Hon Nick Goiran asks about the number of children in the care of the CEO who commenced and successfully passed each year of schooling in 2019. The answer provides commencement numbers but lacks comprehensive data on successful completion for all year groups.

AnsweredQoN 2803Legislative Council
Asked
13 February 2020
Portfolio
Child Protection

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For the 2019 school year, for each school year group from Year 1 through to Year 12, I ask: (a) how many young people in the care of the CEO commenced that year of schooling; and (b) how many young people in the care of the CEO successfully passed that year of schooling?

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Answered
31 March 2020
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Child Protection
Response time
10 days
a)
Children in the care of the CEO School Registrations 2019
Year Group
Number of children
Pre-primary
22
Year 1
163
Year 2
313
Year 3
329
Year 4
335
Year 5
294
Year 6
344
Year 7
310
Year 8
338
Year 9
315
Year 10
295
Year 11
289
Year 12
295
Total
3642
b) Students are not recorded as having successfully passed a particular year of schooling except at a school report level. Of the 295 young people who commenced Year 12 in 2019, 30 achieved their Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE). Not all students are on a WACE pathway and it does not mean that the remaining students did not graduate.

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