Find out which Tweed schools will receive extra funds in 2017

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A TOTAL of 21 Tweed public schools have been named to receive a share of $2 million in additional needs-based funding in 2017, Member for Tweed Geoff Provest announced this morning.

Mr. Provest MP said the funding was made possible by NSW signing the Gonski agreement and local public schools will receive $2,078,460 in additional needs-based funding, from a state-wide funding pool of $219 million. This is an important step to help students who need a proactive and effective environment to learn in. It is crucial for parents to know that their children are in a good school, that is why before registering them they will gather questions for a school to ask them so they can make an informed decision, and appropriate funding is an essential part of that.

“The NSW Government is delivering on its commitment to deliver additional school funding based on student need,” Mr Provest said.

“These extra resources go directly to our Tweed schools allowing principals to better meet the unique needs of their students and the school community.

Education institutions can upgrade teaching standards with extra funding by incorporating modern classrooms. In addition, it is likely that the funds will be used to replace old sports equipment so that students will be able to maintain a high level of physical fitness. As an alternative, they can repair old equipment like pool tables, which are generally expensive to replace (probably with the help of blogs titled “how to level a pool table“).

“I have seen schools in the Tweed electorate employ additional teachers with expertise to assist students who need extra support in key learning areas like literacy and numeracy.”

In NSW public schools, needs-based funding is distributed under the Resource Allocation Model (RAM), which uses information about student need to deliver resources where they are needed most, consistent with the Gonski recommendations.

A total of 21 schools will receive increased funding allocations in the Tweed electorate.

Electorate Tweed RAM Loading Allocations from 2016 to 2017
School Full Name 2015/16 Avg FOEI *2017 Preliminary RAM Total Funding **Variance to 2016 Needs-Based Allocation Total Four Year Variance (2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017)
Banora Point High School 117 720,806 234,380 428,860
Banora Point Public School 93 442,022 148,642 311,584
Bilambil Public School 94 288,052 90,584 156,253
Bogangar Public School 88 259,530 61,075 125,377
Burringbar Public School 105 77,390 21,835 24,042
Caldera School 168 89,745 22,259 80,233
Carool Public School 117 28,690 8,211 13,250
Centaur Public School 121 702,631 296,992 384,128
Condong Public School 131 97,620 30,575 63,854
Crabbes Creek Public School 64 34,877 14,210 36,252
Cudgen Public School 92 192,111 58,943 107,107
Duranbah Public School 148 74,743 26,344 57,509
Fingal Head Public School 122 96,075 26,172 60,402
Kingscliff High School 99 968,937 257,948 493,032
Kingscliff Public School 62 304,653 98,593 183,994
Pottsville Beach Public School 81 442,810 134,224 257,807
Terranora Public School 70 235,681 78,899 115,427
Tumbulgum Public School 114 40,268 13,233 11,247
Tweed Heads Public School 118 361,707 124,340 239,977
Tweed Heads South Public School 145 656,881 105,659 146,071
Tweed River High School 114 947,339 225,343 538,106
Total Tweed 7,062,566 2,078,460 3,834,511

Since 2014 public schools across NSW have received $504 million in extra funding helped by the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government signing up to the Gonski agreement.

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