D2016/23064 Home Schooling Data Reports 1. Number of registered children as at 31 December each year from 2011 to 2015 2. Percentage increase in the number of registered children as at 31 December each year from 2011 to 2015 3. Geographical distribution of registered children as at 31 December 2015 4. Age distribution of registered children as at 31 December 2015 5. Gender distribution of registered children as at 31 December 2015 6. Number of applications submitted per month from February 2015 to February 2016 7. Reason for seeking home schooling registration for applications received in 2015. 8. Percentage of applications refused in 2015 per category of reason 9. Number of Certificates of Completion of Year 10 approved each year 2011 to 2015 10. Participation of registered children in NAPLAN each year from 2013 to 2015 11. Withdrawal and Refusal Data January to May 2016
Number of registered children 1. Number of registered children as at 31 December each year from 2011 to 2015 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Year
Percentage increase in number of registered children as at 31 December each year 2. Percentage increase in the number of registered children as at 31 December each year from 2011 to 2015 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Year 2. The graph above shows cumulative percentage increases each year with 2011 as the base year.
3. Geographical distribution of registered children expressed as a percentage of the total number as at 31 December 2015 Region % registered as at 31 December 2015 Broken Hill 0.57% Canberra Region 5.08% Central Coast 7.47% Central West 0.41% Hunter Region 11.42% Mid North Coast 4.70% Murray Region 1.20% New England 4.89% Northern Rivers / North Coast 6.06% Riverina 2.77% South Coast 9.59% Sydney East (inc CBD) 1.09% Sydney North 3.18% Sydney South 2.36% Sydney West 30.02% Western Plains 9.19% Total 100.00% 2. Regional boundaries are based on Australia Post postcode regional divisions. 3. Sydney West Region includes sections of the Blue Mountains and areas west of the CBD bordered by Ryde and Hornsby in the north and to Hurstville and Heathcote in the south.
Percentage of total of registered children 4. Age distribution of registered children expressed as a percentage of the total number as at 31 December 2015 12.00% 10.00% 8.00% 6.00% 4.00% 2.00% 0.00% 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Age in years
Percentage of total registered children 5. Gender distribution of registered children expressed as a percentage of the total number as at 31 December 2015 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% Male Female 30% 20% 10% 0%
Number of applications 6. Number of applications submitted per month from February 2015 to February 2016 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Renewal of Registration Initial Registration Month 1. The number of applications for registration includes applications for exemption from registration.
7. Reason for seeking home schooling registration expressed as a percentage of the total number of applications received from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015. Reason for home schooling % of total applications 1 January to 31 December 2015 philosophical 25.79% nil response 21.70% special learning needs 21.38% other 21.38% religious 8.81% bullying 0.94% Total 100.00% 2. The application form for registration includes an optional question which asks applicants to provide the reason why they want to home school their child/children. 3. Other includes a range of diverse reasons that do not clearly fall within one of the other defined categories, for example, my child learns best in a one on one situation, or local school is not suitable, or this suits our family best.
8. Percentage of applications refused in 2015 per category of reason Reason for refusal 1 January - 31 December 2015 % of applications refused from the total number of applications for the same period Authorised Person finding at assessment that requirements not met 0.27% Provisions of court order precludes home schooling registration 0.05% The applicant not available for assessment despite repeated attempts to contact The child was not eligible (for example, the child lives outside of NSW or the applicant is not a parent or carer) 0.66% 0.25% Total 1.23%
Number of certificates approved 9. Number of Certificates of Completion of Year 10 approved each year from 2011 to 2015 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Year 1. During the period from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2015 there have been 3 applications for a Certificate of Completion of Year 10 that have been refused.
Number of registered children 10. Participation of registered children in NAPLAN each year from 2013 to 2015 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 Year 9 Year 7 Year 5 Year 3 20 0 2013 2014 2015
11. Withdrawal and Refusal Data January to May 2016 For period from 1 January to 31 May 2016 5.64% applications withdrawn before assessment visit 0.58% applications withdrawn during or after assessment visit 0.99% applications refused