Briefing for Member Schools 16 May 2011

1. Briefing for Member Schools16 May 2011

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

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

4. Introduction of Prep Year

5. 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%

6. The Prep Half Cohort The Prep half cohort goes into Year 7 in 2014

7. 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

8. 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

9. FEDERAL BUDGET 2011/12

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. NAPLAN • “high stakes” • Increasing focus on procedures, exemptions and participation • 2010 NAPLAN National Report released - http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/mceecdya/

17. My School Tanberg – The Age 5/2/11

18. 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.

19. Net recurrent income per student by sector Source: ACARA Financial Data – February 2011

20. Change in ICSEA for independent schools Australia – MySchool v1 and 2.0

21. 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)

22. Funding Review • Commenced April 2010 • Listening tour 2010 • Emerging Issues Paper December 2010 • 1,200 submissions • 7,000 AEU campaign submissions

23. 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 ???

24. Funding Review Research Projects Definition of equity (DEEWR) Current arrangements to fund disadvantaged students including students with disability (ACER) Developing a Schooling Resource Standard (Allen Consulting) An evaluation of existing funding models and methodologies used by the states and territories(Access Economics) Improving education outcomes (Nous Group Consortium) Different funding models (DEEWR and Review Panel)

25. Independent sector key messages No loss of funding in real terms Continuing direct relationship between the Commonwealth and the non-government sector Funding to continue to be allocated in legislated quadrennium or longer cycles An accurate measure of the changes in the cost of educating a child in a government school Increased and continuing capital and targeted funding Importance of projected enrolment growth and independent sector partnership with governments Funding must be based on robust data Consistent application of funding model

26. Legislation timeline – ALP Government

27. 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 www.aisq.qld.edu.au

28. For further information - David Robertson Executive Director Independent Schools Queensland drobertson@aisq.qld.edu.au