Table 1 / Administrative Arrangements Order (No. 2) 2015 / 14
Figure 1 / Department of Education and Training organisational structure (as at 30 June 2015) / 15
Figure 2 / Department of Education and Training governance committee structure, 2014–15 / 17
Table 2 / Financial snapshot / 22
Figure 3 / Income, 2014–15 / 22
Figure 4 / Expenses, 2014–15 / 23
Figure 5 / Average cost per student in state schools / 23
Figure 6 / Value of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets / 24
Table 3 / Service standards – Early childhood education and care / 26
Table 4 / Service standards – School education / 33
Table 5 / Number of full-time students in Queensland state schools / 36
Table 6 / Queensland state school attendance rates by region / 36
Table 7 / Proportion of Queensland state school students by attendance rate range / 37
Figure 7 / National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy National Assessment Scale / 38
Figure 8 / NAPLAN 2008/2012–15 Reading comparative data: Queensland state school, Queensland and Australia / 39
Figure 9 / NAPLAN 2012-15 Persuasive Writing comparative data: Queensland state school, Queensland and Australia / 40
Figure 10 / NAPLAN 2008/2012-15 Numeracy comparative data: Queensland state school, Queensland and Australia / 40
Figure 11 / NAPLAN 2008/2012–14 Reading comparative data: Queensland state schools Indigenous Students, all Queensland Indigenous and all Australian Indigenous / 42
Figure 12 / NAPLAN 2011–2014 Persuasive Writing comparative data: Queensland state schools Indigenous students, all Queensland Indigenous and all Australian Indigenous / 42
Figure 13 / NAPLAN 2008/2011–14 Numeracy comparative data: Queensland state schools Indigenous students, all Queensland Indigenous and all Australian Indigenous / 43
Figure 14 / NAPLAN 2008/2011–2014 Reading comparative data: Queensland Indigenous, Australian Indigenous, all Queensland and all Australian students / 43
Figure 15 / NAPLAN 2011–14 Persuasive Writing comparative data: Queensland Indigenous, Australian Indigenous, all Queensland and all Australian students / 44
Figure 16 / NAPLAN 2008/2011–14 Numeracy comparative data: Queensland Indigenous, Australian Indigenous, all Queensland and all Australian students / 44
Figure 17 / Apparent retention rates of Queensland and Australian students in Years 10 to12, 2009–2014 / 46
Figure 18 / Apparent retention rates for Indigenous students in Years 10 to 12 in Queensland and Australia, 2009–2014 / 47
Figure 19 / Number of school-based apprenticeship and traineeship commencements / 48
Figure 20 / Number of school-based apprenticeship and traineeship completions / 48
Figure 21 / Proportion of Year 12 Queensland students with a VET qualification / 49
Figure 22 / Proportion of 20- to 24-year-olds having attained Year 12 or equivalent or Certificate II or above / 49
Figure 23 / Number of Indigenous school-based apprenticeship and traineeship commencements / 50
Figure 24 / Number of Indigenous school-based apprenticeship and traineeship completions / 51
Table 8 / Proportion of all Queensland students awarded a Queensland Certificate of Education by the end of Year 12 / 51
Figure 25 / Proportion of Year 12 Queensland OP-eligible or International Baccalaureate students with an OP 1 to 15 or an International Baccalaureate Diploma (state and non-state schools) / 52
Figure 26 / Main destinations of Year 12 completers, Queensland, 2010–14 / 53
Figure 27 / Proportion of students who, six months after completing Year 12, were participating in education, training or employment / 54
Figure 28 / Main destinations of Indigenous Year 12 completers, Queensland, 2010–14 / 55
Table 9 / Summary data – students with disability / 56
Table 10 / Summary data – schools supporting students with disability / 56
Table 11 / Number of students in Queensland non-state schools / 60
Table 12 / School disciplinary absences by reason of absence, 2014 / 62
Table 13 / Summary of directions and orders – Queensland schools / 63
Table 14 / Service standards –Training and skills / 67
Figure 29 / Proportion of 25 to 64 year olds with Certificate III or higher qualifications / 68
Figure 30 / Number of apprentice and trainee commencements / 69
Figure 31 / Number of apprentice and trainee completions / 69
Figure 32 / Publicly-funded Australian Qualifications Framework Certificate I or above qualifications awarded / 71
Table 15 / Total number of VET qualifications awarded – Certificate I or above qualification levels / 71
Figure 33 / Number of Indigenous students in the publicly-funded VET system / 74
Figure 34 / Number of VET qualifications awarded to Indigenous students in Queensland / 74
Figure 35 / Number of Indigenous apprentice and trainee commencements / 75
Figure 36 / Number of Indigenous apprentice and trainee completions / 76
Table 16 / Proportion of Indigenous apprentices and trainees completing all modules/competencies / 76
Table 17 / Proportion of graduates satisfied with the overall quality of their training, 2010–14 / 77
Table 18 / Level of employer satisfaction with nationally-accredited training / 77
Figure 37 / Location of the department’s workforce, 2014–15 / 88
Figure 38 / The department’s age profile, 2014–15 / 89
Figure 39 / Attendance rate for Queensland state school teachers – by age group, 2014–15 / 93
Figure 40 / The rate of WorkCover claims – per 100 FTE / 97
Table 19 / Expenditure on consultancies, 2014-15 / Online
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