What has the school done with its Gonski funding?
Unfortunately, schools in Tasmania have not received their full Gonski funding due to a decision by the state government not to pass that funding directly on to schools, and to introduce its own cuts to schools budgets in 2015.
Despite this, the school has big plans for using their extra resources to benefit students.
Location: New Town
What Ogilvie High School could do with Gonski funding in the future
- An additional two teachers to provide a better student/teacher ratio in classes.
- A more diverse learning program – where a broader range of options can be undertaken to challenge and engage all of our students.
- Additional professional support staff, such as psychologists, for targeted intervention and support to support students in need.
- Alternative programs and opportunities for students at risk of disengaging with school, to improve attendance and retention.
It has a diverse student population of around 1,100, with a third of the school’s students in the two lowest SES quartiles. Indigenous students make up 6 per cent of the school population and a further 6 per cent of students are from non-English speaking backgrounds.
Katoomba High School, a comprehensive secondary school in the Blue Mountains of NSW, has an enrolment of about 670 students about half of whom are from low-income backgrounds.