Advice to non-government schools regarding 2020 annual reports

All non-government schools are required to produce, publicly disclose and submit electronically to NESA a 2020 annual report by 30 June 2021.

Annual reporting requirements are detailed in section 3.10.1 of the Registered and Accredited Individual Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual and section 5.10.1 of the Registration Systems and Member Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual.

Due to the cancellation of NAPLAN testing in 2020, information on student outcomes in standardised national literacy and numeracy testing is not required to be reported in annual reports for the 2020 school year.

NESA’s review of the annual reports submitted in 2020 found that the following areas commonly required improvement:

• trends in student HSC performance (where relevant)
• student attendance rates for each Year level and the whole school
• a summary of the school’s anti-bullying policy
• information on how school policies are publicly disclosed, specifically anti-bullying and discipline policies.

Schools should consider these areas for improvement in finalising their reports for the 2020 school year.

Submission of annual reports is via NESA’s registration website RANGS Online.

If you require assistance in accessing RANGS Online please contact Senior Registration Officer, Bernardine Burnett on (02) 9367 8873.

For more information, contact:
Jason Cheers
Inspector, School Registration and Accreditation
jason.cheers@nesa.nsw.edu.au

(02) 9367 8854