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Early childhood education
Early childhood education

The Early Childhood Education Directorate monitors, supports and regulates early childhood education services in NSW.
Public schools
Public schools

Everything parents and carers need to know about NSW public education, finding schools, understanding enrolment and accessing support.
Teaching and learning
Teaching and learning

Information on curriculum taught in schools, Aboriginal education and communities, personalised support and professional learning and assessment.
Student wellbeing
Student wellbeing

The Wellbeing Framework supports schools to create learning environments that enable students to be healthy, happy, engaged and successful.
Our priorities
Our priorities

We're working to enhance outcomes for all students, to improve teaching quality, to innovate for the future and to work more effectively.
Policy library
About us
About us

We ensure young children get the best start in life by supporting and regulating the early childhood education and care sector. We are the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.

Scout

Getting started

Learn about Scout and how to gain first time access.
Further learning

Find Scout resources, training materials and training options.
Help guides

Refer to all our guides for Scout navigation and functionality.
Reports explained

See factsheets on the most commonly used reports.
Contact support

Contact your assigned technical and training support teams.
News updates

Read the latest on Scout enhancements and updates.

For Getting started
For Knowledge
Access Forms
- School User Scout Access Approval Form
- Corporate User Scout Access Approval Form

News

November update
Are you ready to access your VALID results? Plus Value Added reports are now available to measure growth.
News

One stop shop for data analysis
Watch Secretary Mark Scott, Deputy-Secretary Murat Dizdar and Principal Robyn Matthews discuss how Scout can assist our teaching staff.
News

All about Scout
Watch this video to learn more about Scout, it's capabilities and the benefits for users.

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This information is current as at 13/11/2018 01:14pm, AEDT. For the most up-to-date information, go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/educational-data/scout/home.

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