Surely this doesn’t come as a surprise.

Leaked documents seen exclusively by the ABC suggest hundreds of NSW Catholic schools are missing out under a scheme that will have diverted more than $300 million in public funding from the system’s poorer to richer primary schools by 2023.

Administered by Catholic school authorities and approved by the state’s bishops, the scheme aims to keep fees low for families in wealthy parts of Sydney, according to the documents. 

It comes at a hefty cost for low- and middle-income families in the system, who are asked to pay much higher fees to make up the shortfall.