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Registration/Re-registration

The School Education Act 1999 recognises the right of parents to choose to educate their children in schools other than those conducted by the State. Nevertheless, the State Government has a responsibility to safeguard the basic interests of the young and the wider community. This responsibility is exercised through State supervision of the operation of all schools to ensure that reasonable educational standards are observed.

In order to be registered under the Act, non-government schools must demonstrate that their educational program, premises, resources, qualifications of teaching staff, management practices, and so on, meet acceptable standards.

Registration is a pre-requisite to the provision of funding and other support services provided by the State and Commonwealth Governments. Non-government schools can be registered for periods of between one and seven years. Once registered, schools must periodically apply to have their registration renewed.

Details of the standards that non-government schools must satisfy in order to be registered under the Act, the procedures to be followed for the registration or re-registration of non-government schools and the relevant application forms can be accessed using the following links.

Standards and other requirements (pdf 240k)
Main changes for noting in the above revised document (pdf 12k)
Procedures for establishing and registering non-government schools (pdf 74k)
     Application forms