Notice information
- Topic
- School registration
Official notice
Non-Government School Registration Applications due by 31 March 2025
Applications from individual non-government schools and registration systems on behalf of member schools are due by Monday 31 March 2025.
- Effective
- Immediately
- Reference
- NESA 36/24
Who needs to read this?
- Principals and proprietors of non-government schools
- Representatives of systems of non-government schools
- Proprietors of proposed non-government schools
Applications are due by Monday 31 March 2025 for non-government schools seeking:
- renewal of registration/accreditation expiring at the end of 2025
- renewal of exemption from registration expiring at the end of 2025
- initial registration/accreditation of a school or new Year(s) of schooling beginning in 2026
- to add boarding or distance education to the school’s operation for the first time in 2026.
Registration/accreditation renewal
Individual non-government schools
Over the coming few weeks, NESA Inspectors will contact schools to discuss the 2025 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 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 2024 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 2024. To register your interest in attending the briefing, please email the School Registration Unit at schoolrego@nesa.nsw.edu.au.
Registration manuals
The requirements for registration and accreditation are detailed in the NSW Registered and Accredited Individual Non-government Schools Manual (September 2023) and the NSW Registration Systems and Member Non-government Schools Manual (September 2023).
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