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High School for CoburgSurvey Report 2009
Prepared by Communications, Research & Citizens Service Branch, Moreland City Council October 2009For further information please contact:Catherine Hall 03 9354 3053 or Morena Milani 03 9025 0839, High School for Coburg or visit
Robyn Mitchell, Senior Research Officer, Moreland City Council, 03 9240 2365
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High School for Coburg Online Survey Report 2009 2
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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The majority of survey respondents were either from Coburg or Coburg North.Nearly half of all respondents (49.4%) were from Coburg, while a further 22.6%resided in Coburg North.
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More than half of all respondents (55.9%) had two children. 20% of respondents had one child, while a further 19.6% had three children and 3.4%had four children. This gives an estimate of approximately 556 children.However, 21 children are aged 15 years and older, which gives a total of approximately 535 school age children.
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81% of the eldest children are aged 10 years or younger, while only 8% of eldestchildren are aged 15 years or older.
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93.6% of youngest children are aged 10 years or younger, with nearly three-quarters of youngest children (74%) aged 6 years or younger.
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87.7% of eldest children are currently in Grade 6 or below. 10.7% of eldestchildren are currently at high school, with 1.6% no longer at school or engagedin tertiary education.
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In contrast, 99% of youngest children are currently in Grade 6 or below, whileonly 1% of youngest children are currently at high school.
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100% of respondents rated the quality of teaching as ‘vital’ or ‘important’, with87.8% rating it as ‘vital. The range of subjects on offer was also a major factorwith 98% of respondents rating this factor as ‘vital’ or ‘important’.
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When asked whether they would send one or more of their children to qualityall-years secondary school in Coburg if one existed, 96% of respondents saidyes.
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Just over half of all respondents (53%) stated that they were considering movingto improve their child’s options for a high school.
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In an open-ended question, respondents were asked to identify the problemsassociated with their current choices of high school. The main themes thatemerged related to the distance of available schools to the Coburg community,the lack of quality options, zoning issues with existing options, the lack of available places at local quality schools (most notably Brunswick SecondaryCollege and Strathmore Secondary College) and the poor co-educational optionsavailable.
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High School for Coburg Survey Report October 2009
This survey was designed to establish parental attitudes and intentions regarding current secondary education options available to the greater Coburg community (which encompasse...
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