National Report on Schooling in Australia (ANR) – January 2025 release
22 January 2025 Five sections of the National Report on Schooling in Australia have been updated with the latest information.
The January 2025 release highlights progress against nationally agreed policy initiatives by Australia’s school education sector in the areas of:
- student attendance (2024)
- student attainment (2024)
- school students with disability (2024)
- participation in education, training and work (2024)
- Vocational Education and Training (2023)
Some of the highlights include:
- The school attendance rates from Years 1-10 across all states and territories and school sectors in 2024 was 88.3%, down slightly from 88.6% in 2023.
- The percentage of students with above 90 per cent attendance was 59.8% in 2024, down from 61.6% in 2023.
- Student attendance rates and attendance levels have not returned to their pre-COVID levels. In 2019, national attendance rates were 91.4% and attendance levels 73.1%.
- In 2024, 1,062,638 school students across Australia received an educational adjustment due to disability. This represents 25.7% of total enrolments, up from 24.2% in 2023 and 18.0% in 2015.
- In 2023, 26.8% of 15-19-year-olds completed at least one unit of competency at AQF Certificate II or above, up from 26.3% in 2022.
- Since 2014, the proportion of 20–24-year-olds who had attained at least Year 12 or AQF Certificate II or above has risen from 86.1% to 90.7%.
- The proportion of 17–24-year-olds who had left school and were fully engaged in education, training or work was 73.1%, down from 75.4% in 2023.
The full 2023 report will be released in February 2025.