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QISPC is the State representative body for all Queensland Independent School Parents.

Our Charter – to ensure that parents have the right to choose how and where their children are educated

Our Vision – to be an independent voice, representing the views of our families, and committed to achieving choice, quality and equity in educational outcomes and opportunities for students in independent schools

QISPC Updates

Latest Newsletter

Issue 4 2011

Previous Newsletters

Issue 2 2011
Issue 1 2011

Details

96 Warren Street, Spring Hill QLD 4004

PO Box 1314
Cooparoo DC, QLD 4151

Contact: Fleur Creed

Executive Officer

execoff@qispc.qld.edu.au

Ph: 0435 077 507

FACTS ABOUT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

• Queensland’s independent schools educate over 110,000 students at 206 campuses (15% of all school students, and nearly 20% of secondary students).

• Queensland’s independent schools provide education for a wide range of communities including indigenous students, students with disabilities, distance education, disengaged students and boarders.

• More than half of all Queensland’s independent schools serve communities with average or lower income families.

• Queensland’s independent schools receive 50% of their income from parents.

• Parents fund 80% of the costs of school buildings at independent schools in Australia.

• On average, State and Federal governments fund a student in a non-state school at $7,427; for a student in a state school, the figure is $14,380.

• Governments would need to spend an additional $8.3 billion annually on education if non-state schools did not exist in Australia.

Independent schools provide diversity and choice in the interests of Queensland parents and students.