BOS 18/08 (Vol 17 No 1)

The Board of Studies has approved a revised annual program for monitoring the compliance of non-government schools with the registration requirements.

In addition to the current arrangements for school inspections at the time of renewal of registration, the revised process involves two forms of monitoring. The first part of the process involves the selection of a smaller number of schools per year for monitoring by full inspection. Secondly, up to 12 individual and systemic schools will be selected at random. These will be monitored against a small sample of registration requirements. The revised annual program of monitoring will commence in 2008.

In 2008, schools selected for full inspection will be advised in February and contacted regarding a date for the inspection visit.

Schools selected for random monitoring during 2008 will be advised of their selection one month prior to the visit and informed of the particular registration requirements to be monitored one week prior to the visit. Schools that were part of the registration process the previous year, or are scheduled for renewal of registration in the current year, will not be selected for this aspect of the Board's monitoring program.

For more information, contact:
Paul Hewitt
Head, Registration and Accreditation,
paul.hewitt@bos.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8313