More than 10,000 students are enrolling in the city’s most in-demand state schools each year — despite not living in the area. We reveal how 👇
Thousands of students are enrolling at Brisbane’s most in-demand state schools every year, despite not living in the catchment areas.Brisbane State High School requires proof that prospective families live in the catchment area.According to Right to Information data analysed by this masthead, 3079 “out of catchment” students were accepted between March 2021 and February 2022 for enrolment in state schools through an enrolment management plan because they had a sibling at the school.
And 5396 students were given access under an undefined reason of “other”. A departmental spokeswoman said “other” covered out-of-category enrolments that did not “fall under another category”.There were 131 students enrolled out of catchment in special education programs to access disability programs, and 83 vulnerable students were enrolled under “special circumstances”.
There are also suggestions families would be encouraged to remove their child from BSHS if they left the area.: “There would be an expectation that if a family moves from the LCA [local catchment area], that the student would attend their new local school. When families relocate early in the time at high school, it raises questions about the validity of local entry.”
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