The median threshold previously used under the SFO for equity no longer exists. All students identified with high needs will be provided with funding. How will Social Disadvantage be identified? The level of Social Disadvantage is measured through the student’s Student Family Occupation and Education (SFOE), which is a combination of their SFO and SFE categories. The matrix below in Table 1 depicts the possible SFOE categories a student may have. These categories are used to determine which students come from disadvantaged backgrounds and the Social Disadvantage loading they would attract. There are two levels of Social Disadvantage loadings available, depending on the student’s level of need: Level 1: For students with parents who are unemployed with below diploma level education or have lower skilled jobs with very low or low education Level 2: For students with parents who have various combinations of medium and low skilled jobs and education levels, or are unemployed with a diploma level education 1 Education Category SFO CATEGORY B C D N ​ Yr 9 or 0 0 0 ​ ​ SFE Yr 10 or equivalent 0 0 ​ ​ ​ SFE Yr 11 or equivalent 1 ​ ​ ​ SFE Yr 12 or equivalent 2 1 ​ ​ ​ ​ SFE Certificate I to IV 2 1 SFE Advanced Dip/Diploma 2 SFE Bachelor degree or above 0​ Not Stated/Unknown 0​ The density of need according to each school’s new SFOE will further weight the Social Disadvantage loadings. To calculate the SFO index, the parent’s occupation is categorised and weighted according to the categories found in Table below. Data regarding occupational categories is collected each year as part of the August census. Table Category Occupation Grouping Weighting A Senior management in business organisation, government 0.00 administration and defence, and qualified professionals Other business managers, arts/media/sports persons and associate 0.25 professionals skilled office, sales and service staff 0.50
The median threshold previously used under the SFO for equity no longer exists. All students identified with high needs will be provided with funding. How will Social Disadvantage be identified? The level of Social Disadvantage is measured through the student’s Student Family Occupation and Education (SFOE), which is a combination of their SFO and SFE categories. The matrix below in Table 1 depicts the possible SFOE categories a student may have. These categories are used to determine which students come from disadvantaged backgrounds and the Social Disadvantage loading they would attract. There are two levels of Social Disadvantage loadings available, depending on the student’s level of need: Level 1: For students with parents who are unemployed with below diploma level education or have lower skilled jobs with very low or low education Level 2: For students with parents who have various combinations of medium and low skilled jobs and education levels, or are unemployed with a diploma level education 1 Education Category SFO CATEGORY ​ Yr 9 or Yr 10 or equivalent Yr 11 or equivalent Yr 12 or equivalent Certificate I to IV Advanced Dip/Diploma Bachelor degree or above 0​ Not Stated/Unknown 0​ The density of need according to each school’s new SFOE will further weight the Social Disadvantage loadings. To calculate the SFO index, the parent’s occupation is categorised and weighted according to the categories found in Table 2 below. Data regarding occupational categories is collected each year as part of the August census. Table 2 Category Occupation Grouping Weighting A Senior management in business organisation, government administration and defence, and qualified professionals 0.00 B Other business managers, arts/media/sports persons and associate professionals 0.25 C skilled office, sales and service staff 0.50 D N SFE SFE SFE SFE SFE 2 SFE 1 1 1 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0 0 0 0
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