More than 700 regional NSW schools ineligible for rural incentive scheme intended to attract staff

Some schools in suburban Sydney receive more incentive points than their regional counterparts

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Gilgandra high school regularly has sheep in the back paddock and is situated in a town of just 4,000 people surrounded by open plains and farmland – but it is not considered rural by the New South Wales education department.

It is one of 735 schools outside greater Sydney that are ineligible for rural and remote school incentives.

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