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APPARENT RETENTION RATE
Some States and Territories are not able to calculate FTE on a time-spent basis for all teaching staff functions but use wages paid as a fraction of full-time rate, or a resource allocation based formula. Some also use a pro rata formula based on student or teacher numbers to estimate aggregate FTE for some categories of teaching staff. INDIGENOUS STUDENT An Indigenous student is a student of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin. Note that at present the way in which Indigenous status is determined varies across States and Territories. LEVEL AND YEAR OF EDUCATION Level of education is split into primary and secondary school education. Year of education comprises Pre-year 1 through to Year 12, plus ungraded primary and ungraded secondary. OTHER EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT Other establishments within the scope of these statistics, but not defined as schools include:
PRIMARY EDUCATION Primary education typically commences at around age five and lasts for seven to eight years. It does not include sessional education such as preschool education. In New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, primary education may extend from Pre-year 1 to Year 6 (or equivalent). In South Australia and the Northern Territory it may extend from Pre-year 1 to Year 7 (or equivalent). In Queensland and Western Australia it may extend from Year 1 to Year 7 (or equivalent). SCHOOL A school (other than a special school) must satisfy the following criteria:
The term ‘school’ in this publication includes schools in institutions and hospitals, mission schools and similar establishments. The term excludes preschools, kindergarten centres, pre-primary schools or pre-primary classes in or attached to non-special schools, senior technical and agricultural colleges, evening schools, continuation classes and institutions such as business or coaching colleges. SCHOOL AGE PARTICIPATION RATE The school age participation rate is the number of full-time school students of a particular age expressed as a proportion of the Estimated Resident Population of the same age at June (published in Cat No. 3201.0). It indicates the proportion of the resident population who are at school. Whereas apparent retention rates rely on students having to progress year by year through the school education system, participation rates relate to the resident population as a whole. In the Australian Capital Territory some rates exceed 100%. This is mainly due to the enrolment of secondary school students in Australian Capital Territory secondary schools who are not residents of the Australian Capital Territory, but live in the surrounding New South Wales area. SECONDARY EDUCATION Education which typically commences after completion of primary education, at around age 12, and lasts for five or six years. In New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, secondary education may extend from Year 7 to Year 12 (or equivalent). In Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory it may extend from Year 8 to Year 12 (or equivalent). Part-time secondary figures vary considerably between States and Territories, as each education authority has different policy and organisational arrangements. The number of part-time courses available also varies considerably between States and Territories. Age level data are not published as not all States and Territories collect the age of part-time students. SPECIAL SCHOOL A special school provides special instruction for physically and/or mentally disabled or impaired students, or those with social problems. Students must exhibit one or more of the following characteristics before enrolment is allowed:
STUDENT A student is a person who is formally enrolled in a school and active in a course of study other than preschool or TAFE courses. Students not present at school on the National Schools Statistics Collection census date were included if they were expected to be absent for less than four continuous weeks (excluding school vacations) and were excluded if they had left the school or had been absent without explanation for four continuous weeks (excluding school vacations) prior to the census date. A full-time student is one who undertakes a workload equivalent to, or greater than, that prescribed for a full-time student of that year level. This may vary between States and Territories and from year to year. A part-time student is one who undertakes a workload less than that specified as full-time. TEACHING STAFF Teaching staff are staff who spend the majority of their time in contact with students, i.e. support students either by direct class contact or on an individual basis, and have teaching duties, that is, are engaged to impart school curriculum. For the purposes of this collection, teaching staff includes principals, deputy principals and senior teachers mainly involved in administration. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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