Australian Catholic Schools 2012

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1 Australian Catholic Schools 2012

2 Foreword Australian Catholic Schools 2012 is the tenth annual report on enrolment trends in Catholic schools from the NCEC Data Committee. As with previous editions, this report provides a snapshot of the enrolments in Australian Catholic schools for the past year, and reports changes in enrolments since NCEC is committed to understanding regional dynamics and issues and placing these trends in the national context. The reporting of enrolment trends by the ABS remoteness categories in this report recognises that Catholic school enrolment trends transcend state and territory boundaries, and that there may be differences in the enrolment dynamics of city and country Catholic schools. The annual reporting of enrolment trends by categories of remoteness illustrates NCEC s quest to better understand and support rural and regional Australia. Information in this report, other than the sections relating to religious affiliation and school finances, is sourced from the national, annual DEEWR Census of Non-Government schools. This census of all non-government schools has been conducted by the Commonwealth government since 1985, and collects information from all non-government schools on the first Friday in August each year for the purposes of statistical collection and school funding. Information relating to school funding is sourced from ACARA s MySchool website, which reports information including school performance and school funding for every Australian school. School funding has been reported on MySchool since 2011 (2009 calendar year). Information relating to religious affiliation is sourced from the NCEC Data Committee s annual collection of Catholic and non-catholic students in Catholic schools, a national census of all Catholic schools, first conducted in Over the past decade, Australian Catholic Schools has built on the format and trends of previous editions, while expanding the reporting on salient or emerging data on Australian Catholic schools. Australian Catholic Schools 2012 continues this tradition through the expanded reporting on the trends for Catholic and non-catholic enrolments, and the trends in school resourcing and the sources of school resourcing. This report, as with all reports by the NCEC Data Committee (and the NCEC Australian Catholic Education Statistics Working Group are available from the NCEC website at Questions relating to this report should be directed to Crichton Smith at [email protected] or by phone at (02) ( for international phone calls). May 2013 Australian Catholic Schools 2012

3 Contents Statistical Snapshot... 1 Catholic School Trends... 2 Number of Schools... 2 Types of Schools... 4 Student Enrolment Trends... 8 Primary and Secondary Enrolment Trends Student Retention Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Students with a Disability Full-Fee Paying Overseas Students Catholic and Non-Catholic Students Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff School Funding Diocesan Trends Number of Schools Types of Schools Student Enrolment Trends Primary and Secondary Enrolment Trends Student Retention Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Students with a Disability Full-Fee Paying Overseas Students Catholic and Non-Catholic Students Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff School Funding s to Catholic Schools Australian Catholic Schools 2012

4 Statistical Snapshot (Australian Catholic Schools) 2012 from 2011 Number of Catholic Schools... 1, Students (Full-Time Equivalent) , ,931 Primary Students , ,457 Secondary Students , ,474 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students... 17, ,258 Students with a Disability... 30, ,776 Full-Fee Paying Overseas Students... 1, Catholic Students (1) , ,239 Non-Catholic Students (1) , ,959 (Apparent) Student Retention From Catholic Primary to Secondary Schools % - 0.2% From Year 10 to Year % + 3.4% Staffing (Head Count) Total Staff in Catholic Schools... 85, ,194 Teachers (including Principals)... 57, ,305 Non-Teaching Staff... 27, Staffing (Full-Time Equivalent) Total Staff in Catholic Schools... 67, ,646 Teachers (including Principals)... 49, ,041 Non-Teaching Staff... 18, School Funding Net Recurrent Income Per Student (2011)... $11,377 + $684 Income from Government (Commonwealth and State)... 71% No change Income from Private Income (Fees and Other Private Income) 29% No change Note 1: The sum of the Catholic and non-catholic students varies slightly from other counts as Catholic and non-catholic enrolments were not enumerated the same day as the Annual School Census in every state and territory. Australian Catholic Schools

5 Catholic School Enrolment Trends Number of Schools Table 1 shows that there were 1,706 Catholic schools in Australia in As is reported in detail on page 88, nine new schools opened in 2012 (two in NSW, NT, Qld and Vic, and one in WA), which was the largest number of new schools opened in a year since Australian Catholic Schools commenced reporting this information in However, as has been the pattern for Australian Catholic schools, while nine schools commenced in 2012, the combination of school closures and school amalgamations has resulted in there being a net national increase of two schools from 2011 to Graph 1: Number of Catholic Schools, Australia, ,750 1,725 Schools 1,700 1,675 1, Table 1: s in the number of Catholic Schools, by States and Territories, Net change from 2011 Net change since 1985 Proportion of schools in each state (2012) ACT % New South Wales % Northern Territory % Queensland % South Australia % Tasmania % Victoria % Western Australia % Australia 1, % Australian Catholic Schools

6 Map 1 shows the significant national, geographically comprehensive coverage of Catholic schools and campuses, particularly outside of the capital cities. Table 2 reports the number of schools and schools/campuses by remoteness categories. Although the majority of schools and campuses are located in the major cities of Australia (where the majority of students live), two out of every five Catholic schools are located outside of Australia s major cities. M aps showing the ABS Remoteness Categories are available in The Sectoral Trends of Australian Schooling (Vol. 1), page 21 (February 2008), available at Map 1: Location of Catholic schools and campuses, 2012 Table 2: Number of Catholic Schools and Campuses by Remoteness Category, 2012 Schools Proportion of Schools Schools & Campuses Proportion of Schools & Campuses Major Cities of Australia 1,049 61% 1,100 61% Inner Regional Australia % % Outer Regional Australia % % Remote Australia 43 3% 46 3% Very Remote Australia 26 2% 27 2% Total 1, % 1, % Australian Catholic Schools

7 Types of Schools There were 1,228 primary schools, 318 secondary schools, 150 combined primary/secondary schools and 10 Special schools in Australia in 2012 (Table 3). Primary and secondary schools are those schools that have (only) primary or (only) secondary students enrolled, although the grade range for primary and secondary students does vary between states and territories. Combined schools are those schools that have both primary and secondary students enrolled at the school. Special Schools are those schools which satisfy the definition of a school and are designated by the relevant state or territory education authority as a special school. A special school caters predominately for students who have one or more of the following characteristics: intellectually disabled, physically disabled, hearing impaired, visually impaired, autistic, or socially/emotionally disturbed. Schools such as intensive language centres, schools where the distinguishing feature is the lack of a formal curriculum, schools for exceptionally gifted or talented students, Distance Education Schools and Special Assistance Schools that cater primarily caters for students with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties are not Special Schools. The overwhelming majority of primary schools (98%) enrol students from the first year of primary schooling to the final year of primary schooling. For Secondary schools, 87% of schools enrol students for all secondary grades. Forty-one percent of Combined Primary/Secondary schools enrol students comprehensively from the first year to the final year of schooling, while 59% enrol students for only a portion of school grades. Table 3: Number of schools by school type, states and territories, 2012 Primary Secondary Combined Special All School ACT New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Australia 1, ,706 Table 3 shows that the majority of Catholic schools in Australia are primary (only) schools, and partially reflects the historical context of Australian Catholic education. However, there are significant differences in the proportion of primary only schools across the states and territories, as is highlighted in Table 4. As this table highlights, while 72% of Australian schools are primary schools, this varies from 41% in the Northern Territory to 79% in Victoria. The relatively low proportion of combined primary/secondary schools in Victoria, combined with its proportion of secondary schools (even though this state has the second largest number of secondary schools) results in its significantly higher proportion of primary schools than for other states. Australian Catholic Schools

8 Table 4: Proportion of schools by school type, states and territories, 2012 Primary Secondary Combined Special All School ACT 77% 17% 7% 100% New South Wales 72% 22% 5% 1% 100% Northern Territory 41% 29% 29% 100% Queensland 67% 24% 9% 100% South Australia 66% 11% 21% 2% 100% Tasmania 65% 14% 22% 100% Victoria 79% 18% 3% 0.4% 100% Western Australia 70% 4% 26% 100% Australia 72% 19% 9% 1% 100% The relative number and percentage of school types reported above reflect the historical evolution of Australian Catholic schooling. However, different school types are also a reflection of a geographical dimension for providing Catholic education in Australia. Table 5 and Table 6 show the number and proportion of schools, and highlight the different distributions of primary and secondary schools, while Special schools are only located in the major cities. As the tables report, there are fewer secondary only Catholic schools beyond the major cities and inner regional Australia than there are combined primary/secondary schools, with there being no secondary only schools in very remote Australia. Table 5: Number of Catholic schools by school type by Remoteness Category, 2012 Primary Schools Secondary Schools Combined Schools Special School All School Major Cities of Australia ,049 Inner Regional Australia Outer Regional Australia Remote Australia Very Remote Australia Total 1, ,706 Table 6: Proportion of Catholic schools by school type by Remoteness Category, 2012 Primary Schools Secondary Schools Combined Schools Special School All School Major Cities of Australia 61% 65% 59% 100% 61% Inner Regional Australia 22% 25% 17% 0% 22% Outer Regional Australia 13% 8% 15% 0% 12% Remote Australia 3% 2% 4% 0% 3% Very Remote Australia 1% 0% 5% 0% 2% Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Australian Catholic Schools

9 Boarding Schools Fifty-two Australian Catholic schools (Table 7) provide boarding facilities for students. Depending on the individual school, boarding may include full boarding, and/or include weekly boarding where students live at the college weekdays (or until the completion of Saturday sporting commitments). Table 7 shows nearly two-thirds of Catholic boarding schools in Australia are in either NSW (33%) or Queensland (29%), but even in these states, boarding schools are only a small proportion of Catholic schools. Table 8 shows that three-quarters (75%) of boarding schools are located in the major cities and inner regional Australia. While boarding schools in metropolitan areas are likely to have historically enrolled students from rural and isolated communities, and continue to do so, a proportion of students in Boarding schools are from the city in which the school is located and from overseas. Table 7: Number and proportion of Non-Boarding and Boarding schools by school type, states and territories, 2012 Non- Boarding Schools Boarding Schools Boarding Schools as percentage of all schools Percentage of all Boarding Schools ACT % New South Wales % 33% Northern Territory % 2% Queensland % 29% South Australia % 10% Tasmania % Victoria % 10% Western Australia % 17% Australia 1, % 100% Table 8: Number and proportion of Non-Boarding and Boarding schools by Remoteness Category, 2012 Non- Boarding Schools Boarding Schools Boarding Schools as percentage of all schools Percentage of all Boarding Schools Major Cities of Australia 1, % 46% Inner Regional Australia % 29% Outer Regional Australia % 21% Remote Australia % 4% Very Remote Australia % 0% Total 1, % 100% Australian Catholic Schools

10 Co-educational and Single Sex schools Table 9 shows that 89% of Catholic schools are co-educational, and that this is so for schools located in the major cities (Table 10). However, as Table 11 shows, single-sex schools are almost entirely the domain of secondary education, with only one primary school and no Special schools being a single-sex school. Similarly, many combined primary/secondary schools limit enrolments for both males and females to some grades (most commonly the earlier grades in the school). Table 9 shows that nationally, there are more female-only schools (92) than male-only schools (75). In most states, the proportion of male and female only schools is similar, although Queensland, South Australia and Victoria have a marginally larger number of female-only schools than male-only schools. Table 9: Number of co-educational and single-sex Catholic schools, states and territories, 2012 Co-Educational Schools Single Sex Schools Male only Female only Single-Sex schools as % of all schools ACT % New South Wales % Northern Territory % Queensland % South Australia % Tasmania % Victoria % Western Australia % Australia 1, % Table 10: Number and proportion of co-educational and single-sex Catholic schools by Remoteness Category, 2012 Co-Educational Schools Single Sex Schools Male only Female only Single-Sex schools as % of all schools Major Cities of Australia % Inner Regional Australia % Outer Regional Australia % Remote Australia % Very Remote Australia % Total 1, % Table 11: Number of co-educational and single-sex Catholic schools by school type, 2012 Co-Educational Schools Single Sex Schools Male only Female only Single-Sex schools as % of all schools Primary only schools 1, % Secondary only schools % Combined schools % Special Schools % Total 1, % Australian Catholic Schools

11 Student Enrolment Trends There were 735,403 students in Australian Catholic schools in 2012, which was an increase of 11,931 or 1.6% from the previous year. This was the largest annual increase, both in the number of students and the annual percentage growth since 1985 (the first year of available data). Since 1985, the number of students has increased by 160,398, which is a 28% increase in the number of students. Graph 2 and Table 12 show that the number of students in Catholic schools has increased every single year since However, the annual growth has not always been consistent across years. For example, enrolments increased by just 235 students from 1992 to 1993, while this year s growth was almost 12,000 students. Graph 2: Students in Catholic schools, Australia, , , ,000 Students 640, , , , , Table 12: Student enrolments and annual change in Catholic schools, Australia, from Previous Year from Previous Year Year Students in Catholic Schools % Year Students in Catholic Schools % , ,218 5, % ,846 6, % ,578 6, % ,757 4, % ,636 7, % ,640 5, % ,024 4, % ,936 3, % ,124 4, % ,586 2, % ,268 6, % ,917 3, % ,659 7, % ,119 2, % ,270 7, % , % ,621 5, % ,022 3, % ,353 5, % ,722 5, % ,858 7, % ,820 8, % ,864 9, % ,579 7, % ,472 10, % ,727 7, % ,403 11, % Australian Catholic Schools

12 Table 13 shows that the number of students increased from 2011 to 2012 in every state and territory. However, this growth was not consistent across all states and territories. While ACT, NSW and NT had enrolment growth similar to the national average, Queensland and Victoria had more than 2% enrolment increase last year. WA had a 1% enrolment increase, while SA and Tasmania had less than 1% increase from 2011 to Table 13: s in Catholic school enrolments, by States and Territories, (FTE) from 2011 since 1985 ACT 17, ,682 New South Wales 247,226 3,428 38,046 Northern Territory 4, Queensland 138,154 3,196 52,726 South Australia 48, ,168 Tasmania 14, ,371 Victoria 197,491 4,062 23,037 Western Australia 67, ,914 Australia 735,403 11, ,398 Almost 209,000 students are enrolled in Catholic schools outside of the major cities, while more than half a million students (72%) in Catholic schools in the major cities of Australia (Table 14). This is a significantly higher proportion than for the proportion of schools (61%) located in the major cities. This difference in the proportions of schools and students indicates that nationally, there are not unexpectedly important differences in the structure and profiles of Catholic schools and schooling when the major cities are compared to the rest of Australia. The NCEC Report The Sectoral Trends of Australian Schooling (Volume 1) (available at provides detailed analysis pertaining to the connection between school size, remoteness and resourcing. Table 14: Number of Students by Remoteness Category, 2012 Students (2012) Proportion of students Major Cities of Australia 526,542 72% Inner Regional Australia 140,269 19% Outer Regional Australia 58,090 8% Remote Australia 8,144 1% Very Remote Australia 2,358 0% Total 735, % Australian Catholic Schools

