Official notice
School Registration Manuals Update
Schools are now required to explicitly prohibit hate speech in staff and responsible person Codes of Conduct.
- Effective
- Immediately
- Reference
- NESA 5/26
Who needs to read this?
- Representatives of the NSW Department of Education
- Principals and proprietors of non-government schools
- Representatives of systems of non-government schools
- Proprietors of proposed non-government schools
NESA has updated the Registration Manuals for schools.
The changes include:
- requiring Codes of Conduct for all staff and responsible persons to explicitly prohibit hate speech
- adding a hate speech prohibition to the fit and proper requirements for responsible persons.
This change took effect on Tuesday 3 February 2026 following Premier Chris Minns’ announcement making it clear that hate speech has no place in any NSW classroom.
All schools are required to update their documented policies and processes.
The registration requirements are detailed in the:
- NSW Registration Process for the Government Schooling System Manual (February 2026)
- NSW Registered and Accredited Individual Non-government Schools Manual (February 2026)
- NSW Registration Systems and Member Non-government Schools Manual (February 2026).
The changes are reflected in the following sections of the manuals:
- B2.1 and B2.3 – non-government school manuals
- B8.2 – all manuals
- C2.1 – government school manual
- E2.1 – non-government school manuals.
For help accessing RANGS Online, please call Regulation of Schooling on (02) 9367 8866.
For more information, contact:
Brooke Prideaux
Senior Inspector, Regulation of Schooling
brooke.prideaux@nesa.nsw.edu.au
Notice information
- Topic
- School registration
- Stages
- Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten), Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2), Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4), Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6), Stage 4 (Years 7 and 8), Stage 5 (Years 9 and 10), Stage 6 (Years 11 and 12)