Enrolment of LBOTE students in NSW government schools by SA4 groupings (2013-2024)

Brief description

**Data Notes:**

* LBOTE and total (headcount) enrolment figures are collected in March of each year. Most other collections use enrolment data that are collected as part of the Mid Year Census in August.\t\t\t\t\t

* The number of LBOTE students enrolled in SSPs are not broken down for each SA4 grouping. These students are, however, included in the Totals for each SA4 Group.
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* Primary students in mainstream support classes are included in Year 3 to 6.

* Secondary students in mainstream support classes are included in Year 7 to 10.

* Historical publications of the Statistical Bulletin compared enrolments in DoE regions. Since 2014 these geographies have been discontinued and replaced with a geographical structure based on the new ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Groups of ASGS Statistical Area 4 (SA4) boundaries in New South Wales have been combined into 11 groups for reporting and publication of department data.

* For more detailed analysis of students of language background other than English, please refer to [Schools: Language diversity in NSW](https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-education-schools-language-diversity-in-nsw).

* As of 2022, Norfolk Island (previously included in NSW total) is no longer under the jurisdiction of NSW, and therefore not included in the figures.

**Data Source:**

* [Schools: language diversity in NSW (1998-2024)](https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-education-schools-language-diversity-in-nsw "Schools: language diversity in NSW"). Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.