13 Primary and Secondary Enrolment Trends Of particular interest are the varying patterns of growth across both primary and secondary schools. Graph 3 illustrates the changing proportions of primary and secondary enrolments in Catholic education. Since 1985, 56% of the growth in Catholic school enrolments has been in secondary students, which have increased by 90,128, while primary enrolments have increased by 70,271. However, from 2011 to 2012, the increase in primary enrolments (+6,458) was greater than the increase in secondary enrolments (+5,473). Graph 3: Students in Catholic schools, Primary and Secondary, Australia, , ,000 Primary Students Students 340, , ,000 Secondary Students 220, Table 15 shows that 89% of primary students enrolled in Catholic schools are located in the major cities and inner regional Australia, while 92% of secondary students are enrolled in schools in these regions. This difference between the primary and secondary enrolments reflects the history and geography of Catholic secondary education in remote Australia; the structure of primary, secondary and combined primary/secondary schools; and accessibility to Catholic secondary, and post-compulsory secondary, education in rural Australia. Table 15: Number of Primary and Secondary Students by Remoteness Category, 2012 Primary Students Proportion of Primary Students Secondary Students Proportion of Secondary Students Major Cities of Australia 282,034 70% 244,509 73% Inner Regional Australia 75,575 19% 64,694 19% Outer Regional Australia 36,645 9% 21,444 6% Remote Australia 5,866 1% 2,278 1% Very Remote Australia 2,173 1% 185 0% Total 402, % 333, % Australian Catholic Schools

14 Table 16 reports the changes in the past year in the primary and secondary enrolments in each of the states and territories, as well as the overall change since The table reports that primary enrolments increased in all states and territories, other than South Australia and Tasmania. For secondary enrolments, all states and territories, other than Northern Territory, had an increase in secondary enrolments. Secondary growth was greater than primary growth from 2011 to 2012 in NSW, South Australia and Tasmania. Table 16: s in Catholic school enrolments, by States and Territories, Primary from 2011 since Secondary from 2011 since 1985 ACT 8, , ,663 New South Wales 126,688 1,436 7, ,538 1,992 31,034 Northern Territory 2, , Queensland 81,836 2,115 31,837 56,318 1,082 20,889 South Australia 28, ,425 20, ,743 Tasmania 7, ,010 7, ,361 Victoria 105,922 2,264 5,863 91,570 1,799 17,176 Western Australia 40, ,179 26, ,735 Australia 402,293 6,458 70, ,110 5,473 90,128 Graphs 4 and 5 illustrate the most recent changes (from 2011 to 2012) in primary and secondary enrolments in each of the states and territories as reported in the above table. Graph 4: in Catholic Primary enrolments, Graph 5: in Catholic Secondary enrolments, by States and Territories, by States and Territories, SA -77 NT -3 Tas -19 ACT 16 NT 71 ACT 220 Tas 40 WA 242 WA 448 NSW 1,436 SA 305 Qld 1,082 Qld 2,115 Vict 2,264 Vic 1,799 NSW 1,992-1, ,000 2,000 3,000-1, ,000 2,000 3,000 Fewer students in 2012 than 2011 More students in 2012 than 2011 Fewer students in 2012 than 2011 More students in 2012 than 2011 Australian Catholic Schools

15 Graphs 6 to 13 highlight that although there are different primary and secondary enrolment patterns across the states and territories, the majority of states and territories have witnessed the convergence of primary and secondary enrolments in Catholic schools. Graphs 6 to 13: Primary and Secondary Enrolments in Catholic schools, individual States and Territories, Graph 6: Australian Capital Territory 9,000 Graph 7: New South Wales 140,000 8,000 Primary Students 120,000 Primary Students 7,000 Secondary Students 100,000 Secondary Students 6, , Graph 8: Northern Territory 4,000 Primary Students 3,000 Graph 9: Queensland 80,000 60,000 Primary Students 2,000 Secondary Students 40,000 Secondary Students 1, Graph 10: South Australia 30,000 20, Graph 11: Tasmania 8,000 25,000 Primary Students 6,000 Primary Students 20,000 Secondary Students 15,000 Secondary Students 4,000 10, Graph 12: Victoria 120,000 2, Graph 13: Western Australia 50, ,000 Primary Students 40,000 Primary Students 80,000 Secondary Students 30,000 20,000 Secondary Students 60,000 10, Australian Catholic Schools

16 Student Retention Part of the growth in secondary schools has been created by students enrolling in Catholic secondary schools as the first enrolment in a Catholic school; and by students increasingly tending to stay in Catholic schools once they commence. Retention rates in excess of 100% from Catholic primary to Catholic secondary means in effect that there are more students in the first year of Catholic secondary schools than there were in the last year of Catholic primary schools the previous year. Clearly, many students from other schools commence their Catholic education in secondary school. Anecdotal evidence suggests that a considerable number of these are Catholic students for whom the local government primary school was more convenient or preferable than the Catholic school. Graph 14 shows that the Apparent Retention Rate for students from Catholic primary schools to Catholic secondary schools has been greater than 100% for both boys and girls since 1986; and has overall continued to increase in most years. Table 17 reports that the retention from Catholic primary to Catholic secondary schools was greater than 100% in all states and territories in 2012, other than for girls in NT, which was almost 100%. Table 17 would suggest that overall, there appears to be a more significant attraction for the Catholic secondary school as the first Catholic school for girls than for boys in most states and territories. Graph 14: Apparent Retention Rates, Catholic Primary to Catholic Secondary schools, Australia, % 125% Girls 120% 115% Boys 110% 105% 100% 95% Apparent Retention Rate Table 17: Apparent Retention Rates, Catholic Primary to Catholic Secondary schools, Australia and States and Territories, 2012 Percentage of students Girls Boys All Students ACT New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Australia Note: NSW, NT, ACT, Vic, Tas and WA retention is from Grade 6 to Grade 7. SA and Qld retention is from Grade 7 to 8. Australian Catholic Schools

17 A contributing factor to the increase in enrolments in Catholic secondary schools has been the increasing improvement in the secondary Apparent Retention Rate in the 1980s and early 1990s, although this is now fairly stable in all states. Significantly, there has always been a difference in Apparent Retention Rates between boys and girls in all school sectors and that is no less evident in Catholic schools, and the Apparent Retention Rate for girls remains consistently higher than for boys. The Apparent Retention Rate for post-compulsory education (students in Catholic schools staying from Year 10 to complete Year 12) increased significantly from 1987 to 1992 (for females) and 1993 (for males). Retention rates increased slightly from 2004 to 2010, but have increased noticeably since In 2012, the retention rate for both females (88.9%) and males (82.8%) was the highest since 1986 (the first year of available data) (Table 18). Graph 15: Apparent Retention Rates for post-compulsory schooling (Year 10 to Year 12) in Catholic Secondary schools, Australia, % 100% Apparent Retention Rate 90% 80% 70% 60% Females Males 50% Table 18: Apparent Retention Rates for post-compulsory schooling (Year 10 to Year 12) in Catholic secondary schools, States and Territories, 2012 Percentage of students Females Males All Students ACT New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Australia Australian Catholic Schools

18 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students The number and proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) students has increased significantly over the period from 1985 to 2012 (Graph 16 and Table 19), and in all states and territories (Table 20). One of the key factors has been the significant increase in the level of Commonwealth Government support. Apart from the Commonwealth Government s support, many dioceses began to develop more systematic enrolment and support policies in response to the Statement by Pope John Paul II to the Indigenous community at Alice Springs in In 2012, there were 17,349 Indigenous students in Catholic schools, which represented 2.4% of all students in Australian Catholic schools. This was an increase of 1,258 students from the previous year, which was the largest increase since Graph 17 shows that Indigenous enrolments in Catholic schools increased from 2011 to 2012 in all states and territories other than South Australia. F urther research from the ACES Working Group on the enrolment trends for Indigenous students is available from Indigenous Student Trends in Catholic Schools (June 2005), available at Graph 16: Students identified as ATSI in Catholic schools, Australia, ,000 Number of students Number of students % of all students 15,000 10,000 5,000 3% 2% 1% ATSI as % of all students % Table 19: Students identified as ATSI in Catholic schools, Australia, Year ATSI Students ATSI as % of all students Year ATSI Students ATSI as % of all students , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % Australian Catholic Schools

19 Graph 17: Recent change in ATSI student enrolments in Catholic schools, States and Territories, SA 0 ACT 34 TAS 37 WA 64 VIC 121 NT 147 NSW 408 QLD Table 20: Number and percentage of students identified as ATSI in Catholic schools, States and Territories, 1985 and Proportion of Number of Students % of Students Number of Students % of Students from 1985 to 2012 ATSI students in each State (2012) ACT % % 260 2% NSW 5, % 1, % 4,790 34% NT 1, % 1, % % Queensland 4, % 1, % 3,482 28% SA % % 510 3% Tasmania % % 550 4% Victoria 1, % % 1,016 6% WA 2, % 1, % % Australia 17, % 5, % 11, % Australian Catholic Schools

20 Remoteness Table 21 shows that there is significant difference in the enrolment patterns for Indigenous and non-indigenous students in urban and rural Catholic schools. While overall, 2.4% of students in Catholic schools are Indigenous, these students comprise only a small proportion (1.2%) of students in the Catholic schools in the major cities. By comparison, more than two-thirds of students in a Catholic school in very remote Australia are Indigenous. Over one-third (36%) of Indigenous students are in the major cities, and 20% are in Catholic schools in remote or very remote Australia. By comparison, nearly three-quarters (72%) of non-indigenous students are in Catholic schools in the major cities, while only 1% of non-indigenous students are in remote or very remote Catholic schools. Table 21: Number and Percentage of ATSI Students by Remoteness Category, 2012 ATSI Students ATSI as % of all students in remoteness category Proportion of ATSI students by Remoteness Proportion of non-atsi students by Remoteness Major Cities of Australia 6, % 36% 72% Inner Regional Australia 4, % 24% 19% Outer Regional Australia 3, % 20% 8% Remote Australia 1, % 11% 1% Very Remote Australia 1, % 9% <1% Total 17, % 100% 100% Primary and Secondary Indigenous Enrolments The number of both Indigenous primary and Indigenous secondary students in Australian Catholic schools has increased significantly since 1985 as illustrated in Graph 18. In 1985, there were 3,697 Indigenous primary students, and this has more than doubled to 10,104 primary students in However, the growth in secondary Indigenous students has been even more significant, with the number of Secondary Indigenous students more than quadrupled from 1985 to Since 1985, the number of secondary Indigenous students has increased from 1,726 to 7,245. Although the increase in secondary enrolments has been more dramatic, the number of primary Indigenous enrolments has been greater (+6,407) than the secondary enrolments (+5,519), partly due to the relatively lower proportion of Indigenous secondary students, when Secondary Indigenous enrolments represented 32% of all Indigenous enrolments in Australian Catholic schools (Table 22). From 1997 to 2008, the increase in the number of secondary Indigenous students has been greater than the increase in the primary Indigenous students in most years, and secondary enrolments now represent 42% of Indigenous enrolments. However, since 2009, the annual increase in Indigenous primary students was larger than the increase of Indigenous secondary students. In 2012, Indigenous primary enrolments increased by 744, and Indigenous secondary enrolments increased by 514 students. These increases were the largest annual increase for both primary and secondary since Australian Catholic Schools

21 Graph 18: Students in Catholic schools, Primary and Secondary, Australia, Indigenous Students Indigenous Primary Students Indigenous Secondary Students Table 22: Primary and Secondary Indigenous Students, Australia, Indigenous Primary Students from previous year Primary as % of all Indigenous Students Indigenous Secondary Students from previous year Secondary as % of all Indigenous Students ,697 68% 1,726 32% , % 1, % , % 1, % , % 1, % , % 1, % , % 1, % , % 1, % , % 2, % , % 2, % , % 2, % , % 2, % , % 2, % , % 2, % , % 2, % , % 3, % , % 3, % , % 3, % , % 3, % , % 3, % , % 4, % , % 4, % , % 4, % , % 5, % , % 5, % , % 5, % , % 6, % , % 6, % , % 7, % Australian Catholic Schools

22 Table 23 shows that there are significant differences across the states and territories in the proportion of Indigenous students in primary or secondary Catholic education. These differences reflect historical enrolment trends, the significant difference for Indigenous students in urban and rural Catholic schools (reported in the previous section) and limited access to non-metropolitan Catholic secondary education in some states. Table 23: Primary and Secondary Indigenous Students, States and Territories, 2012 Primary Secondary ACT % % New South Wales 3,406 59% 2,413 41% Northern Territory 1,075 63% % Queensland 2,608 53% 2,275 47% South Australia % % Tasmania % % Victoria % % Western Australia 1,558 68% % Australia 10,104 58% 7,246 42% Table 24 reports the change from 2011 to 2012 in primary and secondary Indigenous enrolments in each of the states and territories, as well as the change in Indigenous primary and secondary enrolments since In the past year, Indigenous primary enrolments increased in each of the states and territories, while Indigenous secondary enrolments increased in all states and territories other than the South Australia (-6). Table 24: in Primary and Secondary Indigenous Students, States and Territories, Primary Secondary 2012 from 2011 from from 2011 from 1985 ACT New South Wales 3, ,753 2, ,037 Northern Territory 1, Queensland 2, ,687 2, ,796 South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia 1, Australia 10, ,407 7, ,520 Australian Catholic Schools

