NSW: Move away from private colleges for quality public schools

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2008
NSW: Move away from private colleges for quality public schools

Increased living costs .. including rising interest rates .. are believed to be partly
responsible for a shift away from Sydney's expensive private colleges in favour of good
public schools.

The Daily Telegraph reports enrolment figures dating back to 2003 show a move toward
public schools .. with good reputations and strong academic results.

The biggest jump in kindergarten enrolments in the past five years went to south west
Sydney public school Dalmeny .. with 69 more new students in 2008 than in 2003.

Canley Vale High School .. in the same Sydney area .. had the greatest increase in
Year seven enrolments during the same period.

The paper says in some areas .. public schools have doubled their student intakes ..

with the shift in school selection also attributed to a focus on specialist subjects ..

such as sports, art, music and dance.

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