Registered Schools in Victoria - Information sheet 3 · Web viewThe VRQA registered 57 new schools in the last five financial years. Most new government and Catholic schools are located

Registered Schools in VictoriaInformation sheet 3Registered schools by sectorThere were 2254 registered schools in Victoria at 30 June 2017. Two-thirds are government schools, over 20 per cent are Catholic schools, and nearly one-in-ten is an independent school.

Table 1 No. %Government 1543 68.5

Catholic 492 21.8

Independent 219 9.7

Total 2254

Registered schools by typeAbout 70 per cent of Victorian schools are primary schools. A quarter are secondary or primary-secondary schools, and five per cent are specialist/specific purpose schools.

The majority (96 per cent) of schools are co-educational.

Table 2 No. %Primary 1563 69.3

Secondary 330 14.6

Primary-Secondary 234 10.4

Specialist/Specific purpose 127 5.6

Total 2254

Registered schools by type and sectorMost primary and secondary schools in the state are government or Catholic schools.

The majority of primary-secondary schools are independent schools.

Note: The Department of Education and Training’s census date for registered schools is in February; VRQA’s census date is in June.

VRQA–Registered Schools in Victoria–Information sheet 3–September 2017

Number of schools by locationOverall, 58 per cent of schools are located in the Greater Melbourne Area and 42 per cent in rural and regional Victoria.

There is a relatively high proportion of schools, particularly primary schools, in rural and regional areas.

Greater Melbourne (1312) Regional Victoria (942)0

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36Specialist*

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Registered schools—trendThere has been a net increase in the number of registered schools.

This increase is in the context of significant growth in school enrolments in Victoria in recent years.

Table 3 2016 2017

Government 1538 1543

Catholic 493 492

Independent 212 219

Total 2243 2254

New schools—trendThe VRQA registered 57 new schools in the last five financial years.

Most new government and Catholic schools are located in the outer suburbs of Melbourne.

Table 4 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 5 yeartotal

% total

Government 4 3 5 1 12 25 44

Catholic 1 2 5 - 1 9 16

Independent 3 1 3 9 7 23 40

Total 8 6 13 10 20 57

* Specialist and specific purpose schools.

VRQA–Registered Schools in Victoria–Information sheet 3–September 2017