❓ Question regarding VacSwim program enrolments in WA, with a breakdown by year and age. Answer provides enrolment figures for 2021-2024, differentiating between total and age-specific data.
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I refer to the Department of Education's VacSwim program, and I ask: (a) how many students enrolled in a VacSwim program in the following years: (i) 2021; (ii) 2022; and (iii) 2023; and (b) for each year referred to in (a), please provide a breakdown of enrolments by age?
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Answered
16 April 2024
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Education
Response time
5 days
a) VacSwim enrolments (total) 2021-2024
Year
Total enrolments (online and venue*)
2021 / 2022
48,696
2022 / 2023
40,016
2023 / 2024
38,030
*Venue enrolments do not capture age.
b) VacSwim enrolments 2021-2024 by age
Age
2021 / 2022
2022 / 2023
2023 / 2024
5
4,365
3,436
3,095
6
5,920
4,973
4,493
7
6,610
5,064
4,953
8
6,295
5,310
4,851
9
6,125
4,738
4,747
10
5,026
4,452
4,027
11
4,192
3,430
3,611
12
2,948
2,564
2,516
13
1,926
1,718
1,743
14
1,216
993
1,053
15
672
511
530
16
286
246
253
17
96
81
80
Total
45,677
37,516
35,952
*Source: Western Australia Interm VacSwim System (WAIVS)
Families enrolling in VacSwim programs do so in one of two ways:
1. Online enrolment, through the WAIVS platform during the enrolment period.
2. Venue enrolment is done after online enrolments have closed and prior to lesson delivery, at selected venues where capacity exists (also referred to as “late enrolments”).
Venue enrolments are not done through WAIVS but are recorded in hard copy at the venue and the enrolee's details are retrospectively recorded in WAIVS which gives the total enrolments (online and venue) captured in table (a).
Year
Total enrolments (online and venue*)
2021 / 2022
48,696
2022 / 2023
40,016
2023 / 2024
38,030
*Venue enrolments do not capture age.
b) VacSwim enrolments 2021-2024 by age
Age
2021 / 2022
2022 / 2023
2023 / 2024
5
4,365
3,436
3,095
6
5,920
4,973
4,493
7
6,610
5,064
4,953
8
6,295
5,310
4,851
9
6,125
4,738
4,747
10
5,026
4,452
4,027
11
4,192
3,430
3,611
12
2,948
2,564
2,516
13
1,926
1,718
1,743
14
1,216
993
1,053
15
672
511
530
16
286
246
253
17
96
81
80
Total
45,677
37,516
35,952
*Source: Western Australia Interm VacSwim System (WAIVS)
Families enrolling in VacSwim programs do so in one of two ways:
1. Online enrolment, through the WAIVS platform during the enrolment period.
2. Venue enrolment is done after online enrolments have closed and prior to lesson delivery, at selected venues where capacity exists (also referred to as “late enrolments”).
Venue enrolments are not done through WAIVS but are recorded in hard copy at the venue and the enrolee's details are retrospectively recorded in WAIVS which gives the total enrolments (online and venue) captured in table (a).
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