23 Indigenous Retention Rates As discussed earlier, part of the growth in secondary schools has been created by students enrolling in Catholic secondary schools as the first enrolment in a Catholic school. Graph 19 shows that the rate for Indigenous students enrolling in Catholic secondary schools, as the first enrolment in a Catholic school, has been increasing almost every year since 1994, and the retention from Catholic primary to Catholic secondary is higher for Indigenous students (134%) than for non-indigenous students (121%). As such, since 2002, a higher proportion of Indigenous secondary students had not attended a Catholic primary school than non-indigenous secondary students. However, as the graph illustrates, the trend was significantly different prior to Graph 19: Apparent Retention Rates for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous students, Catholic Primary to Catholic Secondary schools, Australia, % Apparent Retention Rate 140% 130% 120% 110% 100% 90% Non-Indigenous Students Indigenous Students 80% Another contributing factor to the increase in Indigenous enrolments in Catholic secondary schools has been the increasing improvement in students remaining beyond compulsory education until Year 12. Graph 20 shows that while the retention rate from Year 10 to Year 12 has, since 1992, been consistently at about 80% for non-indigenous students, the retention for Indigenous students from Year 10 to Year 12 has been significantly different to the non-indigenous students. As the graph highlights, the retention to Year 12 for Indigenous students was only 24% in 1987, but has increased markedly to 69% in However, while the gap between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous retention has reduced, the Year 10 to Year 12 retention rate for Indigenous students still remains significantly below that for non-indigenous students (84%). Graph 20: Apparent Retention Rates for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous students, post-compulsory schooling (Year 10 to Year 12) in Catholic Secondary schools, Australia, % Apparent Retention Rate 80% 60% 40% 20% Non-Indigenous Students Indigenous Students 0% Australian Catholic Schools

24 Students with a Disability Students with a Disability (SWD) in Catholic schools have increased from 1985 to 2012 (Graph 21 and Table 25) particularly since the advent of the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act in 1992 and the promulgation of the education standards under the Disability Discrimination Act in In 2012, there were 30,506 SWD students in Catholic schools, which was an increase of 1,776 students from the previous year. Graph 22 and Table 26 show that the number of SWD students increased from 2011 to 2012 in every state and territory, other than Western Australia (-5). Victoria had the largest increase in SWD students, with an increase of 744 students from 2011 to Students with a Disability represent 4.2% of students in Australian Catholic schools. The Northern Territory has the highest proportion of SWD students (6.3%), while the ACT has the lowest proportion (2.5%). Students with a Disability (SWD) are only those students who meet all the following criteria to be classified to receive Commonwealth funding. Students must 1) have an intellectual, sensory, physical or social/emotional impairment or multiple impairments; 2) have been formally assessed as having the impairment by a person with relevant qualifications to the impairment being assessed (ie. medical practitioners/specialists, psychologists, social workers, members of the therapy professions, visiting teacher services or guidance officers in schools); and 3) the degree of impairment must be sufficient to satisfy the criteria for enrolment in government special education services or programmes in the State or Territory. Students are not classified as SWD students if 1) the State or Territory government does not provide a special education service or programme for a particular impairment, or the impairment is not of sufficient severity to qualify the student for a government special education service or programme; 2) a student whose only impairment is a specific learning difficulty or for whom remedial education or remedial support is appropriate; or 3) overseas students are excluded even when they are within the definition of students with disabilities Australian Catholic Schools

25 Graph 21: Number and percentage of SWD students in Catholic schools, Australia, ,000 Number of students 5% Number of students 29,000 23,000 17,000 11,000 % of all students 4% 3% 2% SWD as % of all students 5,000 1% -1, % Table 25: Number and percentage of SWD students in Catholic Schools, Australia, Year SWD Students SWD as % of all students Year SWD Students SWD as % of all students , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % , % Australian Catholic Schools

26 Graph 22: Recent change in SWD student enrolments in Catholic schools, States and Territories, WA, -5 NT, 42 ACT, 52 TAS, 64 SA, 88 QLD, 351 NSW, 472 VIC, Fewer students in 2012 than 2011 More students in 2012 than 2011 Table 26: Number and percentage of SWD students in Catholic schools, States and Territories, 1985 and Proportion of Number of % of Number of % of from 1985 SWD in each Students Students Students Students to 2012 State (2012) ACT % % 338 1% NSW 12, % % 11,669 39% NT % Nil 293 1% Queensland 4, % % 4,274 15% SA 1, % % 1,573 6% Tasmania % % 396 1% Victoria 8, % % 8,265 28% WA 2, % % 2,305 8% Australia 30, % 1, % 29, % Australian Catholic Schools

27 Remoteness Table 27 shows that almost three in every four (73%) SWD students are enrolled in Catholic schools in the major cities. However, the table also shows that SWD students, as a proportion of all students in each of the remoteness categories (other than for very remote Australia), is similar across all of the categories. To illustrate, 4.2% of the students enrolled in Catholic schools in the major cities are SWD students, as are 3.9% of the students enrolled in Catholic schools in remote Australia. However, the proportion of SWD students in very remote Australia is significantly higher than for the other remoteness categories. Table 27: Number and Percentage of SWD Students by Remoteness Category, 2012 SWD Students SWD as % of all students SWD as % students in Remoteness category Major Cities of Australia 22, % 73% Inner Regional Australia 5, % 18% Outer Regional Australia 2, % 7% Remote Australia % 1% Very Remote Australia % 1% Total 30, % 100% Primary and Secondary Enrolments Graph 23 illustrates the increase in both primary and secondary SWD students since In 1985, there were 954 primary SWD students, but by 2012 this had increased to 18,362. Over this time, the number of secondary SWD enrolments had also increased significantly, increasing from 438 to 12,144 in However, as Table 28 reports, the number of secondary SWD students increased by 1,081 from 2011 to 2012, which was the second largest increase in Secondary SWD students since 1985 (the largest was 1,084 the previous year). Graph 23: Primary and Secondary SWD students in Catholic schools, Australia, ,000 Indigenous Students 15,000 10,000 5,000 SWD Primary Students SWD Secondary Students Australian Catholic Schools

28 Table 28: Primary and Secondary SWD Students, Australia, SWD Primary Students from previous year Primary as % of all SWD Students SWD Secondary Students from previous year Secondary as % of all SWD Students % % , % % , % % , % % , % % , % % ,733 1,894 67% 1, % , % 2, % , % 2, % , % 2, % , % 3, % , % 3, % , % 4, % , % 4, % , % 5, % , % 5, % , % 5, % , % 5, % , % 6, % , % 6, % , % 7, % , % 7, % ,215 1,249 61% 8, % ,251 1,036 61% 8, % ,356 1,105 62% 9, % ,648 1,292 63% 9, % ,667 1,019 61% 11,063 1,084 39% , % 12,144 1,081 40% Australian Catholic Schools

29 Table 29 shows that while the majority of states and territories have a similar proportion of SWD students in primary and secondary education, the ACT has a significantly higher proportion in secondary education (48% compared with the national average of 40%), while South Australia and Western Australia have significantly higher proportions of SWD students in primary education. Table 29: Primary and Secondary SWD Students, States and Territories, 2012 Primary Secondary ACT % % New South Wales 7,015 58% 5,031 42% Northern Territory % % Queensland 2,713 61% 1,738 39% South Australia 1,292 66% % Tasmania % % Victoria 5,148 60% 3,405 40% Western Australia 1,554 65% % Australia 18,362 60% 12,144 40% Table 28 highlighted the significant growth since 1985 in SWD students in both primary and secondary education nationally, and Table 30 shows that this has been consistent across all states and territories. In the past year, SWD enrolments primary increased in all states and territories, other than Western Australia (-58), while secondary enrolments increased in all states and territories. Victoria had the largest increase from 2011 to 2012 in both primary (+346) and secondary (+366) SWD students. Table 30: in Primary and Secondary SWD Students, States and Territories, Primary Secondary 2012 from 2011 from from 2011 from 1985 ACT New South Wales 7, ,715 5, ,955 Northern Territory Queensland 2, ,550 1, ,724 South Australia 1, , Tasmania Victoria 5, ,946 3, ,320 Western Australia 1, , Australia 18, ,409 12,144 11,063 11,707 Australian Catholic Schools

30 SWD Retention Rates Graph 24 shows the retention of SWD students from Catholic primary to Catholic secondary (red line), and post-compulsory retention (blue line). The retention from Catholic primary to Catholic secondary has remained consistently around 80%, other than for the period from 1991 and 1992, which most likely reflects the advent of the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act in This retention rate is significantly lower than the retention from primary to secondary Catholic schools for non-swd students. Graph 24 shows that the post-compulsory retention rates (Year 10 to Year 12) for SWD students in 1987 was just 10%, but increased significantly to just over 40% from 1986 to From 1991 to 2006, post-compulsory retention rates for SWD students increased steadily; and in 2007 increased to more than 60%. Since 2007, post-compulsory retention has increased at a greater rate, and increased to 71% in Graph 24: Apparent Retention Rates for Students with a Disability, Catholic Primary to Catholic Secondary (red) and Post-Compulsory (Blue), Australia, Apparent Retention Rate 160% 140% 120% 100% Retention from Primary to Secondary 80% 60% 40% Post-Compulsory Retention 20% 0% Australian Catholic Schools

31 SWD in Special/Regular Schools While there may be some perception that Students with a Disability are predominately enrolled in Special Schools, the overwhelming majority of SWD students (97%) are enrolled in regular Catholic schools. As Graph 25 and Table 31 highlight, this has been consistently so, since 1995 (the first year of reliable data). Since 1995, the number of students in Special Schools has increased by 315 (from 518 to 833 students). By comparison, the number of SWD students in regular schools has increased by 20,768 students (from 8,906 to 29,674). Graph 25: Number SWD students in Special and Regular Schools, Australia, ,000 30,000 Students in Special Schools Students in Regular schools Number of students 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5, Table 31: Number of Students with a Disability in Special and Regular Schools, and cumulative change in enrolments, Australia, SWD in Special Schools SWD in Regular Schools Cumulative change in SWD in Special Schools Cumulative change in SWD in Regular Schools Year , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,768 Australian Catholic Schools

32 Full-Fee Paying Overseas Students Catholic schools entered the FFPOS scheme on its introduction by the Commonwealth Government in In the following years, at least until 1997, the number of FFPOS grew quickly and consistently (Graph 26). From 1997 to 2001 FFPOS declined in all states and territories except NSW, and this was attributable to a number of factors including the fact that Catholic schools found that there were considerable pastoral challenges involved in providing for such students. From 2001 to 2004, FFPOS enrolments increased nationally, due to the increase in FFPOS enrolments in NSW, South Australia and Victoria. From 2005 to 2006, NSW had a decrease of 108 FFPOS students, which was the major contribution to the decrease of 179 FFPOS students that year. From 2006 to 2009, the number of FFPOS students has increased nationally, but has declined each year since In 2012, there were 1,622 FFPOS students in Australian Catholic schools, which was a decrease of 312 students from Other than the ACT (+6) and Northern Territory (+3), all states and territories had a decrease in FFPOS students from 2011 to Graph 26: FFPOS in Catholic schools, Australia, ,000 Number of students 2,000 1, Table 32: FFPOS in Catholic schools, Australia and States and Territories Proportion of FFPOS in each State (2012) ACT % New South Wales % Northern Territory % Queensland % South Australia % Tasmania % Victoria % Western Australia % Australia 1,167 1, % Australian Catholic Schools

33 Table 33 shows that almost no FFPOS students are enrolled in remote or very remote Australia, with 92% of FFPOS students enrolled in schools in either the major cities or in inner regional Australia. Table 33: Number and Percentage of FFPOS Students by Remoteness Category, 2012 FFPOS Students FFPOS as % students in category FFPOS as % of all students Major Cities of Australia 1, % 81% Inner Regional Australia % 11% Outer Regional Australia % 7% Remote Australia % 1% Very Remote Australia 0 Total 1, % 100% FFPOS Students in Primary Schools Graph 27 and Table 34 highlight the significant change in the primary FFPOS students as a proportion of all FFPOS students in Australian Catholic schools. In 1989, FFPOS students were almost exclusively enrolled in secondary education, but from 1996 to 2006, the proportion of FFPOS students in primary schools increased significantly (other than in 2002 and 2003). Although there was a marginal decrease in the proportion of the primary FFPOS students in 2007 and 2008, primary enrolments, as a proportion of total FFPOS students, has increased annually since This increase in the proportion is due to the increasing number of primary FFPOS, and the decrease in secondary FFPOS students. One-quarter (25%) of FFPOS students are primary students. Graph 27: FFPOS in Primary schools, as proportion of all FFPOS in Catholic Schools, Australia, % Number of students 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Australian Catholic Schools

34 Table 34: Primary and Secondary FFPOS Students, Australia, FFPOS Primary Students Primary as % of all FFPOS Students FFPOS Secondary Students Secondary as % of all FFPOS Students from previous year from previous year , % 1, % % 1, % % 1, % % 1, % % 2, % % 2, % % 2, % % 2, % % 2, % % 1, % % 1, % % 1, % % 2, % % 2, % % 1, % % 1, % % 1, % % 1, % % 1, % % 1, % % 1, % % 1, % Schools with FFPOS students From year to year the schools with FFPOS students can change, because the majority of the schools with FFPOS students have only 1 or 2 students (Graph 28), and very few Catholic schools in Australia have large numbers of FFPOS students. Of the 323 schools with FFPOS students enrolled in 2012, only 1% (4 schools) had more than 50 FFPOS students. Significantly however, 81% of Catholic schools in Australia had no FFPOS students enrolled in Graph 28: Number of FFPOS students by number of Catholic schools, Australia, 2012 Number of schools and Number of FFPOS students in the school over Australian Catholic Schools

35 Catholic and Non-Catholic Students F urther research from the ACES Working Group on the enrolment trends for Catholic and non-catholic students is available from Non-Catholic Student Enrolments in Catholic Schools 2006 (February 2007), available at Table 35 reports that there were 522,190 Catholic students and 212,237 non-catholic students in Australian Catholic schools in As the table shows, the proportion of non-catholic students in Australian Catholic schools now represents 29% of enrolments in Australian Catholic schools, and this proportion has increased by 1% every year since Graph 29 and Table 36 illustrate however, that the increased proportion of non-catholic students in Catholic schools has been predominately due to an increase in non-catholic students, but also a decline in Catholic students in half of the years. As a result, over the past seven years, Catholic enrolments in Australian Catholic schools have had a net increase of just 1,266 students, while non-catholic enrolments have increased by 46,519 students. Table 35: Catholic and non-catholic enrolments, Australia, 2006 to 2012 Catholic Students Non-Catholic Students % of % of No. students No. students ,924 76% 165,718 24% ,243 75% 170,551 25% ,074 75% 176,916 25% ,368 74% 184,925 26% ,317 73% 192,898 27% ,951 72% 203,278 28% ,190 71% 212,237 29% Graph 29: in Catholic and non-catholic enrolments, , Australia 50,000 40,000 in Non-Catholic Students in Catholic schools 30,000 20,000 More students in 2012 than in ,000 No 0-10,000-20, in Catholic Students in Catholic schools Fewer students in 2012 than in 2011 Australian Catholic Schools

