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Federal seat of Greenway

Seat Status: Marginal Labor
Two Party Preferred:
ALP: 53.11%
LP: 46.89%

The federal electorate of Greenway covers an area of approximately 120 sq km from South Creek and Bandon Road, Riverstone in the north to the Great Western Motorway and the south-east portion of the Blacktown City Council boundary in the south, and then bounded by Windsor Road and Old Windsor Road in the east and Richmond Road, Lyton Street, Lancaster Street, Bungarribee Road and Walters Road in the west. The main suburbs include: Acacia Gardens, Blacktown, Dean Park, Glenwood, Kings Langley, Kings Park, Lalor Park, Marayong, Marsden Park, Prospect, Parklea, Quakers Hill, Riverstone, Schofields, Seven Hills and Stanhope Gardens.

Frank Mossfield, ALP is the local member.

Private school funding in Greenway

School Name
Suburb/ Town
Primary Enrolment 2001
Secondary Enrolment 2001
NSW State Funding 01/02
Estimated C'wealth Old Scheme Funding 2001
Estimated C'wealth Funding 2004
Increase C'wealth from old scheme 01 to 04
Allowera Christian School
RIVERSTONE
41
20
88,158
not available
253,997
 
Coverdale Christian School
RIVERSTONE
374.5
308
936,697
2,116,160
2,718,903
28.5%
Holy Cross Primary
GLENWOOD
195
0
367,227
541,320
735,482
35.9%
Mary Immaculate Primary
QUAKERS HILL
827
0
976,384
2,295,752
3,120,701
35.9%
Nagle College
BLACKTOWN SOUTH
0
679
1,276,365
2,773,036
3,562,948
28.5%
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary
SEVEN HILLS
378
0
510,054
1,049,328
1,426,180
35.9%
Patrician Brothers' College
BLACKTOWN
0
1030.8
1,725,871
4,209,787
5,409,317
28.5%
St Andrews College
MARAYONG
0
1158
2,064,529
4,729,272
6,076,529
28.5%
St Andrew's Primary
MARAYONG
837
0
944,952
2,323,512
3,158,203
35.9%
St Bernadette's Primary
LALOR PARK
348
0
491,608
966,048
1,312,945
35.9%
St John's Primary
RIVERSTONE
256
0
272,274
710,656
965,957
35.9%
St Joseph's Primary School
SCHOFIELDS
377
0
521,644
1,046,552
1,422,539
35.9%
St Michael's Primary
BLACKTOWN SOUTH
655
0
752,325
1,818,280
2,471,147
35.9%
St Patrick's Primary
BLACKTOWN
392
0
426,716
1,088,192
1,478,974
35.9%
Terra Sancta College
SCHOFIELDS
0
1205.5
2,625,017
4,923,262
6,325,531
28.5%
Toongabbie Christian School Ltd
TOONGABBIE
352
304
929,988
1,882,976
2,470,958
31.2%
Total
 
 
 
$14,909,809
$32,474,133
$42,910,310
32.1%


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How does this compare with with Commonwealth funding to public schools?

FEDERAL PER CAPITA FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS – COMPARISON WITH WEALTHIEST PRIVATE AND CATHOLIC SYSTEMIC SCHOOLS
The following table shows how much Federal funding goes to public schools from the federal government, and how much would go to public schools if they were funded on the same formula as the wealthiest private schools and Catholic systemic schools.

The public education money goes to the state government to spend. You won’t see it in school bank accounts!

The Catholic Education Office receives money for Catholic schools to distribute, and independent schools receive the money directly.

Explanation of Columns:

Enrolment (FTE) 2003 – shows primary and secondary combined. These are the official enrolment figures.

Federal funding $ - shows the amount that the public school, based on enrolments attracts from the federal government as a block grant to the state government. This money does not go direct to the school.

The per capita amounts for 2004 are – Primary: $ 539; Secondary $ 803

Wealthiest’ Private school funding

This column shows what they would get if they were one of the wealthiest private schools.

The per capita amounts are: Primary - $830; Secondary - $ 1099

Catholic systemic schools funding – This shows what each of the public schools would attract in funding if they were a Catholic systemic schools.

