Updated School Registration Manuals

NESA’s registration Manuals have been updated as a result of the introduction of the Children’s Guardian Act 2019 effective from 1 March 2020.

The Children’s Guardian Act 2019 transfers the reportable conduct scheme from the NSW Ombudsman to the Children’s Guardian.

All schools and schooling systems need to review and update their policies and procedures in relation to reportable conduct to ensure that the monitoring, investigating and reporting of reportable conduct complies with the requirements of the Children’s Guardian.

The Children’s Guardian Act 2019 builds on the NSW Government’s response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. It consolidates the powers and functions of the Children’s Guardian into one Act. This includes the Children’s Guardian’s powers in relation to out-of-home care, adoption, children’s employment, reportable conduct and official community visitors.

Information about the Children’s Guardian Act 2019 is published on the Children’s Guardian website.

The registration Manuals are:

• Government system: Registration Process for the NSW Government Schooling System Manual
• Individual non-government: Registered and Accredited Individual Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual
• Systemic non-government: Registration Systems and Member Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual.

To view the amendments in tracked changes format see tracked changes for the non-government school Manuals and tracked changes for the government schooling system Manual.

Please note that the web versions of the Manuals are the most up-to-date Manuals at any time.

For more information, contact:

Anita Yates
Senior Inspector, School Registration and Accreditation
anita.yates@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8214