National Partnerships
LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS (SES) SCHOOL COMMUNITIES

OVERVIEW

The National Partnership Agreement on Low Socio-Economic Status School Communities provides a suite of school and broader reforms designed to transform the way schooling takes place in participating schools and address the complex and interconnected challenges facing students in disadvantaged communities.

It aims to improve the engagement, wellbeing and educational attainment of students in participating schools, make inroads into entrenched disadvantage (including in Indigenous communities), contribute to broader social and economic objectives and improve understanding about effective intervention that can be implemented beyond the schools participating in this Agreement.

A particular issue facing Western Australian school sectors is the concentration of low SES school communities in the Kimberley region and other remote and very remote areas. These schools have predominantly Indigenous populations. The targeted response and strong regional and cross-sectoral focus provides a broad cohesive approach to address the needs of Indigenous children in this State.

Australian Government funding, together with State co-investment, will support implementation, monitoring, reporting and agreed evaluation of these reforms.

.