The per capita amounts are : Primary - $3404; Secondary - $ 4508

Additional Funding

Note that these amounts are Per Capita recurrent funding only. It does not include Special Programs such as establishment grants, capital grants, special education, Aboriginal programs, Country Area Program, Strategic assistance, ESL, Languages Other Than English, National literacy and numeracy strategies, civics and citizenship, drug education etc.

A note about Special Schools

Special schools are not included as there are other funding arrangements in place for special schools.




Federal Funding for public schools 2004 : Actual / If it were one of the wealthiest schools / If it were a Catholic systemic school
School Name
Electorate
Enrolment (FTE) 2003
Federal Funding $
Amount it would be funded if 'wealthiest private school'
Amount funded if Catholic systemic school
Barnier Public School
Greenway
547
$294,833.00
$454,010.00
$1,861,988.00
Bert Oldfield Public School
Greenway
252
$135,828.00
$209,160.00
$857,808.00
Blacktown Boys High School
Greenway
443
$355,729.00
$486,857.00
$1,997,044.00
Blacktown Girls High School
Greenway
832.2
$668,256.60
$914,587.80
$3,751,557.60
Blacktown North Public School
Greenway
109
$58,751.00
$90,470.00
$371,036.00
Blacktown South Public School
Greenway
689
$371,371.00
$571,870.00
$2,345,356.00
Blacktown West Public School
Greenway
379
$204,281.00
$314,570.00
$1,290,116.00
Caddies Creek Public School
Greenway
216
$116,424.00
$179,280.00
$735,264.00
Hambledon Public School
Greenway
551
$296,989.00
$457,330.00
$1,875,604.00
Kings Langley Public School
Greenway
593
$319,627.00
$492,190.00
$2,018,572.00
Lalor Park Public School
Greenway
234
$126,126.00
$194,220.00
$796,536.00
Lynwood Park Public School
Greenway
209
$112,651.00
$173,470.00
$711,436.00
Marayong Heights Public School
Greenway
248
$133,672.00
$205,840.00
$844,192.00
Marayong Public School
Greenway
654
$352,506.00
$542,820.00
$2,226,216.00
Marsden Park Public School
Greenway
91
$49,049.00
$75,530.00
$309,764.00
Metella Road Public School
Greenway
552
$297,528.00
$458,160.00
$1,879,008.00
Mitchell High School
Greenway
957
$768,471.00
$1,051,743.00
$4,314,156.00
Parklea Public School
Greenway
534
$287,826.00
$443,220.00
$1,817,736.00
Quakers Hill East Public School
Greenway
487
$262,493.00
$404,210.00
$1,657,748.00
Quakers Hill High School
Greenway
918
$737,154.00
$1,008,882.00
$4,138,344.00
Quakers Hill Public School
Greenway
620
$334,180.00
$514,600.00
$2,110,480.00
Riverstone High School
Greenway
425
$341,275.00
$467,075.00
$1,915,900.00
Riverstone Public School
Greenway
374
$201,586.00
$310,420.00
$1,273,096.00
Schofields Public School
Greenway
334
$180,026.00
$277,220.00
$1,136,936.00
Seven Hills High School
Greenway
442
$354,926.00
$485,758.00
$1,992,536.00
Seven Hills North Public School
Greenway
174
$93,786.00
$144,420.00
$592,296.00
Seven Hills Public School
Greenway
180
$97,020.00
$149,400.00
$612,720.00
Seven Hills West Public School
Greenway
384
$206,976.00
$318,720.00
$1,307,136.00
Shelley Public School
Greenway
558
$300,762.00
$463,140.00
$1,899,432.00
The Hills Sports High School
Greenway
614
$493,042.00
$674,786.00
$2,767,912.00
The Meadows Public School
Greenway
236
$127,204.00
$195,880.00
$803,344.00
Vardys Road Public School
Greenway
488
$263,032.00
$405,040.00
$1,661,152.00
Vineyard Public School
Greenway
63
$33,957.00
$52,290.00
$214,452.00
William Dean Public School
Greenway
333
$179,487.00
$276,390.00
$1,133,532.00
Wyndham College
Greenway
531
$426,393.00
$583,569.00
$2,393,748.00

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