~3.3%

of NSW Catholic School students are Indigenous.

8,479

Indigenous students in NSW Catholic Schools

106

Indigenous teaching staff in NSW Catholic Schools

252

Indigenous non-teaching staff (2.8% of total)

You are part of Australia and Australia is a part of you. And the Church herself in Australia will not be fully the Church that Jesus wants her to be until you  have made your contribution to her life and until that contribution has been joyfully received by others.
– St John Paull II, ‘Address to the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders‘, Alice Spring, Australia, 29 November 1986

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Oct 04, 2023

Response to Disability Royal Commission report

Catholic Schools NSW supports the fundamental and universal right of all children to an education. Catholic education supports families in educating their children across a range of settings, including mainstream schools, support classes within mainstream schools and specialist settings. Catholic...
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Sep 07, 2023

Discussion Paper: Patterns and Developments in Single-Sex Schools

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Sep 06, 2023

2023 Annual Report: Aboriginal Education Outcomes in NSW Catholic Schools

Download the 2023 Annual Report: Aboriginal Education Outcomes in NSW Catholic Schools. 
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