‘Massive underfunding’ blamed as students enrolled in Australian public schools falls to new low

Enrolments in private schools in Australia grew at more than six times the rate of government-funded schools over the past 10 years. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

In Sharryn Brownlee’s experience, it’s when their kids reach the final years of primary school that a lot of parents start to ask one another the same question.

“Where are you going to send your kids to high school? Public or private?” she said.