Public Savings from Non-Public Schools

The debate on school funding is too often presented as a zero-sum game between different schools. The fundamentals of the mixed model of school provision remain strong.

• Parents value choice and the Australian taxpayer is much better off when non-government schools receive public funding.
• This report calculates these savings for all Australian non-government schools, both Catholic and Independent, for the year 2023.
• It shows that if all government and non-government schools received their full funding entitlement under the Australian Education Act 2013 – savings to taxpayers would be $6.31 billion each year.