banks High School East Hills Girls Technology High School Henry Kendall High School Terrigal High School Newcastle High School Windale Public School Millers Forest Public School Paxton Public School Casino West Public School

SQ17-000508 Page 2 of 6 NSW schools Albert Park Public School Chillingham Public School Tumbulgum Public School Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Nowra East Public School Glenquarry Public School Murray High School Windsor High School Tregear Public School Five Islands Secondary College Thomas Reddall High School Lisarow High School Maitland Grossmann High School Sarah Redfern High School Wadalba Community School The Jannali High School Rouse Hill High School

Victorian schools Reservoir High School Craigieburn Secondary College Wodonga Senior Secondary College St Albans Secondary College Lalor Secondary College Sherbrooke Community School Debney Meadows Primary School Lilydale Heights College Lyndale Secondary College Scoresby Secondary College Whittington Primary School Invermay Primary School Creswick North Primary School Hesket Primary School Elphinstone Primary School Broadford Secondary College Christmas Hills Primary School SQ17-000508 Page 3 of 6 Victorian schools Pakenham Secondary College Labertouche Primary School Lardner and District Primary School Traralgon College West Campus Cranbourne Secondary College Crusoe 7-10 Secondary College Weeroona College Bendigo Hoppers Crossing Secondary College Lowanna College Wodonga Middle Years College Huon Campus Forest Hill College Western Heights College Wallaroo Primary School Whittlesea Secondary College Staughton College Copperfield College Delahey Senior Campus Western English Language School Tottenham Campus Moe Primary School Kurnai College Morwell Campus Yarra Hills Secondary College Senior Campus Victoria Secondary College Brimbank Campus Charles La Trobe College La Trobe Campus Seymour College Northern Bay P-12 College Goldsworthy Road Campus Tarneit Senior College Melba College Senior Campus Officer Secondary College

Queensland schools Burnside State High School Harristown State High School Toowoomba State High School Balmoral State High School Clontarf Beach State High School Aspley State High School Runcorn State High School Browns Plains State High School Nerang State High School Beaudesert State High School Greenmount State School Gympie State High School James Nash State High School SQ17-000508 Page 4 of 6 Queensland schools Monkland State School Bray Park State High School Bribie Island State High School Beerwah State High School Alexandra Hills State High School Windaroo Valley State High School Victoria Point State High School Bracken Ridge State High School

SA schools Seaton High School Para West Adult Campus Paralowie School Brahma Lodge Primary School Elizabeth Park Primary School Hallett Cove South Primary School Lonsdale Heights Primary School Light Pass Primary School Nuriootpa High School Golden Grove High School Swallowcliffe School CPC-7

WA schools Armadale Senior High School Newton Moore Senior High School Northam Senior High School Mirrabooka Senior High School Belmont City College Southern River College Gwynne Park Primary School Pinjarra Senior High School Brunswick Junction Primary School Bunbury Senior High School Busselton Senior High School Eaton Clayton View Primary School Caralee Community School John Tonkin College

SQ17-000508 Page 5 of 6 ACT schools Melba Copland Copland Campus Calwell High

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