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Proposed Closure and Restructuring of Government Schools in Inner Sydney LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PARLIAMENTARY PAPER NUMBER 125 General Purpose Standing Committee No 1 Proposed Closure and Restructuring of Government Schools in Inner Sydney Ordered to be printed 3 July 2002 according to the Resolution of the House Report 19 - July 2002 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Proposed Closure and Restructuring of Government Schools in Inner Sydney New South Wales Parliamentary Library cataloguing-in-publication data: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council. General Purpose Standing Committee No 1 Inquiry into the proposed closure and restructuring of Government schools in inner Sydney/Legislative Council, General Purpose Standing Committee No.1. [Sydney, NSW] : The Committee, 2002 – 194p. : 30cm (Report ; no.19) (Parliamentary paper ; no. 125) Chairman: Revd Hon Fred Nile MLC "Ordered to be printed 3 July 2002 according to the Resolution of the House". ISBN 0 7347 6403 0 1. School closings—New South Wales—Sydney. 2. Public schools—New South Wales—Sydney I. Title. II. Nile, Fred. III. Series: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council. General Purpose Standing Committee No 1. Report ; no 19 IV. Series: Parliamentary paper (New South Wales. Parliament) ; no.125 371.01 (DDC21) ii Report 19 - July 2002 GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEE NO 1 How to contact the committee Members of the General Purpose Standing Committee No 1 can be contacted through the Committee Secretariat. Written correspondence and enquiries should be directed to: The Director General Purpose Standing Committee No 1 Legislative Council Parliament House, Macquarie Street Sydney New South Wales 2000 Internet www.parliament.nsw.gov.au Email [email protected] Telephone 02 9230 3544 Facsimile 02 9230 3416 Report 19 - July 2002 iii LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Proposed Closure and Restructuring of Government Schools in Inner Sydney Terms of Reference 1. That General Purpose Standing Committee No. 1 inquire into and report on the circumstances, processes, effects and short and long term consequences of the proposed closure and restructuring of Government schools in inner Sydney, especially the closure of Hunters Hill High School, and in particular: (a) the validity, relevance and veracity of the demographic and other evidence advanced or used in support of the proposed restructuring, (b) the effectiveness and integrity of the public consultation processes used to develop the plan and to determine the closures of the schools, (c) the accuracy and probity of the asset valuation process and the implications of conducting it before any assessment of educational needs was completed, (d) the role and functioning of the School Closure Committee and the validity of its findings, (e) the risk to the future provision of school education arising from the loss of education sites in inner Sydney area, (f) the impact of State Government funding policies, enrolment policies and investment infrastructure for public school on the attractiveness of public schools, (g) the impacts on availability of local comprehensive public education as an option for residents of inner Sydney, (h) the impacts on the educational and social needs of children and young people with high welfare needs, and (i) the development of appropriate measures to ensure that children forced to move schools are not disadvantaged. 2. That the Committee report by 27 June 2002. These terms of reference were referred to the Committee by the House on 10 April 2002. iv Report 19 - July 2002 GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEE NO 1 Committee Membership The Revd the Hon Fred Nile MLC Christian Democratic Party (Chairman) Ms Jan Burnswoods MLC Australian Labor Party (Deputy Chair) The Hon Patricia Forsythe MLC Liberal Party The Hon Don Harwin MLC Liberal Party The Hon Peter Primrose MLC Australian Labor Party The Hon Henry Tsang MLC Australian Labor Party The Hon Dr Peter Wong MLC Unity Committee Secretariat Mr Steven Reynolds Director Ms Emma Lawson Senior Project Officer Ms Natasha O’Connor Committee Officer Report 19 - July 2002 v LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Proposed Closure and Restructuring of Government Schools in Inner Sydney Table of Contents Chairman’s Foreword xi Summary of Recommendations xiii Glossary xiv Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Referral of Inquiry 1 Conduct of this Inquiry 1 Structure of this Report 3 Chapter 2 Background – the NSW School System 5 Building the Future – Draft proposal 5 Aims 6 Key issues 6 Bondi district 7 Port Jackson and Ryde High Schools 8 Port Jackson Primary Schools 10 General inner city solutions 10 Guarantees and Assurances 11 Revised Building the Future 11 Stage 1 (as at June 2001) 11 Stage 2 12 Current status and implementation 12 Creation of Alexandria Park Public School and closure of Redfern, Waterloo and Erskineville Public Schools 13 Sydney Secondary College (SSC) 13 Glebe High School: Blackwattle Bay Campus (campus of SSC) 13 Balmain High School (campus of SSC) 13 Leichhardt High School (campus of SSC) 14 Hunters Hill High School 14 Chapter 3 The Process - Consultation and Decision Making 15 Consultation in the development of the Draft Building the Future 16 Departmental Process 16 Stakeholder Concerns 17 Department’s Response 19 Consultation on the Final Proposal 19 Conclusion 20 Consultation a “fait accompli”? 