Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION ACT 2013 - SECT 43

  (1)   The following table sets out definitions of kinds of schools based on size.

 

Definitions of kinds of schools based on size
Item	Column 1 A school is this kind of school for a year ...	Column 2 if the school has this number of students at the school for the year ...
1	a very small school	less than the school's maximum lower limit.
2	a small school	(a) more than or equal to the school's maximum lower limit; and (b) less than or equal to the school's maximum upper limit.
3	a medium - sized school	(a) more than the school's maximum upper limit; and (b) less than the school's zero lower limit.
4	a large school	more than or equal to the school's zero lower limit.

Note:   The maximum upper and lower limits are the numbers of students required for a school to be entitled to the maximum size loading. The zero lower limit is the number of students at or above which a school is not entitled to any size loading.

  (2)   A school's maximum lower limit is:

  (a)   for a primary school:

  (i)   15; or

  (ii)   if the regulations prescribe another number as the maximum lower limit for a primary school--that number; and

  (b)   for a secondary school:

  (i)   100; or

  (ii)   if the regulations prescribe another number as the maximum lower limit for a secondary school--that number; and

  (c)   for a combined school for a year--the amount worked out using the following formula:

Note:   The primary percentage and secondary percentage are defined in section   45.

  (3)   A school's maximum upper limit is:

  (a)   for a primary school:

  (i)   200; or

  (ii)   if the regulations prescribe another number as the maximum upper limit for a primary school--that number; and

  (b)   for a secondary school:

  (i)   500; or

  (ii)   if the regulations prescribe another number as the maximum upper limit for a secondary school--that number; and

  (c)   for a combined school for a year--the amount worked out using the following formula:

  (4)   A school's zero lower limit is:

  (a)   for a primary school:

  (i)   300; or

  (ii)   if the regulations prescribe another number as the zero lower limit for a primary school--that number; and

  (b)   for a secondary school:

  (i)   700; or

  (ii)   if the regulations prescribe another number as the zero lower limit for a secondary school--that number; and

  (c)   for a combined school for a year--the amount worked out using the following formula: