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Macksville High School

Macksville High School

Respect - Honesty - Pride - Teamwork

Telephone02 6568 1066

Emailmacksville-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

2012 Priority Schools Program Survey Information

 

To continue to provide wonderful opportunities for our students, Macksville High School will be applying to be part of the Priority Schools Program (PSP) funding program in 2012. A new list of Priority Schools is identified every four years by a voluntary survey to families. The next survey of families will occur in March 2012 for the next funding period, 2013 to 2016.

 

Only approximately 500 schools across the state will receive PSP funding. We believe it is critical that we do all we can to provide complete information about our community, so that our school has the best chance of being included to receive the substantial benefits that this increase in funding and staffing can provide.

 

Schools will be selected for the next four year period on the basis of a state wide parent survey that will be conducted during the week of 5 March to 9 March 2012. This survey will identify which schools will receive PSP support from 2013 to 2016.

 

In our school, parents and carers with children in Years 7, 8 & 9 will be asked to complete a confidential one page survey. The survey is quite easy to fill in and we need every family to complete it if we are to provide accurate information about our community.

 

Some points to remember are:

  • the survey is absolutely confidential
  • you should answer every question as accurately as possible such as, talk about your current employment and not how you have been employed  in the past
  • if you have questions about the survey don't be afraid to ask
  • those who will benefit most from this program will be your children.

 

Why use a survey:

  • Up-to-date information.
  • Direct information from school families only
  • Confidential and accurate
  • Strong date – over 90% response rate
  • Rigorous, high level, statistical analysis gives a highly accurate results

 

More information will be provided on a regular basis, leading up to

survey week.

 

 

Further information

Lynette Howle

Community Engagement Officer/PSP Survey Coordinator

(02)65681066

lynette.howle@det.nsw.edu.au