NSW-public-schools-infographic-2021

NSW Department of Education NSW public schools, Day 2021: a snapshot 823,000 70k students from Kindergarten to Year 12 in our classrooms 56k students starting Kindergarten 497k starting Year 326k students entering primary school students entering high school 94,067 2,220 teachers & staff dedicated to students in 2021 public schools in NSW 35 10 new principals* new and upgraded schools for Day Term 2021 *as of 25 January 2021 0.5% C ATIO N LO Where can our students be found across NSW? 40 24.5 O CATI 75 % metropolitan LO N remote teach.Rural scholarships scholarships awarded under the 2020-21 Early Childhood Education Scholarships Program % Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander regional Our students also have varied cultural backgrounds language background other than English 37 % 89 60 % teach.Rural scholarships teach.Rural scholarships offered inclusive Practice in Education teach.Rural scholarships scholarships offered Increasing student support $88.4m for counsellors, student support officers & mental health resources in every high school by 2022 390 From July 2021, student support officers increase to 390 1,154 From July 2021, school counselling positions increase to 1,154 100 Wellbeing Health In-reach Nurse (WHIN) Coordinators, supporting up to 500 schools The Department’s dedicated face-to-face and telepsychology counselling service will commence in Term with 867 students in 15 remote NSW public schools having access to school counselling support Ongoing partnerships with leading mental health and wellbeing organisations to provide professional learning to school staff and specialised programs for students Target achievements of the RAG Program by December 2021: 14,286 All 14,286 teachers in RAG schools will have access to a dedicated notebook 85,751 5,286 devices distributed to students learning spaces will have a modern Main Learning Displays 160 Investing in our infrastructure programs school integration projects to improve accessibility for Day Term 2021 2,220+ school sites registered for the Service NSW COVID Safe Check-in app $7 billion over the next four years 194 Sustainable Schools Grant projects were funded totalling $2.5M in 2020 12,000+ solar PV panels installed across 80 schools which generates electricity to power over 1,000 homes $5.8M+ essential hygiene supplies sent to schools in 2020 Record funding delivered to schools in 2021 $17.4 billion NSWEducation total funding for NSW public schools in 2020-2021 *recurrent + capital NSWDepartmentofEducation $1.3 billion needs-based funding, $50 million above 2020 NSWEducation We acknowledge the homelands of all Aboriginal people and pay our respect to Country