It is increasingly common for Australian children to live in a different house from one of their parents. About 28% of children under 14 have separated parents.
While most children are born into a two-parent family, the proportion of children living in a one-parent or step-family increases each year with a child’s age.
This means information about children’s schooling often needs to go to more than one household. However, this information is not always communicated clearly or reliably between schools and parents, and between separated parents themselves.
