The school, along with several others across the Tenterfield shire, will benefit from the state-wide $97 million Gonski funding announced last Thursday by NSW Premier Mike Baird and Education Minister Adrian Piccoli.

The funding will be part of $664 million delivered to schools in 2015 through the needs-based Resource Allocation Model (RAM), which allocates funding according to the background of students at each school.

The school will receive $416,100 to utilise as it pleases with principals in charge of dispersing the funds where they see fit. The funding is to improve education outcomes based on five criteria, including students from low socio-economic backgrounds, students with low-level disability, students who are developing English language proficiency, students from Aboriginal backgrounds and students from remote and isolated school communities.

The initiative also takes into account three measures relating to a child's parents - their highest level of school education, non-school qualifications and their occupation.

Tenterfield High School will receive $291,629 - a $33,000 increase on last year’s loading. Mingoola will get $25,958; Urbenville $44,057; Jennings $58,248; Deepwater $49,004 and Drake will see a $21,000 increase to receive $109,993. 

Member for Northern Tablelands said schools within his electorate would benefit from a substantial increase next year “with more to come”.

“It’s what NSW public schools have wanted – a significant increase in funding guaranteed into the future, with the greatest benefits flowing to schools and students with the greatest need.

“The core of the Government’s Local Schools, Local Decisions reforms is to put decision-making about students and school communities with the people who know them best – the principals, school staff and parents.

“The distribution of funds on a needs basis under the RAM gives them exactly that opportunity,” Mr Marshall said.