Private schools get bonus funds, public schools suffer

(By total dollars provided by Commonwealth beyond needs-based funding amount, over the six years from 2023 to 2028)

1. Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (Vic) - $19.7m

2. St Augustine's College, Sydney (NSW) - $19.4m

3. Haileybury (Vic) - $19.1m

4. Northern Beaches Christian School (NSW) - $14.9m

5. Cannon Hill Anglican College (Qld) - $14.7m

6. Trinity Grammar (NSW) - $14.1m

7. MLC School (NSW) - $13.6m

8. William Branwhite Clarke College Council (NSW) - $11.6m

9. Ivanhoe Grammar School (Vic) - $11.5m

10. Matthew Flinders Anglican College (Qld) - $11.4m

...

15. Haileybury Rendall School (NT) - 10.9m

17. St Peter's College (SA) - $10.1m

21. St Mary's Anglican Girls (WA) - $8.8m

35. Radford College (ACT) $7.6m

81. Scotch Oakburn College (Tas) - $4.3m

OVERFUNDED SCHOOL GROUPS:

1. Queensland Catholic Education Commission - $351.3m

2. Catholic Education Commission of Victoria - $204.8m

3. Catholic Education Western Australia - $117.3m

4. Victoria Ecumenical System of Schools - $95.4m

5. South Australian Commission for Catholic Schools - $61.4m

AVERAGE NON-GOVERNMENT OVER-FUNDING PER STUDENT, 2023:

NSW - $815

ACT - $616

Qld - $590

WA - $491

Vic - $342

SA - $312

Tas - $272

(Average NT private student underfunded by $499)

WHAT IS OVER-FUNDING?

By agreement, private schools get 80 per cent of needs-based funding through the Commonwealth and 20 per cent through their respective state or territory government.

But federal governments have typically provided more, resulting in most private schools getting more than 100 per cent of needs-based funding.

Public schools have typically received between 90 and 95 per cent of needs-based funding.

Source: Adam Rorris November 2023 report How School Funding Fails Public Schools

Australian Associated Press