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WQ.445/2023
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR CHILDREN AND EDUCATION
BY DEPUTY M.B. ANDREWS OF ST. HELIER NORTH
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 13th NOVEMBER 2023 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2023
Question
“Regarding the funding of all Jersey schools, will the Minister –
- detail the percentage breakdown between private and Government funding at each school; and
- provide her assessment of the extent to which private investment in education could affect educational equality and outcomes?”
Answer
- The table below shows the percentage breakdown by school between government funding and the schools’ other income sources, split between school fees and all other sources. School fees are a type of fee for service. Government schools are not structured as businesses with private investors.
2023 Full Year Budget/Income target
% other income
% private % Category School (sales,hire, rentals,
school fees government recharges)
Fee Paying Provided Schools Jersey College for Girls & Prep 68% 6% 26% Victoria College and Prep 71% 1% 28%
Fee Paying Provided Schools Total 69% 4% 27% Primary Education Bel Royal School 0% 0% 100% d'Auvergne School 0% 4% 96%
First Tower School 0% 1% 99% Grands Vaux School 0% 0% 100%
Grouville School 0% 1% 99% Janvrin School 0% 3% 97%
La Moye School 0% 1% 99% Les Landes School 0% 1% 99%
Mont Nicolle School 0% 0% 100% Plat Douet School 0% 1% 99%
Rouge Bouillon School 0% 0% 100% Samares School 0% 2% 98%
Springfield School 0% 4% 96% St Clement School 0% 1% 99%
St John School 0% 1% 99% St Lawrence School 0% 1% 99%
St Luke School 0% 1% 99% St Martin School 0% 2% 98%
St Mary School 0% 1% 99% St Peter School 0% 1% 99%
St Saviour School 0% 1% 99% Trinity School 0% 1% 99%
Primary Education Total 0% 1% 99% Secondary Education Grainville Secondary Sch 0% 0% 100% Haute Vallée School 0% 2% 98%
Hautlieu School 0% 0% 100% Le Rocquier School 0% 0% 100%
Les Quennevais School 0% 1% 99% Secondary Education Total 0% 1% 99% Schools Total 14% 2% 84%
Grant payments through Service Level Agreements have also been made to private schools in 2023. These total £4,459,837 and relate to De La Salle £1,857,798, Beaulieu £2,341,460 and FCJ £260,579.
- The contribution of private monies to the costs of education, as it relates to Government fee- paying and grant funded schools, is principally through the payment of fees by parents. It results in a higher total budget than would be afforded the school if it were a fully provided school. Whilst increased funding levels and improved educational outcomes are not considered causative, there is a correlation between these two variables. It is also important to note many other variables affect outcomes e.g. academic selection, selection by gender and so on.
Circa 32% of children attend government provided and non-provided fee-paying schools in Jersey. Increased fees could potentially increase income, but there is a risk that they become unaffordable for some parents which would create transfers to non-fee-paying schools where government costs per child are higher.