2017 Amendments to Non-government School Registration Manuals

The Registered and Accredited Individual Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual and the Registration Systems and Member Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual have been amended with regard to the new registration requirement for financial viability.

The amendments provide further guidance for schools and identify the evidence to be provided at the time of making an application for initial or renewed registration based on a NESA risk assessment approach.

The amended Manuals reference the NESA registration website (RANGS) where supplementary materials are available. These include:

• a NESA Financial Viability Framework
• templates for a certification or warrant of a school’s financial viability by a NESA approved body or person
• an overview of the NESA risk assessment approach for financial viability including risk categories and the associated evidence required with regard to financial viability.

The amendments apply to section 3.9.4 of the Manual for individual non-government schools and section 5.9.4 of the Manual for systemic non-government schools.

The amended Manuals take effect with the publication of this Official Notice.

Please note that the web versions of the Manuals are the most up-to-date Manuals at any time.

Tracked changes of the amended Manuals are available in the Reference Documents section of the RANGS website.

The following support materials are also available:

• Proformas for Document Audits for Individual Schools
• Proformas for Document Audits for System Member Schools.

For more information, contact:
Anita Yates
Senior Board Inspector, School Registration and Accreditation Standards
anita.yates@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8214