❓ Hon Alison Xamon inquires about the capacity of local primary and high schools to accommodate population growth from the Scarborough Beach redevelopment. The Minister provides enrolment projections for primary schools and designates the high schools students will attend.
AnsweredQoN 1683Legislative Council
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I refer to the approximately 2,800 additional dwellings
anticipated to be constructed in the short-to-medium term as part of the
Metropolitan Development Authority’s Redevelopment of the Scarborough Beach area,
and I ask: (a) has the authority included this growth in
dwellings and population as part of the forecasting for primary and high
schools in the area; (b) will the Minister please
provide the 10 year forecasts and current capacities for: (i) Scarborough
Primary School; (ii) Deanmore Primary School; (iii) Newborough Primary School; (iv) Yuluma Primary School; and (v) Wembley Downs Primary School; and (c) will the Minister please provide a breakdown of where the Minister anticipates the students from these
new dwellings will attend high school?
anticipated to be constructed in the short-to-medium term as part of the
Metropolitan Development Authority’s Redevelopment of the Scarborough Beach area,
and I ask: (a) has the authority included this growth in
dwellings and population as part of the forecasting for primary and high
schools in the area; (b) will the Minister please
provide the 10 year forecasts and current capacities for: (i) Scarborough
Primary School; (ii) Deanmore Primary School; (iii) Newborough Primary School; (iv) Yuluma Primary School; and (v) Wembley Downs Primary School; and (c) will the Minister please provide a breakdown of where the Minister anticipates the students from these
new dwellings will attend high school?
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Answered
6 November 2018
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
9 days
b. Projections are generally only provided for three years, as forecasts beyond this period are more volatile due to the uncertainty of changes in student demand in the local-intake areas of these schools and the timing of residential development.
School
2018 Current Classroom Capacity
2018 Actual Enrolments
Student Projections
(Kindergarten to Year 6)
2019
2020
2021
(i) Scarborough Primary School
258
195
220
251
276
(ii) Deanmore Primary School
538
510
506
509
518
(iii) Newborough Primary School
484
404
394
384
376
(iv) Yuluma Primary School
388
224
226
233
240
(v) Wembley Downs Primary School
565
430
425
419
419
c. Secondary school students residing in the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority’s proposed developments in Scarborough will be entitled to attend either Carine Senior High School or Churchlands Senior High School, depending on their residential address.
School
2018 Current Classroom Capacity
2018 Actual Enrolments
Student Projections
(Kindergarten to Year 6)
2019
2020
2021
(i) Scarborough Primary School
258
195
220
251
276
(ii) Deanmore Primary School
538
510
506
509
518
(iii) Newborough Primary School
484
404
394
384
376
(iv) Yuluma Primary School
388
224
226
233
240
(v) Wembley Downs Primary School
565
430
425
419
419
c. Secondary school students residing in the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority’s proposed developments in Scarborough will be entitled to attend either Carine Senior High School or Churchlands Senior High School, depending on their residential address.
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