Update from the Sturt Review Committee

Thank you for your interest in the Sturt Review Committee's work. We have appreciated the enormous thought and effort that many of you have made in making submissions to the Review.

We have received over 300 submissions to the Review with the vast, vast majority highly supportive of Sturt’s role and many with extremely engaging ideas about its future. We would confirm that submissions to the Review are confidential to the Review Committee.

Our hard-working panel of Liz Williamson, Brian Parkes, Peter Roach and Sally Gordon have interviewed over 60 people as well as a large number of individual conversations and consultations. 

We are now working on an Interim Executive Summary to be presented to the Board of Governors of Winifred West Schools in early July with some options for the way forward. That discussion will enable a preferred pathway to be explored in more detailed form such as a Business Plan and transition process. Stage Two of the Report should then be completed by late August.

We, of course, will keep the details of these options confidential. The most important issue is the future viability of Sturt. This future goal must be paramount despite what we acknowledge is a frustrating process for many. While the Review Panel is well informed about the history, including recent events at Sturt, it is important we focus on our goal - a positive future for Sturt and a positive outcome for all key stakeholders.

Thank you again for your passion and interest in this important Australian institution.

Jenny