GOVERNMENT funding of private schools continues to rise at a much faster rate than funding for public schools, according to an analysis of data published on the government's My School website.

Total government recurrent funding of government schools rose by 2.92 per cent in 2009-10 while funding for non-government schools rose by 7.14 per cent, according to work by Bernie Shepherd, a project officer with the NSW Secondary Principals Council.

The design of the present funding model delivers disproportionate growth in funding to the non-government school sector for infrastructure and teaching costs. Credit:Pat Scala

The federal government supplied more than 80 per cent of the new funding for private schools, but state government funding to privates also rose by 5.32 per cent.

Non-government primary schools were the greatest beneficiaries of the extra funding. Federal funding for public primary schools actually fell by 0.28 per cent. A small increase in state government support meant that total government funding for public primary schools rose by 2.28 per cent.