21 vi Report 19 - July 2002 GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEE NO 1 Conclusion 23 The School Closures Review Committee 24 Information availability 27 Membership 27 Conclusion 28 SCRC terms of reference 28 Conclusion 33 Was the result of the SCRC Review predetermined? 33 Marrickville and Dulwich High Schools 34 Record Keeping and Freedom of Information 35 Conclusion 37 The impact of rumour 37 Conclusion 38 Chapter 4 Issues and implications 39 Resourcing 39 Government and non-Government schools 40 Federal and State Government policies 42 Uncertainty 43 Maintenance and Infrastructure 44 Choice 45 Choices made in Building the Future 47 Demographics 48 Yusuf/Caspersonn Study 48 Hunters Hill High School – Dr Nicholas Parr 49 The range of assumptions and scenarios provided 51 Methodological issues 51 Level of market share 55 Utilisation of Pyrmont/Ultimo 55 Conclusion 56 Land Availability 57 Conclusion 58 Chapter 5 Hunters Hill High School 59 Curriculum, Academic Achievement and Enrolments 59 Enrolments 59 Curriculum 62 The impact of rumour 64 Conclusion 65 Academic Achievement 65 Conclusion 67 Report 19 - July 2002 vii LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Proposed Closure and Restructuring of Government Schools in Inner Sydney Choice, availability and accessibility 67 What is comprehensive schooling? 68 Choice 69 The Collegiate System 73 The value of the School site 74 Aesthetic Qualities 74 Dollar Value of the Site 75 Non Educational Issues 76 The Future 78 Conclusion 1 80 Demographic Issues and Land Availability 80 Conclusion 2 81 Chapter 6 Erskineville Public School 83 Size and Curriculum Offered 83 Population Projections and Potential enrolments 86 Availability of space in other schools 86 Analysis of Demographic work 87 Anecdotal evidence 90 2001 Census 91 Conclusion 91 Other Options – A merger with Newtown? 91 The proposal 92 Department Response 93 Events since 7 June 2002 94 Chapter 7 Redfern Public School 97 Enrolment Decline 97 Loss of Community and School Links 97 A Disadvantaged Community 97 Department Initiative Regarding Alexandria Park School 102 Redfern Waterloo Partnerships Program 104 Conclusion 106 Accessibility and Attendance 106 Transport and Accessibility 106 Low Attendance Rates 107 Department Response 108 Conclusion 109 Contamination 109 viii Report 19 - July 2002 GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEE NO 1 Appendix 1 Glebe High School Comparison of Curriculum with Sydney Secondary College 112 Appendix 2 Site Visits 114 Appendix 3 Minutes of Proceedings 116 Appendix 4 Submissions 155 Appendix 5 Witnesses 164 Appendix 6 Tabled Documents 168 Appendix 7 Answers to Questions on Notice 170 Appendix 8 Statement of Dissent 180 Report 19 - July 2002 ix LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Proposed Closure and Restructuring of Government Schools in Inner Sydney Figures, Tables and Charts Table 1.1 Submissions 2 Table 2.1: Total Years 7 to 12 Enrolments 7 Table 2.2: Enrolments for Redfern, Waterloo, Alexandria and Erskineville Public Schools 7 Table 3.1 Time Line of Key Events 15 Table 4.1 Enrolment percentages in NSW Government and Non- Government Schools, 1970, 1985, 2000. 41 Table 4.2 Number and proportion of all students attending Government schools across five LGA’s 41 Table 4.3 Summarised Version of NSW Teachers Federation Funding Chart 43 Table 5.1 Annual enrolments by school year: Hunters Hill High School 59 Table 5.2 Percentage change in enrolment numbers since 1991 60 Table 5.3 Hunters Hill High 2000 HSC Results 67 Table 6.1 Enrolment numbers at Erskineville Public School 83 Table 7.2 Enrolments at Redfern Primary School 97 Table 7.1 Cumulative Disadvantage in Inner Sydney suburbs 99 x Report 19 - July 2002 GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEE NO 1 Chairman’s Foreword This inquiry concerns one of the most important public resources provided by Government. A comprehensive and extensive public education system is vital to the provision of a knowledgeable, articulate and productive society. The success of this system relies on the existence of a high quality product which is accessible and available to all. Parents and their children should have the opportunity to choose from different models of schooling, in both the public and the private systems, which suits their needs best. However, the Committee recognises that in trying to provide a high standard of education and opportunities for all parents and students, the Department of Education and Training is constrained by the availability of resources and that this constraint is largely external from the Department itself. I am concerned that the move away from public education to private education by increasing numbers of students may put further pressure on Governments to allocate resources to the non-Government sector, in turn putting further pressure on the resources available for the public schooling system. Given this context the Committee understands why the Department of Education and Training sought to determine a comprehensive and detailed plan for the inner city where the move towards private education is most pronounced.
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