36 Table 36: in Catholic and non-catholic enrolments, Australia, 2006 to 2012 from Previous Year Non- Catholic Students from Previous Year Year Catholic Students Cumulative Cumulative , , ,243 1,319 1, ,551 4,833 4, ,074-2, ,916 6,365 11, ,368-1,706-2, ,925 8,009 19, ,317-5,051-7, ,898 7,973 27, ,951 7, ,278 10,380 37, ,190 1,239 1, ,237 8,959 46,519 There is significant variation in the proportion of non-catholic students in Catholic schools across the states and territories, and also across the dioceses. Table 37 reports that NSW (24%) and Western Australia (24%) are the states with the lowest proportion of non-catholic students, while Tasmania (54%) and Northern Territory (51%) remains the states/territories with the highest proportion of non-catholic enrolments. In 2012, both Tasmania and Northern Territory had more non-catholic than Catholic students, which is the first time a state or territory has had more non-catholic and Catholic students since the collection commenced in 2006 (in fact, ever). Table 37: Catholic and non-catholic enrolments, States and Territories, 2012 Catholic Students Non-Catholic Students % of % of No. students No. students Australian Capital Territory 12,360 71% 5,072 29% New South Wales 188,587 76% 58,295 24% Northern Territory 2,189 49% 2,309 51% Queensland 87,910 64% 50,291 36% South Australia 27,754 56% 21,556 44% Tasmania 6,807 46% 7,940 54% Victoria 146,673 74% 50,893 26% Western Australia 49,910 76% 15,881 24% Australia 522,190 71% 212,237 29% Note: Student numbers vary slightly from other counts as Catholic and non-catholic enrolments were not enumerated at the same day as the Annual School Census in all states and territories. Australian Catholic Schools

37 Table 38 shows the change in Catholic and non-catholic enrolments in the states and territories from 2011 to 2012, as well as the change in enrolments since 2006 (the first year this data was collected). As the table shows, there was an increase in Catholic enrolments from 2011 to 2012 in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and the ACT, and a decrease in Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia and the NT. By comparison, non-catholic enrolments increased in all states and territories last year. From 2006 to 2012, Victoria and Queensland have had the largest increases in Catholic enrolments, but also the largest increases in non-catholic enrolments. The table also shows that the growth in non-catholic enrolments has been larger than for Catholic enrolments in all states and territories. Table 38: in Catholic and non-catholic enrolments, States and Territories, 2006 to 2012 Catholic Students Non-Catholic Students 2012 from 2011 to 2012 from from 2011 to 2012 from 2006 ACT 12, , NSW 188,587 1,146-3,805 58,295 1,972 11,327 NT 2, , Queensland 87, ,734 50,291 2,294 14,472 SA 27, ,816 21, ,440 Tasmania 6, ,653 7, ,556 Victoria 146,673 1,575 4,481 50,893 2,492 12,186 WA 49, ,268 15, ,400 Australia 522,190 1,239 1, ,237 8,959 46,519 Table 39 shows that the majority (61%) of non-catholic students are enrolled in Catholic schools located in the major cities. The major cities collectively also have the significantly lowest proportion of non-catholics enrolled in the schools for any of the remoteness categories, other than for Catholic schools in very remote Australia. The proportion of non-catholic enrolments in the twenty-six Catholic schools (collectively) in very remote Australia (28%) is similar to the proportion for the major cities. This is predominately the result of a significant increase in Catholic enrolments in these schools from 2011 to Table 39: Number and Percentage of Catholic and non-catholic Students by Remoteness Category, 2012 Catholic Students Non- Catholic Students Non-Catholics as % of Students in Remoteness category % of all Non-Catholic Students Major Cities of Australia 397, ,493 24% 61% Inner Regional Australia 86,188 53,346 38% 25% Outer Regional Australia 32,224 25,805 44% 12% Remote Australia 4,243 3,968 48% 2% Very Remote Australia 1, % 0% Total 522, ,237 29% 100% Australian Catholic Schools

38 Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff More than 85,000 people were employed in Catholic schools in Australia in 2012 (Table 40). To provide context, this is larger than the entire Australian workforce involved in the manufacturing of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts, or the number of people employed across every single department store in Australia. Staff Head Counts (HC) illustrate the overall number of people employed in Catholic schools (and one illustration of the contribution that Australian Catholic schools make to the Australian economy); while the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff provides the more appropriate measure of staffing change and resources in Catholic schools. Head Count includes part-time staff (irrespective of the staff s workload), whereas Full-Time Equivalent (as the title suggests) reports the proportion of the workload of part-time staff, as well as the number of full-time staff (the FTE for a full-time person is 1). Teachers in combined primary/secondary schools for example, may teach both primary and secondary students and would be counted as a 0.5 FTE primary, and 0.5 FTE secondary teacher, or 1.0 for total teachers. While FTE is rounded to one decimal place at the individual school, this report records the number of FTE as whole numbers. Staff trends in this section report FTE, rather than Head Count staffing numbers. Graph 30 and Table 40 show that there has been a significant increase in staff in Australian Catholic schools from 1989 to 2012, with a 26,731 increase in FTE staff. From 1989 to 2012, the number of teachers increased by 15,356, while the number of non-teaching staff has increased by 11,376. Graph 30: Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff (FTE), Australia, ,000 50,000 Teachers 40,000 30,000 20,000 Non-Teaching Staff 10, Note that although national data in this report relating to students is available from 1985, national data for teaching and non-teaching staff in Catholic schools is not available prior to Australian Catholic Schools

39 Table 40: Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff, Australia, Year All Staff (HC) All Staff (FTE) Teachers (FTE) Non-Teaching Staff (FTE) ,278 40,978 33,908 7, ,598 42,138 34,333 7, ,416 42,767 34,648 8, ,761 42,949 34,646 8, ,508 44,068 35,112 8, ,826 45,107 35,821 9, ,032 45,928 36,200 9, ,123 46,712 36,774 9, ,886 47,224 37,206 10, ,163 48,352 37,880 10, ,186 49,721 38,852 10, ,472 51,302 39,714 11, ,744 52,914 40,612 12, ,290 54,659 41,600 13, ,923 56,000 42,348 13, ,199 56,980 42,961 14, ,119 58,487 43,753 14, ,180 59,353 44,683 14, ,194 60,839 45,547 15, ,860 62,207 46,247 15, ,344 63,178 46,670 16, ,121 64,513 47,242 17, ,112 66,063 48,223 17, ,306 67,709 49,264 18,445 Australian Catholic Schools

40 Table 41 reports the change in staff in the states and territories over the past year, as well as the change in staff since As the table shows, the staffing increased in all states and territories from 2011 to Caution should be taken when drawing inferences of correlation between enrolment change and staff growth, or attempting to calculate class size differences or resourcing across states, as the resourcing of the additional staff was not distributed proportionally across the schools levels (primary and secondary), equally between schools of increasing or decreasing growth, or uniformly between teaching and non-teaching staff. Table 41: s in Staff (FTE), by States and Territories, All Staff 2012 (HC) All Staff 2012 (FTE) from 2011 (FTE) since 1989 (FTE) ACT 1,732 1, New South Wales 26,588 21, ,690 Northern Territory Queensland 16,329 13, ,918 South Australia 5,981 4, ,147 Tasmania 1,945 1, Victoria 23,504 18, ,329 Western Australia 8,473 6, ,416 Australia 85,306 67,709 1,646 26,731 Table 42 (Teachers) and Table 43 (Non-teaching staff) report the change in the number of teachers and non-teaching staff from 2011 to 2012 in all states and territories, as well as the increase in all states and territories since This change from 2011 to 2012 in the number of teachers and of non-teaching staff is illustrated in Graph 31. In 2012, the majority of growth in staff in Catholic schools in Australia was due to the increase in teaching staff (63%), rather than non-teaching staff. This was in contrast to 2009 and 2010 when non-teaching staff represented the majority growth. As Graph 31 highlights, all states and territories, other than the ACT, had an increase in both teaching and non-teaching staff. The ACT had an increase in FTE teachers (+19) but a decrease in non-teaching staff (-5). Graph 31: in Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff, (FTE), by State and Territory, Tas 27 ACT -519 Teachers Non-teaching staff NT 2513 SA WA NSW Qld Vic Australian Catholic Schools

41 Table 42: s in Teachers (FTE), by States and Territories, Teachers 2012 (HC) Teachers 2012 (FTE) from 2011(FTE) since 1989 (FTE) ACT 1,239 1, New South Wales 18,847 16, ,937 Northern Territory Queensland 10,087 8, ,058 South Australia 3,921 3, ,300 Tasmania 1, Victoria 16,594 13, ,575 Western Australia 5,240 4, ,890 Australia 57,558 49,264 1,041 15,356 Table 43: s in Non-Teaching Staff (FTE), by States and Territories, Non-Teaching Staff 2012 (HC) Non-Teaching Staff 2012 (FTE) from 2011 (FTE) since 1989 (FTE) ACT New South Wales 7,741 4, ,753 Northern Territory Queensland 6,242 4, ,861 South Australia 2,060 1, Tasmania Victoria 6,910 4, ,754 Western Australia 3,233 2, ,527 Australia 27,748 18, ,376 Nationally, 71% of FTE staff in Catholic schools are teachers, but there is significant variation in this proportion across the regions of Australia. Graph 32 illustrates the proportion of teachers and non-teaching staff in Catholic schools by remoteness category. As the graph highlights, the proportion of staff that are non-teaching staff increases as the schools become less urban and more remote (although this will not be so for every school). Graph 32: Teachers and non-teaching staff as proportion of all staff, by remoteness category, Australia, 2012 Major Cities of Australia 74% 26% Inner Regional Australia 72% 28% Outer Regional Australia 70% 30% Remote Australia 62% 38% Very Remote Australia 54% 46% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Teachers Non-teaching staff Australian Catholic Schools

42 Table 44 (All staff), Table 45 (Teachers) and Table 46 (Non-teaching staff) show the number and proportion of staff in Catholic schools by remoteness categories. As Graph 32 illustrated, and these tables highlight, there is significant difference in the staffing arrangements in Catholic schools across the regions of Australia. Table 44: All Staff in Catholic Schools, Australia, by Remoteness Category, 2012 All Staff (HC) All Staff (FTE) % of All Staff (FTE) Major Cities of Australia 60,046 47,900 71% Inner Regional Australia 16,212 12,733 19% Outer Regional Australia 7,326 5,697 8% Remote Australia 1, % Very Remote Australia % Total 85,306 67, % Table 45: Teachers in Catholic Schools, Australia, by Remoteness Category, 2012 Teachers (HC) Teachers (FTE) % of all Teachers (FTE) Major Cities of Australia 41,271 35,261 72% Inner Regional Australia 10,748 9,187 19% Outer Regional Australia 4,610 3,993 8% Remote Australia % Very Remote Australia % Total 57,558 49, % Table 46: Non-Teaching Staff in Catholic Schools, Australia, by Remoteness Category, 2012 Non-teaching staff (HC) Non-teaching staff (FTE) % of all non-teaching staff (FTE) Major Cities of Australia 18,775 12,639 69% Inner Regional Australia 5,464 3,546 19% Outer Regional Australia 2,716 1,704 9% Remote Australia % Very Remote Australia % Total 27,748 18, % Australian Catholic Schools

43 Non-Teaching Staff The annual national Schools Census categorises non-teaching staff by three categories Administrative and Clerical; Specialist support staff; and Building Operations, and General Maintenance and other Staff. Administrative and Clerical are staff whose main duties are of a clerical or administrative nature, and include office staff such as teachers aides and assistants (including library assistants), Aboriginal Education or Resource Officers, bursars/school administrators, accountants and IT support staff. Specialist support staff undertake functions of special benefit to students or teaching staff in the development of the school curriculum. While these staff may spend the majority of their time in contact with students, they are not employed/engaged to impart the school curriculum. Specialist support staff undertake functions in areas, or are specialists, such as student support services (career adviser, student counsellor, liaison officer), Educational staff and curriculum) development, Psychologists, Social Workers, Guidance Officers, Sports Coordinator, Pathway Planning Officer and Industry Liaison Officer (for Technical Colleges). Building Operations, General Maintenance and other Staff include staff that provide services such as janitorial, building, grounds or general maintenance or associated technical services, staff that provide the repair and servicing of equipment such as video machines and laboratory equipment, staff engaged on school-initiated special projects, as well as school nurses, matrons, canteen staff and other general staff. Since 1989, the number of non-teaching staff in Australian Catholic schools has increased by 11,375 staff (Table 47). Graph 33 highlights that the largest growth in non-teaching staff has been in Administrative staff. From 1989 to 2012, the number of Administrative staff has increased by 10,619, and the number of Specialist Support staff has increased by 852, while the number of Maintenance staff has decreased by 95 (including a decrease of 70 staff last year). This change has resulted in Administrative staff increasing from 56% to 79% of non-teaching staff, and Maintenance staff decreasing from 37% to 14% of non-teaching staff. Specialist Support staff has remained unchanged at 7% of the non-teaching staff in Australian Catholic schools. Graph 33: Non-teaching staff (FTE) by category, Australia, ,000 15,000 12,000 Administrative 9,000 6,000 3,000 0 Specialist Support Maintenance Australian Catholic Schools

44 Table 47: Non-teaching staff by category, Australia, Administrative Specialist support Maintenance Total nonteaching staff , ,638 7, , ,955 7, , ,033 8, , ,074 8, , ,200 8, , ,252 9, , ,306 9, , ,325 9, , ,334 10, , ,370 10, , ,430 10, , ,461 11, , ,563 12, , ,603 13, , ,703 13, ,288 1,007 2,726 14, , ,751 14, , ,330 14, ,912 1,019 2,361 15, ,527 1,046 2,386 15, ,910 1,126 2,486 16, ,548 1,202 2,521 17, ,959 1,268 2,613 17, ,563 1,339 2,543 18,445 The following three tables (Tables 48 to 50) report the number of non-teaching staff by the categories in the states and territories in 2012, as well as the change in the number of these staff in the past year, and since The tables also show the percentage that Administrative, Specialist Support and Maintenance staff represent of the total non-teaching staff in each state/territory. As the tables highlight, there is some regional variation in the (most recent and longer-term) change in Specialist Support and Maintenance staff; and also in the relative proportion of Administrative staff in some states and territories. Australian Catholic Schools

