ICYMI: Families in Melbourne’s north are increasingly rejecting their local public schools in favour of private secondary schools, saying public high schools in their area are below-par.
Enrolment figures in Moreland’s north suggest a growing number of parents are bypassing their local state secondary school.Comparatively, public primary enrolments have grown by 40 per cent.Non-government Islamic schools in the area have boomed.Families in Melbourne’s north are increasingly rejecting their local public schools in favour of private secondary schools, with a surge in Islamic school enrolments.
“We moved into the area just prior to our first child being born and basically from mother’s group the first question you’re asked is, ‘what school will you be sending your child to?’, because there are limited public options, particularly if you have boys,” Singh said. Kate Lamont has three children that attend Oak Park Primary School and says none of the parents she has spoken to on the issue plan to send their children to the local zoned high school. Instead, they are seeking places in non-government schools or at state schools elsewhere.
Singh said the group simply wanted local public schools they could send their children to with confidence.“We just want a state school that has average outcomes. At the moment the schools we have in our area are well below average.”
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