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3573 - SCHOOL WAIT LISTS

Ward, Gareth to the Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Early Learning, and Minister for Western Sydney
SCHOOL WAIT LISTS

With reference to all public preschools, primary and secondary schools in the Kiama electorate:

(1) What are the current waiting lists for each school?

(2) Which schools are at maximum capacity, and which are not?

(3) When were school boundaries last reviewed?

(4) Will you permit underutilised schools to take on additional enrolments to help ease pressure on schools that are at maximum capacity?

(a) If not, why not?
Answer -

All NSW government school intake areas are regularly monitored and reviewed by the Department of Education as populations and enrolment trends change over time. The department provides a place in a public primary school and public high school for every local student seeking to enrol, in line with its enrolment policy.

Question asked on 15 August 2024 (session 58-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 69
Answer received on 19 September 2024 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 72

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