45 Table 48: Number of Administrative staff (FTE), by States and Territories, Administrative staff as % of non-teaching staff in state/territory Administrative staff (2012) from 2011 since 1989 ACT 82% New South Wales 81% 3, ,712 Northern Territory 66% Queensland 78% 3, ,493 South Australia 69% Tasmania 75% Victoria 82% 3, ,825 Western Australia 79% 1, ,379 Australia 79% 14, ,618 Table 49: Number of Specialist Support staff (FTE), by States and Territories, Specialist Support staff as % of non-teaching staff in state/territory Specialist Support staff (2012) from 2011 since 1989 ACT 4% New South Wales 7% Northern Territory 16% Queensland 8% South Australia 16% Tasmania 7% Victoria 6% Western Australia 5% Australia 7% 1, Table 50: Number of Maintenance staff (FTE), by States and Territories, Maintenance staff as % of non-teaching staff in state/territory Maintenance staff (2012) from 2011 since 1989 ACT 15% New South Wales 13% Northern Territory 19% Queensland 15% South Australia 15% Tasmania 18% Victoria 12% Western Australia 16% Australia 14% 2, Australian Catholic Schools

46 Female and Male Teachers There has been a significant change in the proportion of female to male teachers in Australian Catholic schools. Graph 34 illustrates that while the number of female teachers has been higher than the number of male teachers since 1989, the increase for female teachers has been significantly larger than the increase in male teachers. Table 51 shows that in 1989, there were 22,450 female teachers and 11,458 male teachers in Catholic schools, and female teachers represented 66% of all teachers. By 2012, the number of female teachers had increased by 11,837 while the number of male teachers had increased by 3,519, which has resulted in the proportion of male teachers decreasing from 34% to 30%. Graph 34: Female and Male Teachers (FTE), Australia, ,000 30,000 25,000 Female Teachers 20,000 15,000 10,000 Male Teachers Table 51: Female and Males Teachers (FTE), Australia, Females Males Year Teachers % of Teachers Cumulative change Teachers % of Teachers Cumulative change ,450 66% 11,458 34% ,818 66% ,515 34% ,063 67% ,586 33% ,000 66% ,644 34% ,396 67% ,717 33% ,010 67% 1,560 11,811 33% ,222 67% 1,772 11,978 33% ,696 67% 2,246 12,078 33% ,065 67% 2,615 12,141 33% ,605 68% 3,155 12,273 32% ,391 68% 3,941 12,460 32% 1, ,055 68% 4,605 12,659 32% 1, ,799 68% 5,349 12,814 32% 1, ,513 69% 6,063 13,087 31% 1, ,016 69% 6,566 13,332 31% 1, ,524 69% 7,074 13,437 31% 1, ,111 69% 7,661 13,642 31% 2, ,747 69% 8,297 13,938 31% 2, ,365 69% 8,915 14,181 31% 2, ,963 69% 9,513 14,284 31% 2, ,230 69% 9,780 14,436 31% 2, ,736 69% 10,286 14,507 31% 3, ,469 69% 11,019 14,754 31% 3, ,287 70% 11,837 14,977 30% 3,519 Australian Catholic Schools

47 Table 52 shows that, in the past year, the number of female teachers increased in all states and territories, other than Tasmania (no change); while the number of male teachers had increased in all states and territories (Table 53). Table 52: Female teachers (FTE), by States and Territories, since 2011 since 1989 Females as % of teachers in state/ territory ACT % New South Wales 11, ,225 70% Northern Territory % Queensland 6, ,192 70% South Australia 2, % Tasmania % Victoria 9, ,661 71% Western Australia 3, ,419 68% Australia 34, ,835 70% Table 53: Male teachers (FTE), by States and Territories, since 2011 since 1989 Males as % of teachers in state/ territory ACT % New South Wales 4, % Northern Territory % Queensland 2, % South Australia 1, % Tasmania % Victoria 4, % Western Australia 1, % Australia 14, ,518 30% Nationally, 70% of teachers are female, and this proportion is consistent across the states and territories, with no state being more than 5% from the national average (Tasmania with 65% of teachers being female) is the furthest from the national average. Australian Catholic Schools

48 Previous tables have shown that there is a difference in the staffing profile across the remoteness categories, with the proportion of teachers to non-teaching staff reducing by remoteness category (Graph 32). Table 54 highlights that the proportion of female and male teachers is not significantly different across the geographical categories however. Table 54: Female and Male Teachers (FTE) in Catholic Schools by Remoteness Category, Australia, 2012 Female Teachers Male Teachers Female Teachers Male Teachers Major Cities of Australia 24,606 10,655 70% 30% Inner Regional Australia 6,150 3,037 67% 33% Outer Regional Australia 2,919 1,074 73% 27% Remote Australia % 26% Very Remote Australia % 25% Total 34,287 14,977 70% 30% Primary and Secondary Male and Female Teachers Graph 35 illustrates that there has been significant growth in the number of both primary and secondary female teachers in Australian Catholic schools from 1989 to The graph also shows that there has been an increase in the number of male secondary teachers since 1989 (although not to the same extent). The graph also shows that while the number of male primary teachers has not increased to the same extent as for male secondary, or for female teachers, the number of male primary teachers in Australian Catholic schools has remained relatively constant but still increasing since Teachers in Special Schools are not included in these trends. Graph 35: Female and Male Primary and Secondary Teachers (FTE), Australia, ,000 18,000 16,000 14,000 Female Primary Female Secondary 12,000 10,000 8,000 Male Secondary 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 Male Primary Australian Catholic Schools

49 Table 55 reports the number of female and male primary teachers in Australian Catholic schools, as well as the annual and cumulative change in male and female primary teachers. The cumulative change in the increase of female and male teachers has resulted in 90% of the growth in primary teachers from 1989 to 2012 being an increase in the number of female teachers. Table 55 highlights that the number of male primary teachers has not decreased nationally in any year, other than a slight decrease in 1991 (-1), and from 1996 to 1998 (a cumulative decrease of 70 male primary teachers). The significant growth in the number or female teachers since 1989, combined with the relative stability in the number of male teachers, has resulted in the significant change in the proportion of female to male primary teachers. The increasing proportion of female teachers (especially for primary teachers) is the result of the much larger growth in female primary teachers than has occurred for male primary teachers not a result of a decreasing number of male primary teachers. Table 55: Female and Male Primary Teachers (FTE) in Catholic Schools, Australia, Teachers (FTE) from previous year Cumulative Female Primary Male Primary Female Primary Male Primary Female Primary Male Primary ,904 2, ,146 2, ,327 2, ,327 2, ,589 2, ,970 2, , ,017 2, , ,252 2, , ,381 2, , ,664 2, , ,118 2, , ,523 2, , ,033 2, , ,416 2, , ,568 2, , ,742 2, , ,113 3, , ,435 3, , ,726 3, , ,031 3, , ,174 3, , ,501 3, , ,924 3, , ,357 3, , Australian Catholic Schools

50 Table 56 reports the growth in secondary female and male teachers. As the table shows, the difference in the increase in female and male secondary teachers is not as significant as for primary teachers (Table 54), with one-third (32%) of the growth in secondary teachers since 1989 being male teachers (as compared with 10% for primary teachers). Table 56: Female and Male Secondary Teachers (FTE) in Catholic Schools, Australia, Teachers (FTE) from previous year Cumulative Female Secondary Male Secondary Female Secondary Male Secondary Female Secondary Male Secondary ,521 7, ,665 7, ,752 8, ,712 8, ,860 8, ,092 8, ,279 8, ,532 8, , ,773 8, , ,041 8, , ,378 8, , ,655 8, , ,899 9, ,378 1, ,211 9, ,690 1, ,567 9, ,046 1, ,871 9, ,350 1, ,121 9, ,600 1, ,441 9, ,920 1, ,761 10, ,240 2, ,054 10, ,533 2, ,200 10, ,679 2, ,384 10, ,863 2, ,679 10, ,158 2, ,039 10, ,518 2,645 Australian Catholic Schools

51 Table 57 reports the proportion of female and male primary and secondary teachers reported in the two previous tables. As the table shows, the proportion of female primary teachers has increased from 82% in 1989 to 85% in 2012, while the proportion of female secondary teachers has increased from 54% to 59% over this time. Table 57: Proportion of Female and Male Primary and Secondary Teachers (FTE) in Catholic Schools, Australia, Primary Teachers (FTE) Secondary Teachers (FTE) Female Male Female Male % 18% 54% 46% % 18% 55% 45% % 18% 55% 45% % 18% 55% 45% % 18% 55% 45% % 18% 55% 45% % 18% 55% 45% % 17% 56% 44% % 17% 56% 44% % 17% 56% 44% % 16% 56% 44% % 16% 57% 43% % 16% 57% 43% % 16% 57% 43% % 16% 57% 43% % 16% 57% 43% % 16% 58% 42% % 16% 58% 42% % 16% 58% 42% % 16% 58% 42% % 16% 58% 42% % 16% 58% 42% % 15% 58% 42% % 15% 59% 41% Australian Catholic Schools

52 Table 58 (Primary) and Table 59 (Secondary) report the number of male and female teachers in each of the states and territories, as well as changes in the number of teachers from 2011 to 2012, and since Table 58 shows that the number of female primary teachers increased from 2011 to 2012 in all states other than Tasmania, but that there was a decrease in male primary teachers in the ACT, NSW and Western Australia. However, for secondary teachers, all states and territories had an increase in both female and male teachers, other than Tasmania (which had a minor decrease of one male and one female secondary teacher). (Table 59) Table 58: Recent changes in Female and Male Primary Teachers (FTE) in Catholic Schools, States and Territories, 2011 to 2012 Female Primary Teachers Male Primary Teachers 2012 since 2011 since since 2011 since 1989 ACT New South Wales 5, , Northern Territory Queensland 3, , South Australia 1, Tasmania Victoria 5, , Western Australia 1, Australia 18, ,453 3, Table 59: Recent changes in Female and Male Secondary Teachers (FTE) in Catholic Schools, States and Territories, 2011 to 2012 Female Secondary Teachers Male Secondary Teachers 2012 since 2011 since since 2011 since 1989 ACT New South Wales 5, ,885 3, Northern Territory Queensland 2, ,236 1, South Australia Tasmania Victoria 4, ,185 2, Western Australia 1, Australia 15, ,518 10, ,645 Australian Catholic Schools

53 School Funding NCEC has reported the average per student sources of funding in the Annual Report for a number of years. However, it was not until the publication of this data for individual schools on MySchool in February 2011 (for 2009 calendar year) that the information has been able to be reported other than at the national or state levels. The most current financial data published on MySchool is for the 2011 calendar year (released March 2013), and sources of funding in this report are as reported on MySchool. Graph 36 and Table 60 shows that the average net recurrent income per student (NRIPS) from all sources of funding for a student in an Australian Catholic school in 2011 was $11,377, which was an increase from 2010 of an average of $684 for each student in a Catholic school (co-incidentally, this was the identical increase from ). Table 60 reports the average funding per student by each of the funding source categories on MySchool, and shows that funding has increased from each of the funding sources annually (other than for other private income in 2010). Table 61 highlights that the proportion of funding from each of the sources has remained constant each year. Graph 36: Average net recurrent income per student (NRIPS), 2009 to 2011 $12,000 $11,500 $11,377 $11,000 $10,693 $10,500 $10,000 $10,009 $9,500 $9, Table 60: Net Recurrent Income Per Student, Australia, 2009 to 2011 C wealth Funding State Funding Private Income (Fees) Private Income (Other) Net Recurrent Income Per Student Annual in NRIPS 2009 $5,727 $1,981 $2,600 $604 $10, $6,176 $2,079 $2,756 $583 $10,693 $ $6,529 $2,253 $2,949 $633 $11,377 $684 Note: Sum of funding sources does not equal Net Recurrent Income Per Student as NRIPS excludes deductions. Further information can be found at Table 61: Funding Source by Percentage, Australia, 2009 to 2011 Commonwealth Funding State Funding Private Income (Fees) Private Income (Other) Total % 18% 24% 6% 100% % 18% 24% 5% 100% % 18% 24% 5% 100% Australian Catholic Schools

54 Graph 37 shows the net recurrent income per student (NRIPS) by school type for Catholic schools nationally. Although there is significant variation in the NRIPS in the school levels, due to factors such as school size, geography, state and private income, and school activity (such as the resourcing required for trade training schools), the graph illustrates the significant resources per student required for students in Special Schools ($28,399) compared to other schools; as well as the differences in the average recurrent income per student between primary and secondary schooling. Graph 37: Net Recurrent Income Per Student, by type of school, 2011 Primary $9,280 Secondary $13,117 Combined $13,538 Special $28,399 $0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 Table 62: Net Recurrent Income Per Student by School Type, Australia, 2009 to 2011 Primary Schools Secondary Schools Combined Primary/Secondary Special Schools 2009 $7,982 $11,626 $12,303 $28, $8,655 $12,438 $12,745 $41, $9,820 $13,117 $13,538 $28,399 Table 63 shows the net recurrent income per student (NRIPS) for Catholic schools in each of the remoteness categories. As the table shows, there is a significantly higher NRIPS for schools in remote and very remote than for Catholic schools in major cities and inner and outer regional Australia. While some schools in major cities have a higher NRIPS, the average income per student in remote and very remote Australia reflects the higher cost of schooling in these regions. The table highlights that this higher need is recognised in Commonwealth and State funding. Table 63: Net Recurrent Income Per Student (NRIPS) by Remoteness Category, 2011 C wealth Funding State Funding Private Income (Fees) Private Income (Other) Net Recurrent Income Per Student Major Cities of Australia $6,246 $2,223 $3,321 $648 $11,395 Inner Regional Australia $6,839 $2,289 $2,044 $610 $10,960 Outer Regional Australia $7,450 $2,337 $1,977 $507 $11,416 Remote Australia $10,087 $2,700 $1,873 $889 $14,390 Very Remote Australia $16,913 $3,165 $460 $745 $20,615 Australia $6,529 $2,253 $2,949 $633 $11,377 Note: Sum of funding sources does not equal Net Recurrent Income Per Student as NRIPS excludes deductions. Australian Catholic Schools

