Almost half of private school parents would consider switching to a better funded public system, survey finds

The proportion of Australian students enrolled in government schools dropped from just over 68% in 2002 to 64.5% last year. Photograph: Lbeddoe/Alamy

Almost half of all parents with children in Australia’s private schools would consider moving them to the public system if it were better resourced, a new survey shows.

The Lonergan Research survey, commissioned by the Greens, polled more than 1,000 parents nationally with children enrolled from kindergarten to year 12.