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Private schools may be forced to open up their multimillion-dollar facilities
The plan aims to ensure facilities can be used by all students of any school
Shared access to sports fields, pools, gyms, theatres and libraries are planned

Published: 03:41 EST, 17 November 2018 | Updated: 03:47 EST, 17 November 2018

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Private schools could be forced to share their multimillion-dollar facilities with public school students under a radical new plan.

The proposal - pushed by Education Minister Rob Stokes - encourages Australia's most prestigious schools to open up their sports and arts facilities to ensure the best facilities can be used by all students regardless of their school.

Access to playing fields, swimming pools and gyms, along with theatres and libraries would be under the new proposal and may require tweaking the Education Act to come into effect.

Private schools may be forced to share their multimillion-dollar facilities with public school students under a radical new plan. Pictured: A playing field at Sydney's Kambala school

Access to playing fields, swimming pools (Knox Grammar School pool is pictured) and gyms would be under the new proposal and may require tweaking the Education Act

The proposal encourages Australia's most prestigious schools to open up facilities, such as this library (pictured) in Ravenswood School for Girls

'There are a couple of regulatory hurdles that we need to overcome,' Mr Stokes told The Saturday Telegraph.

Current regulations prevent private schools receiving government money to recover the costs of opening their facilities.

Education Minister Rob Stokes (above) is pushing for the new proposal

'The challenge then if they're getting small amounts of money to clean halls and so forth, after a community group has used it, is whether that offends those not-for-profit provisions — we're working through that.'

Some of the nations top private schools charge fees of up to $40,000 a year, with many fee-paying parents unwilling to back the proposal.

However, Mr Stokes said the pay-off for private schools was in community goodwill when they wanted to expand.

'I know one of the challenges private schools have in developing their facilities have is that the surrounding communities can often object on the basis that they say, well we're getting the extra traffic, where is the benefit for us?, he said.

Association of Independent Schools of NSW CEO Dr Geoff Newcombe said the notion that all private schools had lavish stereotypes was 'a stereotype'. Pictured: Knox Grammar School

Current regulations prevent private schools receiving government money to recover the costs of opening their facilities. Ravenswood School for Girls boats a state of the art theatre (above)

Some of the nations top private schools (such as The King's School in Parramatta, pictured) charge fees of up to $40,000 a year, with many fee-paying parents unwilling to back the proposal

'By opening these facilities up and sharing them with the community, that means the community is much more likely to be open to expansion if there is a wider social benefit.'

Association of Independent Schools of NSW CEO Dr Geoff Newcombe said some schools have already made their facilities available and not all independent schools had 'lavish' facilities.

'On average, more than 90 per cent of the cost of capital works in independent schools is met by parents, fundraising and donations, with this figure at 100 per cent for most higher SES schools,' he said.

Instead, he said the notion that all private schools had lavish stereotypes was 'a stereotype' and noted that most school facilities were not markedly different to other schools nearby.

NSW P&C President Susie Boyd said she would welcome the change in private schools being opened up to public students, adding if private schools refused to open up to their community, they should be denied further funding.

The government's school infrastructure plan specifically looks at encouraging more joint-use projects, Mr Stokes said.

The government's school infrastructure plan specifically looks at encouraging more joint-use projects. Students from The King's School enjoy extracurricular activities such as rowing (pictured)

NSW P&C President Susie Boyd said she would welcome the change in private schools being opened up to public students. Queenwood School for Girls (pictured) is a prominent private school in Sydney's North Shore