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BeaumarisBlack RockCheltenhamHamptonHampton EastHighettMentoneSandringhamTotalFeasibility Study ContextGovernment Secondary School AttendanceClearly, many Beaumaris parents are not choosing the nearest secondaryeducation campus for their children.Table 9 below shows the calculation of likely yield across theSandringham catchment area for Government schools based onsecondary school age student population, and comparing the 2011Sandringham yield (31%) with the Melbourne metropolitan average yield(45%).Table 9: Projected Student Enrolments at Government Secondary Schools. Yieldrate is constant across these forecasts.Data Source Distribution of Population August 2012 by Yield and DemographicStudy: Sandringham College, September 2012 (Spatial Vision). Yield ratesprovided by DEECDSecondary School AgeForecast2016 EnrolmentsSandringham Area Yield 390 148 97 250 118 186 141 245 1,573Melbourne Metro Average 566 214 140 363 171 270 205 355 2,2842021 EnrolmentsSandringham Area Yield 388 147 104 243 117 191 147 244 1,581Melbourne Metro Average 563 213 151 353 171 278 213 354 2,2952026 EnrolmentsSandringham Area Yield 383 143 103 242 117 192 151 246 1,578Melbourne Metro Average 556 207 150 352 171 279 219 356 2,290Based on the 2016forecast, it can beexpected that 1,573students in theSandringham catchmentarea would attend agovernment secondarycollege.Using the 2016 forecast, the above indicates that a range between 1,573to 2,284 students would attend a government secondary college. Notethat these figures only include the school age students which reside in theSandringham catchment area.Page 16 of 22
Feasibility Study ContextStakeholder Consultation – Issues and ThemesSecondary PrincipalsPrincipals from the following government Secondary Colleges wereconsulted as part of the Study: Bentleigh Secondary College; Brighton Secondary College;Cheltenham Secondary College;Mentone Girls Secondary College;Mordialloc Secondary College;Parkdale Secondary College; and Sandringham College.The key themes and issues arising out the consultations with theseprincipals include: Choice of secondary schooling – there is a perception that there is areasonable level of choice of non-government and governmentsecondary education in the broader Sandringham area, most notablyin the vicinity of Mentone and Brighton, however all principals do notnecessarily share this perception. For residents of the suburbs ofBeaumaris and Black Rock, because of their geographic location,Sandringham College represents their ‘local’ secondary college, withother secondary education choices available in suburbs located to thenorth, north-east and east. Some schools indicated that at the end ofYear 10 small numbers of students move to Sandringham SeniorCampus to access subjects not offered at their school. Capacity – while there is a perception that there is a reasonable levelof choice of secondary schooling in the broader Sandringhamcatchment area, this needs to be in the context of capacity forenrolments. Of the seven government secondary schools in thebroader Sandringham area, three of these schools are not ‘zoned’(Bentleigh Secondary College, Mordialloc Secondary College, andSandringham College), while the others have formal NeighbourhoodBoundaries. Based on current enrolments, Bentleigh, Mordialloc andSandringham have capacity for further enrolments, while somecapacity exists at Cheltenham. Zoning / Neighbourhood Boundaries – as noted above, three of thegovernment secondary colleges in the broader Sandringham areahave formal Neighbourhood Boundaries. Neighbourhood Boundariesare primarily designed to ensure enrolment numbers are kept withinthe built capacity of the relevant secondary college. However, there isoften a public perception that a school with a NeighbourhoodBoundary is somehow better or more exclusive, which may not be afair comparison to the schools that do not have a NeighbourhoodBoundary. Impact on enrolments – there were mixed views on the extent towhich a new standalone school at Beaumaris would impact onenrolments at other schools. This would be influenced by currentenrolment numbers at schools and their proximity to the Beaumariscampus. Secondary schools that are located in close proximity to theBeaumaris Campus, including those with Neighbourhood Boundariesmay experience a reduction in enrolments if students choose totransfer to a new secondary college. These neighbouring secondarycolleges may then actively seek to replace lost enrolments which mayhave an impact on outer lying secondary colleges. It is also possiblethat enrolments could be drawn from non-government secondaryschools in the area. However it was indicated that this would dependon the nature of the programs to be offered at a new college, whetherPage 17 of 22
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