The South Australian Government has announced that the planned school amalgamations, outlined in the 2010-11 State Budget, are to proceed.

 

The plan will see co-located junior and primary schools located on 24 sites across the state funded as a single school.

 

State Minister for Education and Child Development Grace Portoesi said the scheme was officialising an already adopted practice.

 

“In visiting a number of these schools it was clear that many already operate as a single school in many respects,” Ms Portolesi said.

 

“These 24 sites are an anomaly within the broader education system and this move brings them in line with the vast majority of our schools which only receive a single administrative grant to support the operation of the school.”

 

To support the transition process, each newly amalgamated school will receive a capital grant to upgrade facilities in the new school to support the new arrangements and in addition each will also receive an additional $100,000 one-off grant to assist in the transition process.