55 States and Territories Graph 38 highlights that the average per student varies across states and territories (as it does between schools), as well as the significant resourcing requirements for Catholic schools in the Northern Territory. Table 64 shows the sources of funding for each of the states and territories, and highlights the significant difference in the state funding and private (nongovernment) income across states and territories. This difference in state funding is highlighted further in Table 65. Graph 38: Net Recurrent Income Per Student (NRIPS), States and Territories, 2011 Tas, $10,681 Vic, $10,823 Qld, $10,984 ACT, $11,181 NSW, $11,793 National Average ($11,377) WA, $11,836 SA, $11,908 NT, $14,967 $0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $14,000 $16,000 Table 64: Net Recurrent Income Per Student by States and Territories, 2011 C wealth Funding State Funding Private Income (Fees) Private Income (Other) Net Recurrent Income Per Student ACT $5,900 $1,842 $3,595 $733 $11,181 New South Wales $6,458 $2,322 $2,839 $861 $11,793 Northern Territory $9,951 $2,466 $1,982 $885 $14,967 Queensland $6,569 $2,161 $2,851 $562 $10,984 South Australia $6,644 $1,981 $3,875 $408 $11,908 Tasmania $6,719 $2,343 $2,183 $410 $10,681 Victoria $6,524 $2,138 $2,869 $469 $10,823 Western Australia $6,525 $2,785 $3,174 $589 $11,836 Australia $6,529 $2,253 $2,949 $633 $11,377 Note: Sum of funding sources does not equal Net Recurrent Income Per Student as NRIPS excludes deductions. Australian Catholic Schools

56 As Table 65 highlights, there is significant difference in the public (Commonwealth and State) and private (Fees and Other Private Income) contributions to funding across the states and territories. On average, the Northern Territory receives the highest proportional public contribution, with 81% of funding sourced from government. By contrast, the ACT has the lowest public contribution from government funding, both in proportion (Table 65) and average funding per student (Table 64). Of the states, Tasmania has the highest proportion of public funding (78%), while South Australia has the lowest proportion of public funding (66%). The significant differences in the proportion of public funding are explained by the relatively high and low proportions of state government funding, with Tasmania receiving 20% of funding from the Tasmanian government, while South Australian Catholic schools receive 15% of their funding from the SA government. It should be noted however, that although the proportion of state government funding is highest for Tasmania, Table 61 shows that the highest average funding for state government is received from the Western Australian government. South Australia, by contrast receives both the lowest proportion (15%) and lowest per student funding ($1,982). This is $804 per student less government funding for students in South Australia than in Western Australia, but $139 per student more than provided by the ACT government. Table 65: Funding Source by Percentage, States and Territories, 2011 C wealth Funding State Funding Private Income (Fees) Private Income (Other) Total ACT 49% 15% 30% 6% 100% New South Wales 52% 19% 23% 7% 100% Northern Territory 65% 16% 13% 6% 100% Queensland 54% 18% 23% 5% 100% South Australia 51% 15% 30% 3% 100% Tasmania 58% 20% 19% 4% 100% Victoria 54% 18% 24% 4% 100% Western Australia 50% 21% 24% 5% 100% Australia 53% 18% 24% 5% 100% Table 66 shows that Victoria has had the highest proportional increase in funding in the past year, with an increase of more than 10%. Tables 67 to 70 show that this increase is predominately due to the increase in state government funding, as the increase from 2010 to 2011 in state government funding ($446 per student) was more than double the per student increase of the next highest state funding (Queensland with $173 increase). For all other states, the increase in state funding was under $100, other than for the Northern Territory, which had a decrease in Territory government funding of $354 per student. From 2010 to 2011, fees (including fees, charges and parental contribution) increased in all states and territories. The increase last year varied from $144 per student average in Tasmania to $314 in South Australia. By contrast, changes in the Other Private Income decreased in the Northern Territory (-$87) and Victoria (-$2), while increasing in all other states and territories. The ACT had the highest increase in other private income (+$192), followed by Western Australia (+$139) and Tasmania (+$64). Australian Catholic Schools

57 Table 66: Net Recurrent Income Per Student by School Type, States and Territories, 2009 to 2011 NRIPS from 2010 to 2011 since $ % $ % ACT $11,181 $ % $1, % New South Wales $11,793 $ % $1, % Northern Territory $14,967 $ % $ % Queensland $10,984 $ % $1, % South Australia $11,908 $ % $1, % Tasmania $10,681 $ % $1, % Victoria $10,823 $1, % $1, % Western Australia $11,836 $ % $1, % Australia $11,377 $ % $1, % Table 67: in Commonwealth Government Income, States and Territories, 2009 to 2011 Average Per Student 2011 from 2010 to 2011 % from 2010 to 2011 since 2009 ACT $5,900 $ % $753 New South Wales $6,458 $ % $777 Northern Territory $9,951 $ % $1,174 Queensland $6,569 $ % $804 South Australia $6,644 $ % $911 Tasmania $6,719 $ % $887 Victoria $6,524 $ % $791 Western Australia $6,525 $ % $813 Australia $6,529 $ % $802 Table 68: in State Government income, States and Territories, 2009 to 2011 Average Per Student 2011 from 2010 to 2011 % from 2010 to 2011 since 2009 ACT $1,842 $30 1.7% $110 New South Wales $2,322 $35 1.5% $114 Northern Territory $2,466 -$ % -$215 Queensland $2,161 $ % $154 South Australia $1,981 $27 1.4% $317 Tasmania $2,343 $70 3.1% $366 Victoria $2,138 $ % $535 Western Australia $2,785 $98 3.6% $356 Australia $2,253 $ % $272 Australian Catholic Schools

58 Table 69: in Fees, Charges and Parental Contribution, States and Territories, 2009 to 2011 Average Per Student 2011 from 2010 to 2011 % from 2010 to 2011 since 2009 ACT $3,595 $ % $545 New South Wales $2,839 $ % $318 Northern Territory $1,982 $ % $442 Queensland $2,851 $ % $295 South Australia $3,875 $ % $571 Tasmania $2,183 $ % $280 Victoria $2,869 $ % $326 Western Australia $3,174 $ % $429 Australia $2,949 $ % $349 Table 70: in Other Private income, States and Territories, 2009 to 2011 Average Per Student 2011 from 2010 to 2011 % from 2010 to 2011 since 2009 ACT $733 $ % -$15 New South Wales $861 $58 7.2% $62 Northern Territory $885 -$87-9.0% -$1,125 Queensland $562 $ % $80 South Australia $408 $ % -$181 Tasmania $410 $ % -$81 Victoria $469 -$2-0.4% $13 Western Australia $589 $ % $138 Australia $633 $50 8.6% $29 Australian Catholic Schools

59 Diocesan Trends Diocesan Trends record the enrolment trends relevant to the individual dioceses within each state in the context of the national report. Dioceses in NSW and ACT have been combined, as the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn is located across NSW and ACT. Totals for diocesan tables in this supplement may vary slightly to State totals reported earlier in this report due to rounding of FTE student totals for dioceses. Diocesan tables in this section include all students enrolled in Congregational and in Systemic schools. The following maps show the location of the dioceses. Map 2: Australian Catholic Dioceses Map 3: Catholic Dioceses in ACT, NSW and Victoria A number of graphs in this section illustrate recent changes in enrolments or staffing. Dioceses with a decrease in enrolments or staffing from the previous year are coloured in orange, while dioceses with an increase in enrolments or staff from the previous year are coloured in green. Australian Catholic Schools

60 Number of Schools Table 71 reports the number of schools in each diocese, as well as the net change from 2011 and 1985 in the number of schools. Table 71: Number of Schools, by Diocese, 2012 State Diocese 2012 Net from 2011 Net from 1985 ACT and NSW Armidale Bathurst Broken Bay Canberra-Goulburn Lismore Maitland-Newcastle Parramatta Sydney Wagga Wagga Wilcannia-Forbes Wollongong Northern Territory Darwin Queensland Brisbane Cairns Rockhampton Toowoomba Townsville South Australia Adelaide Port Pirie Tasmania Hobart Victoria Ballarat Melbourne Sale Sandhurst Western Australia Broome Bunbury Geraldton Perth National Total 1, Australian Catholic Schools

61 Type of Schools Table 72 reports the number of schools in each diocese by type of school (Primary only, Secondary only, Combined primary/secondary and Special) in each of the dioceses. Table 72: Number of schools by type of school, by Diocese, 2012 State Diocese Primary Secondary Combined Special ACT and NSW Armidale Bathurst Broken Bay Canberra-Goulburn Lismore Maitland-Newcastle Parramatta Sydney Wagga Wagga Wilcannia-Forbes Wollongong Northern Territory Darwin Queensland Brisbane Cairns Rockhampton Toowoomba Townsville South Australia Adelaide Port Pirie Tasmania Hobart Victoria Ballarat Melbourne Sale Sandhurst Western Australia Broome Bunbury Geraldton Perth National Total 1, Australian Catholic Schools

62 Table 73 reports the number of Non-Boarding and Boarding schools in each of the dioceses. Table 73: Number of Non-Boarding and Boarding schools, by Diocese, 2012 State Diocese Non-Boarding Schools Boarding Schools ACT and NSW Armidale 24 0 Bathurst 32 2 Broken Bay 50 2 Canberra-Goulburn 56 1 Lismore 46 0 Maitland-Newcastle 53 0 Parramatta 83 0 Sydney Wagga Wagga 30 2 Wilcannia-Forbes 18 1 Wollongong 41 3 Northern Territory Darwin 16 1 Queensland Brisbane Cairns 23 3 Rockhampton 36 3 Toowoomba 31 3 Townsville 30 3 South Australia Adelaide 87 3 Port Pirie 11 2 Tasmania Hobart 37 0 Victoria Ballarat 62 2 Melbourne Sale 42 0 Sandhurst 54 0 Western Australia Broome 13 0 Bunbury 27 0 Geraldton 10 1 Perth National Total 1, Australian Catholic Schools

63 Table 74 reports the number of co-educational and single-sex schools in each of the dioceses. Table 74: Number of schools by type of school, by Diocese, 2012 Co- Single Male Female State Diocese Educational Sex Only Only ACT and NSW Armidale Bathurst Broken Bay Canberra-Goulburn Lismore Maitland-Newcastle Parramatta Sydney Wagga Wagga Wilcannia-Forbes Wollongong Northern Territory Darwin Queensland Brisbane Cairns Rockhampton Toowoomba Townsville South Australia Adelaide Port Pirie Tasmania Hobart Victoria Ballarat Melbourne Sale Sandhurst Western Australia Broome Bunbury Geraldton Perth National Total 1, Australian Catholic Schools

64 Student Enrolment Trends Graph 39 shows the number of students in Catholic schools in each of the dioceses. Graph 39: Enrolments in Catholic Schools, by Diocese, 2012 Broome 1,617 Wilcannia-Forbes 2,772 Geraldton 3,559 Port Pirie 4,321 Darwin 4,629 Armidale 5,666 Wagga Wagga 8,426 Bunbury 8,567 Bathurst 9,749 Cairns 10,252 Toowoomba 10,396 Townsville 12,771 Hobart 14,625 Sale 16,563 Rockhampton 16,788 Sandhurst 17,305 Ballarat 17,481 Maitland-Newcastle 17,860 Lismore 18,292 Wollongong 21,801 Canberra-Goulburn 24,439 Broken Bay 24,475 Adelaide 44,054 Parramatta 47,430 Perth 53,675 Sydney 83,802 Brisbane 87,947 Melbourne 146, ,000 40,000 60,000 80, , , , ,000 Australian Catholic Schools

65 Graph 40 illustrates recent change in enrolments (from 2011 to 2012) for each of the diocese, both decreases (orange) and increases (green). Graph 40: s in Catholic school enrolments, by Diocese, Port Pirie -38 Bunbury -6 Hobart 21 Toowoomba 23 Wagga Wagga 29 Geraldton 52 Darwin 68 Wilcannia-Forbes 74 Broome 77 Armidale 96 Bathurst 105 Broken Bay 212 Wollongong 214 Maitland-Newcastle 229 Lismore 236 Canberra-Goulburn 243 Adelaide 267 Townsville 327 Cairns 338 Ballarat 392 Rockhampton 558 Perth 567 Sandhurst 679 Parramatta 698 Sale 794 Sydney 1,531 Brisbane 1,950 Melbourne 2,198-1, ,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 Australian Catholic Schools

66 Table 75 records the change in the number of enrolments (from 2011to 2012) for each of the dioceses, as well as the change in enrolments since Table 75: s in Catholic school enrolments, by Diocese, State Diocese 2012 since 2011 since 1985 ACT and NSW Armidale 5, Bathurst 9, ,385 Broken Bay 24, ,123 Canberra-Goulburn 24, ,818 Lismore 18, ,415 Maitland-Newcastle 17, ,690 Parramatta 47, ,424 Sydney 83,802 1,531 3,703 Wagga Wagga 8, Wilcannia-Forbes 2, Wollongong 21, ,711 Northern Territory Darwin 4, Queensland Brisbane 87,947 1,950 34,069 Cairns 10, ,114 Rockhampton 16, ,972 Toowoomba 10, ,358 Townsville 12, ,212 South Australia Adelaide 44, ,263 Port Pirie 4, Tasmania Hobart 14, ,371 Victoria Ballarat 17, ,764 Melbourne 146,143 2,198 9,666 Sale 16, ,940 Sandhurst 17, ,669 Western Australia Broome 1, Bunbury 8, ,192 Geraldton 3, Perth 53, ,547 National Total 735,405 11, ,399 Australian Catholic Schools

67 Primary and Secondary Enrolment Trends Graphs 41 and 42 illustrate the recent changes in primary and secondary enrolments in each of the dioceses (decreases in orange and increases in green). The graphs are to same scale. Graph 41: s in Primary enrolments, by Diocese, 2011 to 2012 Adelaide -61 Wagga Wagga -35 Wollongong -21 Hobart -19 Port Pirie -16 Toowoomba 19 Geraldton 26 Wilcannia-Forbes 32 Bunbury 42 Broome 59 Darwin 71 Bathurst 75 Armidale 80 Ballarat 99 Lismore 113 Broken Bay 151 Cairns 209 Maitland-Newcastle 224 Canberra-Goulburn 238 Parramatta 253 Perth 321 Townsville 367 Rockhampton 368 Sandhurst 389 Sale 529 Sydney 545 Graph 42: s in Secondary enrolments, by Diocese, 2011 to 2012 Brisbane 1,152 Melbourne 1, ,000 1,200 1,400 Bunbury -48 Townsville -39 Port Pirie -22 Darwin -3 Toowoomba 4 Canberra-Goulburn 4 Maitland-Newcastle 5 Armidale 16 Broome 18 Geraldton 26 Bathurst 30 Hobart 40 Wilcannia-Forbes 42 Broken Bay 61 Wagga Wagga 64 Lismore 122 Cairns 129 Rockhampton 190 Wollongong 235 Perth 246 Sale 264 Sandhurst 290 Ballarat 293 Adelaide 327 Parramatta 445 Brisbane 799 Melbourne 952 Sydney ,000 1,200 1,400 Australian Catholic Schools

