Sch 4Minimum standards for registration of schools

Schedule 4—Minimum standards for registration of schools

Regulations 5, 60–63, 65, 71, 117 and 119

1 Programs and teaching to promote principles underlying the Act

(1) The programs of, and teaching in, a registered school must support and promote the principles and practice of Australian democracy, including a commitment to—

(2) Nothing in this clause is intended to affect the rights accorded to, or the compliance with any obligation imposed on, a registered school under a law of the State or of the Commonwealth.

2 Student learning outcomes

The registered school must have processes in place that enable it to plan for, and achieve improvement in, student learning outcomes.

3 Monitoring and reporting on students' performance

(1) A registered school must ensure that—

(a) there is ongoing assessment, monitoring and recording of each student's performance at the school; and

(b) each parent of a student enrolled at the school and the student has access to accurate information about the student's performance at the school.

(2) The access to information must include at least 2 written reports, relating to the student's performance, from the registered school to the parent in each year of enrolment of the student.

4 Teachers' requirements

All teachers employed to teach at a registered school must—

(a) be registered under Division 3 of Part 2.6 of the Act or be granted permission to teach under Division 4 of that Part; and

(b) comply with any condition, limitation or restriction of that registration or permission to teach.

Sch. 4 cl. 5 substituted by S.R. No. 25/2021 reg. 14(1).

5 Compliance with Worker Screening Act 2020

The proprietor of a registered school must ensure that the requirements of the Worker Screening Act 2020 are complied with in respect of all staff at the school.

6 Curriculum framework for school

A registered school must have a curriculum framework in place—

(a) for the organisation and implementation of the school's curriculum and teaching practices; and

(b) to ensure that, taken as a whole, the learning areas set out in Schedule 1 to the Act are substantially addressed; and

(c) to provide for the review of the curriculum and teaching practices*.*

The Authority may exempt a school under regulation 61 from substantially addressing one or more of the learning areas.