❓ Provides enrolment data for the School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) from 2019-2023, broken down by year level and enrolment type (current vs. external roll). Data on where external roll students receive their online learning is not provided due to resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 878Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the School for Isolated and Distance Education and I ask: (a) In the the school years 2019-2023, and according to the Department of Education's Semester One and Two census data: (i) How many students were enrolled with the School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) by the academic years K-12; and (ii) How many of those students were receiving their SIDE online learning from a Western Australian Education Department site and in which education region?
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Answered
12 October 2023
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
10 days
(a) (i)
Table 1: SIDE current roll enrolments by year level as of Semester 1, 2019-2023
Year
KIN
PRP
Y01
Y02
Y03
Y04
Y05
Y06
Y07
Y08
Y09
Y10
Y11
Y12
Total Students
2019
2
10
10
12
16
15
17
22
13
28
34
50
63
82
374
2020
1
6
8
9
10
9
14
20
21
27
45
51
56
84
361
2021
2
7
6
7
9
12
9
12
10
27
32
50
67
78
328
2022
7
13
20
11
13
12
19
15
24
36
42
42
68
91
413
2023
7
10
8
13
14
12
17
16
27
43
51
37
63
84
402
Excludes students on the external roll at SIDE.
Table 2: SIDE current roll enrolments by year level as of Semester 2, 2019-2022
Year
KIN
PRP
Y01
Y02
Y03
Y04
Y05
Y06
Y07
Y08
Y09
Y10
Y11
Y12
Total Students
2019
0
11
12
14
15
13
15
18
17
31
42
50
81
90
409
2020
2
9
11
13
13
9
15
20
21
30
48
49
82
82
404
2021
5
9
9
10
10
14
12
14
18
30
29
51
96
73
380
2022
8
19
21
17
14
9
25
16
33
46
39
45
78
89
459
Excludes students on the external roll at SIDE.
Table 3: SIDE external roll enrolments by year level 2019-2023
Year
KIN
PRP
Y01
Y02
Y03
Y04
Y05
Y06
Y07
Y08
Y09
Y10
Y11
Y12
Total Students
2019
0
8
13
24
126
131
106
110
33
63
100
107
335
327
1,483
2020
1
21
40
44
161
161
159
141
109
99
120
162
378
305
1,901
2021
0
19
38
61
183
151
157
145
120
132
139
176
390
357
2,068
2022
1
16
45
72
232
232
209
208
304
178
157
218
420
405
2,697
2023
0
17
48
64
229
227
210
204
381
332
265
249
491
452
3,169
Excludes students on the current roll at SIDE.
Data as at late August or early September each year.
(ii) All students in Table 3 on the external roll will have, to varying amounts, some learning delivered through schools/services other than SIDE. These are students who, for example, attend another public or non-government school and undertake a limited number of subjects, courses or programs through SIDE.
The provision of this information would require manual processing and place an undue burden on school staff.
Table 1: SIDE current roll enrolments by year level as of Semester 1, 2019-2023
Year
KIN
PRP
Y01
Y02
Y03
Y04
Y05
Y06
Y07
Y08
Y09
Y10
Y11
Y12
Total Students
2019
2
10
10
12
16
15
17
22
13
28
34
50
63
82
374
2020
1
6
8
9
10
9
14
20
21
27
45
51
56
84
361
2021
2
7
6
7
9
12
9
12
10
27
32
50
67
78
328
2022
7
13
20
11
13
12
19
15
24
36
42
42
68
91
413
2023
7
10
8
13
14
12
17
16
27
43
51
37
63
84
402
Excludes students on the external roll at SIDE.
Table 2: SIDE current roll enrolments by year level as of Semester 2, 2019-2022
Year
KIN
PRP
Y01
Y02
Y03
Y04
Y05
Y06
Y07
Y08
Y09
Y10
Y11
Y12
Total Students
2019
0
11
12
14
15
13
15
18
17
31
42
50
81
90
409
2020
2
9
11
13
13
9
15
20
21
30
48
49
82
82
404
2021
5
9
9
10
10
14
12
14
18
30
29
51
96
73
380
2022
8
19
21
17
14
9
25
16
33
46
39
45
78
89
459
Excludes students on the external roll at SIDE.
Table 3: SIDE external roll enrolments by year level 2019-2023
Year
KIN
PRP
Y01
Y02
Y03
Y04
Y05
Y06
Y07
Y08
Y09
Y10
Y11
Y12
Total Students
2019
0
8
13
24
126
131
106
110
33
63
100
107
335
327
1,483
2020
1
21
40
44
161
161
159
141
109
99
120
162
378
305
1,901
2021
0
19
38
61
183
151
157
145
120
132
139
176
390
357
2,068
2022
1
16
45
72
232
232
209
208
304
178
157
218
420
405
2,697
2023
0
17
48
64
229
227
210
204
381
332
265
249
491
452
3,169
Excludes students on the current roll at SIDE.
Data as at late August or early September each year.
(ii) All students in Table 3 on the external roll will have, to varying amounts, some learning delivered through schools/services other than SIDE. These are students who, for example, attend another public or non-government school and undertake a limited number of subjects, courses or programs through SIDE.
The provision of this information would require manual processing and place an undue burden on school staff.
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