68 Table 76 reports the recent changes (from 2011 to 2012) in primary, secondary and total enrolments in each of the dioceses. Table 76: s in Primary and Secondary enrolments by Diocese, State ACT and NSW Diocese 2012 Primary Secondary All Students from from from 2011 Armidale 3, , , Bathurst 5, , , Broken Bay 12, , , Canberra-Goulburn 13, , , Lismore 9, , , Maitland-Newcastle 9, , , Parramatta 23, , , Sydney 41, , ,802 1,531 Wagga Wagga 4, , , Wilcannia-Forbes 2, , Wollongong 9, , , NT Darwin 2, , , Queensland Brisbane 51,717 1,152 36, ,947 1,950 South Australia Cairns 6, , , Rockhampton 9, , , Toowoomba 6, , , Townsville 7, , , Adelaide 25, , , Port Pirie 2, , , Tasmania Hobart 7, , , Victoria Ballarat 8, , , Western Australia Melbourne 79,006 1,246 67, ,143 2,198 Sale 8, , , Sandhurst 9, , , Broome 1, , Bunbury 5, , ,567-6 Geraldton 2, , , Perth 31, , , National Total 402,293 6, ,113 5, ,405 11,934 Australian Catholic Schools

69 Student Retention Table 77 shows the Apparent Retention Rates for each diocese. Retention from Catholic primary to Catholic secondary schools in dioceses in ACT, NSW, NT, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australian is the calculation of the proportion of the total students in Catholic schools in Grade 6 in 2011 and in Catholic schools in Grade 7 in In South Australian and Queensland dioceses, retention is from Grade 7 in 2011 to Grade 8 in Post-Compulsory Retention for all dioceses is the retention of the number of Year 10 students in 2010 to Year 12 in Table 77: Apparent Retention Rates: Catholic Primary to Catholic Secondary schools; and Post-Compulsory Retention, by Diocese, 2012 Primary to Secondary Post-Compulsory State Diocese Girls Boys Females Males ACT and Armidale NSW Bathurst Broken Bay Canberra-Goulburn Lismore Maitland-Newcastle Parramatta Sydney Wagga Wagga Wilcannia-Forbes Wollongong NT Darwin Queensland Brisbane Cairns Rockhampton Toowoomba Townsville South Adelaide Australia Port Pirie Tasmania Hobart Victoria Ballarat Melbourne Sale Sandhurst Western Broome Australia Bunbury Geraldton Perth National Total Australian Catholic Schools

70 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Graph 43 shows the number of Indigenous students enrolled in Catholic schools in each diocese in Graph 43: Indigenous enrolments in Catholic Schools, by Diocese, 2012 Bunbury 89 Port Pirie 113 Sale 122 Wagga Wagga 230 Ballarat 244 Geraldton 251 Sandhurst 286 Broken Bay 333 Wilcannia-Forbes 385 Melbourne 457 Canberra-Goulburn 474 Adelaide 480 Wollongong 490 Armidale 495 Toowoomba 511 Bathurst 557 Maitland-Newcastle 638 Parramatta 652 Hobart 681 Rockhampton 703 Cairns 731 Lismore 762 Perth 837 Sydney 1,073 Broome 1,102 Townsville 1,110 Darwin 1,716 Brisbane 1, ,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800 2,000 Australian Catholic Schools

71 Graph 44 illustrates recent change in enrolments (from 2011 to 2012) for each of the diocese, both decreases (orange) and increases (green). Graph 44: Recent change in ATSI student enrolments in Catholic schools, All Dioceses, Armidale -14 Townsville -3 Bunbury -2 Port Pirie -1 Adelaide 1 Perth 8 Wagga Wagga 12 Canberra-Goulburn 13 Geraldton 16 Sale 17 Sandhurst 24 Maitland-Newcastle 25 Bathurst 25 Ballarat 28 Toowoomba 34 Broken Bay 34 Hobart 37 Wilcannia-Forbes 38 Broome 42 Wollongong 47 Melbourne 52 Parramatta 64 Cairns 73 Lismore 82 Rockhampton 91 Sydney 115 Darwin 147 Brisbane Australian Catholic Schools

72 Table 78 reports the number of Indigenous students in Catholic schools, as well as Indigenous students as a proportion of all students in Catholic schools in each diocese in 1985 and Table 78: Number and percentage of students identified as ATSI in Catholic schools, All Dioceses, 1985 and 2012 Number Number of % of all of % of all students students students students State Diocese (2012) (2012) from 2011 (1985) (1985) ACT and Armidale % % NSW Bathurst % % Broken Bay % % Canberra-Goulburn % % Lismore % % Maitland-Newcastle % % Parramatta % % Sydney 1, % % Wagga Wagga % % Wilcannia-Forbes % % Wollongong % % NT Darwin 1, % 147 1, % Queensland Brisbane 1, % % Cairns % % Rockhampton % % Toowoomba % % Townsville 1, % % South Adelaide % % Australia Port Pirie % % Tasmania Hobart % % Victoria Ballarat % % Melbourne % % Sale % % Sandhurst % % Western Broome 1, % 42 1, % Australia Bunbury % % Geraldton % % Perth % % National Total 17, % 1,278 5, % Australian Catholic Schools

73 Graphs 45 and 46 illustrate the recent changes in primary and secondary enrolments (from 2011 to 2012) in each of the dioceses (decreases in orange and increases in green). Note that graphs are to same scale. Graph 45: s in Primary Indigenous enrolments, by Diocese, 2011 to 2012 Bunbury -4 Canberra-Goulburn 0 Armidale 0 Adelaide 1 Perth 2 Port Pirie 5 Wagga Wagga 9 Sandhurst 13 Broken Bay 13 Maitland-Newcastle 15 Geraldton 16 Broome 16 Sale 16 Ballarat 16 Melbourne 18 Hobart 18 Toowoomba 21 Townsville 22 Wollongong 25 Parramatta 26 Wilcannia-Forbes 31 Bathurst 33 Cairns 38 Sydney 46 Rockhampton 53 Lismore 61 Darwin 103 Brisbane Graph 46: s in Secondary Indigenous enrolments, by Diocese, 2011 to 2012 Townsville -25 Armidale -14 Bathurst -8 Port Pirie -6 Geraldton 0 Adelaide 0 Sale 1 Bunbury 2 Wagga Wagga 3 Perth 6 Wilcannia-Forbes 7 Maitland-Newcastle 10 Sandhurst 11 Ballarat 12 Toowoomba 13 Canberra-Goulburn 13 Hobart 19 Lismore 21 Broken Bay 21 Wollongong 22 Broome 26 Melbourne 34 Cairns 35 Rockhampton 38 Parramatta 38 Darwin 44 Sydney Australian Catholic Schools

74 Table 79 reports the number of primary and secondary Indigenous students in Catholic schools in 2012, and the change in primary and secondary Indigenous students from 2011 to The table also reports the proportion of Indigenous primary students (as a proportion of all Indigenous students). Table 79: in Primary and Secondary Indigenous Enrolments, All Dioceses, State Diocese % Primary from 2011 Secondary from 2011 Primary ACT and Armidale % NSW Bathurst % Broken Bay % Canberra-Goulburn % Lismore % Maitland-Newcastle % Parramatta % Sydney % Wagga Wagga % Wilcannia-Forbes % Wollongong % NT Darwin 1, % Queensland Brisbane % South Australia Cairns % Rockhampton % Toowoomba % Townsville % Adelaide % Port Pirie % Tasmania Hobart % Victoria Ballarat % Western Australia Melbourne % Sale % Sandhurst % Broome % Bunbury % Geraldton % Perth % National Total 10, , % Australian Catholic Schools

75 Students with a Disability Graph 47 shows the number of Students with a Disability enrolled in Catholic schools in each diocese in Graph 47: SWD enrolments in Catholic Schools, by Diocese, 2012 Wilcannia-Forbes 88 Port Pirie 114 Geraldton 119 Broome 159 Cairns 195 Bunbury 236 Armidale 270 Bathurst 292 Darwin 293 Toowoomba 299 Wagga Wagga 334 Hobart 408 Townsville 412 Rockhampton 522 Canberra-Goulburn 625 Sale 869 Maitland-Newcastle 912 Sandhurst 927 Ballarat 962 Lismore 983 Wollongong 1,106 Broken Bay 1,174 Adelaide 1,831 Perth 1,866 Parramatta 2,177 Brisbane 3,024 Sydney 4,516 Melbourne 5, ,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 Australian Catholic Schools

76 Graph 48 illustrates the recent changes in SWD enrolments (from 2011 to 2012) in each of the dioceses (decreases in orange and increases in green). Graph 48: Recent change in SWD student enrolments in Catholic schools, All Dioceses, Bunbury -27 Broome -13 Geraldton -9 Port Pirie -7 Bathurst -3 Wagga Wagga 2 Toowoomba 2 Wilcannia-Forbes 4 Wollongong 5 Broken Bay 12 Cairns 16 Armidale 22 Townsville 41 Darwin 42 Parramatta 43 Sale 44 Perth 44 Rockhampton 54 Sandhurst 55 Ballarat 62 Hobart 64 Canberra-Goulburn 87 Lismore 95 Adelaide 95 Maitland-Newcastle 111 Sydney 147 Brisbane 239 Melbourne Australian Catholic Schools

77 Table 80 reports the number of SWD students in Catholic schools in 2012, the change in SWD students from 2011, as well as SWD students as a proportion of all students in Catholic schools in each diocese in Table 80: Number and percentage of SWD Students in Catholic schools, All Dioceses, 1985 and 2012 Number Number of % of all of % of all students students students students State Diocese (2012) (2012) from 2011 (1985) (1985) ACT and Armidale % % NSW Bathurst % % Broken Bay 1, % % Canberra-Goulburn % % Lismore % % Maitland-Newcastle % % Parramatta 2, % % Sydney 4, % % Wagga Wagga % % Wilcannia-Forbes % % Wollongong 1, % % NT Darwin % % Queensland Brisbane 3, % % Cairns % % Rockhampton % % Toowoomba % % Townsville % % South Adelaide 1, % % Australia Port Pirie % % Tasmania Hobart % % Victoria Ballarat % % Melbourne 5, % % Sale % % Sandhurst % % Western Broome % % Australia Bunbury % % Geraldton % % Perth 1, % % National Total 30, % 1,777 1, % Australian Catholic Schools

78 Table 81 reports the number of primary and secondary SWD students in Catholic schools in 2012, and the change in primary and secondary SWD students from 2011 to The table also reports the proportion of SWD primary students (as a proportion of all SWD students). Table 81: in Primary and Secondary SWD Enrolments, All Dioceses, State Diocese % Primary from 2011 Secondary from 2011 Primary ACT and Armidale % NSW Bathurst % Broken Bay % Canberra-Goulburn % Lismore % Maitland-Newcastle % Parramatta 1, % Sydney 2, , % Wagga Wagga % Wilcannia-Forbes % Wollongong % NT Darwin % Queensland Brisbane 1, , % Cairns % Rockhampton % Toowoomba % Townsville % South Adelaide 1, % Australia Port Pirie % Tasmania Hobart % Victoria Ballarat % Melbourne 3, , % Sale % Sandhurst % Western Broome % Australia Bunbury % Geraldton % Perth 1, % National Total 18, ,145 1,081 60% Australian Catholic Schools

79 Full-Fee Paying Overseas Students Table 82 shows the number of FFPOS students in each diocese in 2012, as well as identifying the number and proportion of FFPOS students enrolled in primary school. Table 82: FFPOS Students, all Dioceses, 2012 State Diocese Primary FFPOS (2012) Secondary FFPOS (2012) Total FFPOS (2012) from 2011 ACT and Armidale NSW Bathurst Broken Bay Canberra-Goulburn Lismore Maitland-Newcastle Parramatta Sydney Wagga Wagga Wilcannia-Forbes Wollongong NT Darwin Queensland Brisbane Cairns Rockhampton Toowoomba Townsville South Adelaide Australia Port Pirie Tasmania Hobart Victoria Ballarat Melbourne Sale Sandhurst Western Broome Australia Bunbury Geraldton Perth National Total 404 1, Australian Catholic Schools

80 Catholic and Non-Catholic Students Graph 49 shows the number of non-catholic students enrolled in each diocese in Graph 49: Number of Non-Catholic Students, All Dioceses, 2012 Broome 559 Wilcannia-Forbes 670 Geraldton 1,099 Wagga Wagga 2,104 Armidale 2,136 Port Pirie 2,217 Darwin 2,309 Bathurst 2,471 Bunbury 2,747 Broken Bay 4,207 Toowoomba 4,318 Cairns 4,663 Maitland-Newcastle 4,815 Wollongong 5,095 Sale 5,390 Townsville 5,862 Ballarat 6,480 Sandhurst 6,605 Lismore 6,708 Canberra-Goulburn 7,496 Hobart 7,940 Rockhampton 8,305 Parramatta 11,187 Perth 11,476 Sydney 16,478 Adelaide 19,339 Brisbane 27,143 Melbourne 32, ,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 Australian Catholic Schools

81 Table 83 shows the proportion of non-catholic and Catholic students in each diocese in Table 83: Number and Proportion of Catholic and Non-Catholic students, all Dioceses, 2012 Catholic Students Non-Catholic Students State Diocese No. % No. % ACT and Armidale 3,529 62% 2,136 38% NSW Bathurst 7,274 75% 2,471 25% Broken Bay 20,267 83% 4,207 17% Canberra-Goulburn 16,888 69% 7,496 31% Lismore 11,569 63% 6,708 37% Maitland-Newcastle 13,041 73% 4,815 27% Parramatta 36,224 76% 11,187 24% Sydney 67,030 80% 16,478 20% Wagga Wagga 6,320 75% 2,104 25% Wilcannia-Forbes 2,102 76% % Wollongong 16,703 77% 5,095 23% NT Darwin 2,189 49% 2,309 51% Queensland Brisbane 60,837 69% 27,143 31% Cairns 5,589 55% 4,663 45% Rockhampton 8,486 51% 8,305 49% Toowoomba 6,085 58% 4,318 42% Townsville 6,913 54% 5,862 46% South Adelaide 25,543 57% 19,339 43% Australia Port Pirie 2,211 50% 2,217 50% Tasmania Hobart 6,807 46% 7,940 54% Victoria Ballarat 11,008 63% 6,480 37% Melbourne 113,967 78% 32,418 22% Sale 10,981 67% 5,390 33% Sandhurst 10,717 62% 6,605 38% Western Broome 1,001 64% % Australia Bunbury 5,821 68% 2,747 32% Geraldton 2,459 69% 1,099 31% Perth 40,629 78% 11,476 22% National Total 522,190 71% 212,237 29% Australian Catholic Schools

