Strategy News for Schools Newsletter

Online at https://spectrumanalysis.com.au/resources/newsletters/strategy-news-for-schools/2022-07-20

Strategy News for Schools – 27th Edition

Hello

In this edition:
1. 2021 Census data relevant to schools has now been released
2. Australian Conference on Lutheran Education 2022 (ACLE6)
3. Independent schools are flying into the future, how is your State fairing overall in the sector…
4. Making data-based decisions – using Census results to leverage strategy
5. LinkedIn for Students and Future Graduates
6. Welcome to Joe Price and Zhaoli Xiong

1. 2021 Census data relevant to schools has now been released
The first tranche of the 2021 Census data was released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on 28 June 2022. This release includes information about some data variables which are relevant to the planning and management activities at schools including the count of persons attending an education institution by the type of institution. We have summarised some of this data in the table below.

School type	Census 2016	Census 2021	% Change
Primary – Government	1,314,547	1,420,228	8.0%
Primary – Catholic	376,879	391,392	3.9%
Primary – Independent	223,400	245,967	10.1%
Secondary – Government	826,246	932,409	12.8%
Secondary – Catholic	333,733	365,251	9.4%
Secondary – Independent	273,264	314,004	14.9%
TOTAL	3,348,069	3,669,251	9.6%
	Census 2016	Census 2021	% Change
Primary and Secondary – Government	2,140,793	2,352,637	9.9%
Primary and Secondary – Catholic	710,612	756,643	6.5%
Primary and Secondary – Independent	496,664	559,971	12.7%
TOTAL	3,348,069	3,669,251	9.6%
	Census 2016	Census 2021	% Change
Primary – Government, Catholic, & Independent	1,914,826	2,057,587	7.5%
Secondary – Government, Catholic, & Independent	1,433,243	1,611,664	12.4%
TOTAL	3,348,069	3,669,251	9.6%

Key observations:

• As per the 2021 Census, 64% of all school going persons attend a Government school, 21% attend a Catholic school, and the balance 15% attend Independent schools. These ratios have remained fairly consistent between 2016 and 2021
• Between 2016 and 2021, the number of children attending Independent schools has grown at the fastest rate (12.7%), this is followed by Government schools (9.9%), and lastly, Catholic schools (6.5%)

2. Australian Conference on Lutheran Education 2022 (ACLE6)
Peter Buckingham and Dorianne Lyons were delighted to be a part of the Australian Conference on Lutheran Education (ACLE6) 2022 in Melbourne earlier this month. They enjoyed meeting some new school representatives and existing Lutheran school clients in person. Take a virtual visit at https://spectrumanalysis.com.au/blog/australian-conference-on-lutheran-education-acle6

3. Independent schools are flying into the future, how is your State fairing overall in the sector…
Peter Buckingham has provided a state by state analysis that you may find interesting at https://spectrumanalysis.com.au/blog/independent-schools-fte-enrolments Educate Plus highlighted the Victorian / Tasmanian results in their latest newsletter https://www.thebuzz.net.au/educateplus-vic-tas/article/from-our-knowledgebank – check out the individual details via the following links

• Australia

• South Australia / Northern Territory

• Western Australia

• Queensland

• Victoria / Tasmania

• New South Wales / Australian Capital Territory

4. Making data-based decisions – using Census results to leverage strategy
Peter Buckingham will provide his insights and learnings in collaboration with Educate Plus at this Online Webinar on 18 August 2022 from 12pm – 1pm
https://web.archive.org/web/20220905033615/https://www.educateplus.edu.au/event/making-data-based-decisions-using-census-results-to-leverage-strategy-webinar/

5. LinkedIn for Students and Future Graduates
Sue Ellson will share LinkedIn strategies for students and future graduates at a $0 Online Webinar on 10 August 2022 from 12pm – 1pm
https://linkedininsights11.eventbrite.com.au

6. Welcome to Joe Price and Zhaoli Xiong
We are very pleased to welcome Joe Price and Zhaoli Xiong to the team as GIS Analysts. Read more at https://spectrumanalysis.com.au/about-us/team