Non-government schools in Australia are continuing to grow, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show. By Antonia Maiolo. While government schools remained the largest provider of school education, non-government schools had the largest proportional increase of 1.8 per cent which ...

Non-government school leaders are worried about the redirection of funding, saying it tips the scales too far to government schools. After a long and costly two-year process of research, analysis and consultations with key stakeholders across Australia, the education sector ...

Opposition education spokesman Christopher Pyne said last week if Labor did anything to undermine non-government school funding "we will dismantle (it)". Mr Pyne wants the government to extend the existing school funding model for two years. It's due to expire at the end of 2013. School education parliamentary ...