82 Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff Graph 50 shows the number of staff in each diocese in Graph 50: Staff (FTE) in Catholic Schools, by Diocese, 2012 Broome 270 Wilcannia-Forbes 294 Geraldton 363 Port Pirie 442 Armidale 454 Darwin 640 Wagga Wagga 694 Bathurst 823 Bunbury 855 Cairns 975 Toowoomba 1,007 Townsville 1,265 Hobart 1,408 Maitland-Newcastle 1,463 Sale 1,516 Rockhampton 1,530 Sandhurst 1,617 Lismore 1,627 Ballarat 1,727 Wollongong 1,848 Canberra-Goulburn 2,052 Broken Bay 2,169 Parramatta 3,701 Adelaide 4,236 Perth 5,308 Sydney 7,359 Brisbane 8,288 Melbourne 13, ,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 Australian Catholic Schools

83 Graph 51 illustrates the recent changes (from 2011 to 2012) in staff in Catholic schools in each of the dioceses (decreases in orange and increases in green). Graph 51: Recent change in Staff (FTE) in Catholic schools, All Dioceses, Townsville -4 Wollongong 0 Toowoomba 0 Wagga Wagga 2 Armidale 2 Bathurst 6 Maitland-Newcastle 7 Hobart 9 Port Pirie 11 Canberra-Goulburn 13 Geraldton 14 Broome 14 Bunbury 15 Cairns 16 Wilcannia-Forbes 36 Broken Bay 37 Darwin 38 Lismore 51 Adelaide 52 Parramatta 55 Rockhampton 56 Ballarat 66 Perth 67 Sale 75 Sandhurst 76 Sydney 194 Brisbane 332 Melbourne Australian Catholic Schools

84 Table 84 reports the number of staff in each diocese in 2012, as well as the change in staff from 2011 and 1989 by Head Count (HC) and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE). Table 84: Number of Staff, all Dioceses, 2012 State ACT and NSW All Staff All Staff Diocese from 2011 since 1989 (HC) (FTE) (FTE) (FTE) Armidale Bathurst 1, Broken Bay 2,761 2, Canberra-Goulburn 2,530 2, Lismore 2,079 1, Maitland-Newcastle 1,880 1, Parramatta 4,639 3, ,382 Sydney 9,254 7, ,862 Wagga Wagga Wilcannia-Forbes Wollongong 2,242 1, NT Darwin Queensland Brisbane 10,357 8, ,301 Cairns 1, Rockhampton 1,862 1, Toowoomba 1,293 1, Townsville 1,589 1, South Australia Adelaide 5,404 4, ,953 Port Pirie Tasmania Hobart 1,945 1, Victoria Ballarat 2,230 1, Melbourne 17,290 13, ,135 Sale 1,947 1, Sandhurst 2,037 1, Western Australia Broome Bunbury 1, Geraldton Perth 6,626 5, ,550 National Total 85,306 67,711 1,647 26,733 Australian Catholic Schools

85 Table 85 shows the number of teachers in each diocese in 2012, as well as the change in teachers from 2011 and 1989 by Head Count (HC) and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE). Table 85: Number of Teachers, all Dioceses, 2012 Teachers Teachers State Diocese from 2011 since 1989 (HC) (FTE) (FTE) (FTE) ACT and Armidale NSW Bathurst Broken Bay 1,957 1, Canberra-Goulburn 1,821 1, Lismore 1,340 1, Maitland-Newcastle 1,340 1, Parramatta 3,434 2, Sydney 6,596 5, ,010 Wagga Wagga Wilcannia-Forbes Wollongong 1,595 1, NT Darwin Queensland Brisbane 6,429 5, ,506 Cairns Rockhampton 1,142 1, Toowoomba Townsville South Adelaide 3,558 3, ,190 Australia Port Pirie Tasmania Hobart 1, Victoria Ballarat 1,484 1, Melbourne 12,409 10, ,304 Sale 1,316 1, Sandhurst 1,385 1, Western Broome Australia Bunbury Geraldton Perth 4,144 3, ,420 National Total 57,558 49,264 1,041 15,357 Australian Catholic Schools

86 Table 86 shows the number of non-teaching staff in each diocese in 2012, as well as identifying the change in staff from 2011 and 1989 by Head Count (HC) and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE). Table 86: Number of Non-Teaching staff, all Dioceses, 2012 State ACT and NSW Nonteaching Nonteaching Diocese staff 2012 staff 2012 from 2011 since 1989 (HC) (FTE) (FTE) (FTE) Armidale Bathurst Broken Bay Canberra-Goulburn Lismore Maitland-Newcastle Parramatta 1, Sydney 2,658 1, Wagga Wagga Wilcannia-Forbes Wollongong NT Darwin Queensland Brisbane 3,928 2, ,795 Cairns Rockhampton Toowoomba Townsville South Australia Adelaide 1,846 1, Port Pirie Tasmania Hobart Victoria Ballarat Melbourne 4,881 3, ,831 Sale Sandhurst Western Australia Broome Bunbury Geraldton Perth 2,482 1, ,129 National Total 27,748 18, ,376 Australian Catholic Schools

87 Table 87 shows the number and proportion of teachers to non-teaching staff in each diocese in Table 87: Number and proportion of Teachers to Non-Teaching Staff (FTE), all Dioceses, 2012 Teachers Non-Teaching Staff State Diocese % of all % of all FTE staff FTE staff ACT and Armidale % % NSW Bathurst % % Broken Bay 1,645 76% % Canberra-Goulburn 1,597 78% % Lismore 1,182 73% % Maitland-Newcastle 1,110 76% % Parramatta 2,955 80% % Sydney 5,670 77% 1,689 23% Wagga Wagga % % Wilcannia-Forbes % 91 31% Wollongong 1,380 75% % NT Darwin % % Queensland Brisbane 5,672 68% 2,616 32% Cairns % % Rockhampton 1,049 69% % Toowoomba % % Townsville % % South Adelaide 3,016 71% 1,220 29% Australia Port Pirie % % Tasmania Hobart % % Victoria Ballarat 1,233 71% % Melbourne 10,356 75% 3,424 25% Sale 1,091 72% % Sandhurst 1,176 73% % Western Broome % % Australia Bunbury % % Geraldton % % Perth 3,582 67% 1,726 33% National Total 49,264 73% 18,448 27% Australian Catholic Schools

88 Table 88 shows the proportion of female and male teachers in each diocese in Table 88: Female and Male Teachers, all Dioceses, 2012 Female Teachers Male Teachers State Diocese % of % of FTE teachers FTE teachers ACT and Armidale % 88 25% NSW Bathurst % % Broken Bay 1,170 71% % Canberra-Goulburn 1,095 69% % Lismore % % Maitland-Newcastle % % Parramatta 2,111 71% % Sydney 4,029 71% 1,641 29% Wagga Wagga % % Wilcannia-Forbes % 38 19% Wollongong % % NT Darwin % % Queensland Brisbane 3,882 68% 1,791 32% Cairns % % Rockhampton % % Toowoomba % % Townsville % % South Adelaide 1,994 66% 1,023 34% Australia Port Pirie % 95 30% Tasmania Hobart % % Victoria Ballarat % % Melbourne 7,400 71% 2,956 29% Sale % % Sandhurst % % Western Broome 96 70% 42 30% Australia Bunbury % % Geraldton % 69 29% Perth 2,411 67% 1,171 33% National Total 34,290 70% 14,977 30% Australian Catholic Schools

89 School Funding Table 89 shows the net recurrent income per student for all Catholic schools, as well as the proportion of funding by source. Table 89: Net Recurrent Income Per Student and funding proportion by source, all Dioceses, 2011 Proportion of Funding by Source State Diocese Net Recurrent Income Per Student C wealth State Private Income (Fees) Private Income (Other) ACT and Armidale $11,784 63% 19% 12% 7% NSW Bathurst $11,029 59% 20% 16% 5% Broken Bay $12,741 44% 17% 31% 8% Canberra-Goulburn $11,189 52% 16% 26% 5% Lismore $11,627 55% 20% 16% 9% Maitland-Newcastle $10,975 59% 20% 14% 6% Parramatta $11,182 55% 20% 19% 6% Sydney $12,290 47% 17% 28% 7% Wagga Wagga $11,473 59% 20% 17% 5% Wilcannia-Forbes $12,565 63% 20% 11% 5% Wollongong $11,499 53% 19% 20% 9% NT Darwin $14,967 65% 16% 13% 6% Queensland Brisbane $11,042 51% 17% 27% 4% Cairns $10,886 59% 18% 19% 4% Rockhampton $10,838 59% 19% 14% 8% Toowoomba $10,979 58% 19% 21% 2% Townsville $10,852 58% 19% 18% 5% South Adelaide $11,878 50% 15% 31% 3% Australia Port Pirie $12,210 63% 15% 19% 3% Tasmania Hobart $10,681 58% 20% 19% 4% Victoria Ballarat $11,281 59% 20% 16% 5% Melbourne $10,785 52% 17% 27% 4% Sale $10,473 61% 20% 17% 3% Sandhurst $11,011 63% 18% 15% 4% Western Broome $23,160 79% 14% 2% 5% Australia Bunbury $10,965 59% 23% 16% 3% Geraldton $12,253 57% 21% 17% 5% Perth $11,621 47% 21% 27% 5% National Total $11,377 53% 18% 24% 5% Australian Catholic Schools

90 Table 90 shows the change and percentage change in net recurrent income per student (NRIPS) from 2011 to 2012 Table 90: in Net Recurrent Income Per Student, all Dioceses, 2009 to 2011 State Diocese Net Recurrent Income Per Student from 2010 to 2011 since 2009 ACT and Armidale $11,784 $605 $1,446 NSW Bathurst $11,029 -$207 $1,401 Broken Bay $12,741 $549 $1,714 Canberra-Goulburn $11,189 $377 $959 Lismore $11,627 $704 $1,498 Maitland-Newcastle $10,975 $665 $1,522 Parramatta $11,182 $514 $1,377 Sydney $12,290 $654 $1,468 Wagga Wagga $11,473 $703 $1,731 Wilcannia-Forbes $12,565 $638 $1,551 Wollongong $11,499 $550 $1,519 NT Darwin $14,967 $526 $329 Queensland Brisbane $11,042 $423 $1,306 Cairns $10,886 $729 $1,402 Rockhampton $10,838 $373 $1,573 Toowoomba $10,979 $725 $1,340 Townsville $10,852 $571 $902 South Adelaide $11,878 $672 $1,466 Australia Port Pirie $12,210 $802 $1,706 Tasmania Hobart $10,681 $592 $1,607 Victoria Ballarat $11,281 $958 $1,594 Melbourne $10,785 $1,001 $1,301 Sale $10,473 $1,079 $1,562 Sandhurst $11,011 $1,049 $1,749 Western Broome $23,160 $620 $3,434 Australia Bunbury $10,965 $615 $1,082 Geraldton $12,253 $982 $1,370 Perth $11,621 $726 $1,059 National Total $11,377 $684 $1,368 Australian Catholic Schools

91 s to Catholic Schools Schools Opened in Mother Teresa Primary School, Westmead (Parramatta Diocese) opened (176 students). 2. St Justin s Catholic Primary School, Oran Park (Wollongong Diocese) opened (185 students). 3. St Joseph s Catholic Flexible Learning Centre, Alice Springs (Darwin Diocese) opened (27 students). 4. MacKillop Catholic College, Johnston (Darwin Diocese) opened (105 students). 5. Gympie Flexible Learning Centre, Gympie (Brisbane Archdiocese) opened (65 students). 6. Ipswich Flexible Learning Centre, Ipswich (Brisbane Archdiocese) opened (54 students). 7. St Joseph s Catholic Flexible Learning Centre, North Melbourne (Melbourne Archdiocese) opened (52 students). 8. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Tarneit (Melbourne Archdiocese) opened (179 students). 9. Immaculate Heart College, Lower Chittering (Perth Archdiocese) opened (24 students). Schools Closed in St Joseph's School, Eden (Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese) closed (36 students in 2011). 2. All Hallows School, Balwyn (Melbourne Archdiocese) closed (65 students in 2011). Schools Restructured 1. Sacred Heart Infants School and Joseph s Primary School were merged to become Catherine McAuley Primary School, Orange (Bathurst Diocese). 2. Our Lady of Lourdes Infants School, Lismore East was merged into St Carthage s Primary School, Lismore (Lismore Diocese). 3. St Mary s Infants School, Greta and St Brigid s Primary School, Branxton were merged to create Rosary park Catholic School, Branxton (Maitland-Newcastle Diocese). 4. St Francis Xavier s Catholic Primary School, Wollong East and St John Vianney s Catholic Primary School, Fairy Meadow were merged to become Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School, Fairy Meadow (Wollongong Diocese). 5. St Augustine s Special School and St Helen s Special School merged to create MacKillop Specialist School, Whittington (Melbourne Archdiocese). 6. Four new school campuses were opened in 2012 in Balwyn (Vic), Cranbourne East (vic), Yarrawonga (Vic) and Proserpine (Qld). Australian Catholic Schools

92 Recognition by Ecclesiastical Authority 1. Six schools were identified as being a Catholic school in the national schools census in 2011 but were not recognised by the ecclesiastical authority of the Diocese (Canon 803). They are St Philomena s School, Parkridge (Brisbane Archdiocese), Divine Mercy College, Yangebup (Perth Archdiocese), St Thomas Aquinas College, Tynong (Sale Diocese), Saint Mary MacKillop College, Wagga Wagga (Wagga Wagga Diocese), Saint Mary MacKillop College Albury, Jindera (Wagga Wagga Diocese) and St Dominic Savio School, Rockdale (Sydney Archdiocese). Enrolments for these schools are included as Catholic schools in ABS statistics, but are excluded from this report. Australian Catholic Schools

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