Parents and Friends senior vice-president Jenny Eddington said the concerns had been with the School Viability Reference Group's report due to be handed to Education Minister Nick McKim on Tuesday.

``We're not hearing from (P&F) groups, mainly because it's still holidays, but we are aware that particularly small rural schools are starting to feel they're going to be pressured again,'' Ms Eddington said.

``Particularly those schools that were named on the list last time.''

Ms Eddington said it was a matter of waiting to see the final report and how Mr McKim responded before action could be taken.

Reference group chairman Royce Fairbrother said yesterday the report would be delivered to Mr McKim on Tuesday. He would not comment on whether student numbers would be the basis for a school closing.

It is believed all members of the group signed a confidentiality agreement at the start of the process.

The report is expected to give Mr McKim, who is due back at work on Monday after a month's leave, an understanding of the viability issues faced by all government schools.

The viability group was formed after last year's aborted attempt to close schools through a hit-list of 20 earmarked for closure.

Acting Education Minister Brian Wightman said it would be irresponsible to speculate about what may be in the report but acknowledged that government schools had lost more than 3000 students in four years and this had cost the government $4 million a year in federal funding.