Non-Government School Registration Applications due by 31 March 2024

Applications are due by Sunday 31 March 2024 for non-government schools seeking:

• renewal of registration/accreditation expiring at the end of 2024
• renewal of exemption from registration expiring at the end of 2024
• initial registration/accreditation of a school or new Year(s) of schooling beginning in 2025
• to add boarding or distance education to the school’s operation for the first time in 2025.

Registration/accreditation renewal

Individual non-government schools

Over the coming few weeks, NESA Inspectors will contact schools to discuss the 2024 renewal process and provide information about the online renewal application form to be completed and submitted.

Schools intending to add new Year(s) of schooling, boarding and/or distance education will be able to apply in the school’s renewal application form.

Registration Systems’ member non-government schools

Registration Systems will submit online renewal application forms on behalf of member schools.

Expanding school operations

For schools not renewing registration/accreditation but intending to apply for initial registration/accreditation of new Year(s) of schooling or add boarding or distance education for the first time, an online application form will be available for schools by the end of 2023 in their RANGS Online account.

Proposed new schools

An online application form will be made available through a RANGS Online account following NESA’s New School Briefing day in November 2023. To register your interest, please call Regulation of Schooling on (02) 9367 8866.

Amended registration manuals

In September 2023, NESA published amended registration manuals for schools with support materials. Read about the review and school registration reform.

The requirements for registration and accreditation are detailed in the NSW Registered and Accredited Individual Non-government Schools Manual (PDF 896.22KB)(September 2023) and the NSW Registration Systems and Member Non-government Schools Manual (PDF 956.13KB) (September 2023).

The amended manuals take effect from 1 January 2024.

Applications submitted to NESA seeking initial registration/accreditation, or to add boarding or distance education to the school’s operation from 2025 must comply with the Manual (September 2023) requirements.

For help accessing RANGS Online, please call Regulation of Schooling on (02) 9367 8866.

For more information, contact:
Brooke Prideaux
Senior Inspector, School Registration Unit
brooke.prideaux@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8872