Schools, Year 7 Reform

769 Mr BOYER (Wright) (27 August 2021). As a result of moving year 7 into high school: how many primary schools in metropolitan Adelaide and how many primary schools in regional South Australia would have less than 30 students at the start of 2022?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education): I have been advised of the following:

Current departmental forecasts indicate that around 30 primary schools and one area school in regional South Australia are likely to have fewer than 30 students at the beginning of 2022, compared with 24 schools in 2021.

It should be noted that one of the schools with fewer than 30 students in 2021 is forecast to increase in size to more than 30 students next year, and that not all fluctuations are exclusively related to the move of Year 7 to high school.

No primary schools in the Adelaide metropolitan area are forecast to have enrolments of fewer than thirty students at the beginning of 2022.