"Private Schools pull in richer families"
The Sydney Morning Herald article yesterday highlighted the “increasingly wealthy clientele” being attracted to private schools. This is despite the funding scheme that was designed to provide less money to “rich schools” and more to schools with poorer students. A review of the scheme is being held next week and is attracting some controversy as it is being held behind closed doors by the federal Department of Education with only private school lobby groups being invited to comment. Private school reps will ask for their funding to be maintained or increased to make them more accessible to low income families. Next weeks review is examining how the Government will distribute up to $28 billion to private schools over the next 4 years.