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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.
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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.
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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.

Implementation

Implementation is on track and the majority of deliverables completed. The program is scheduled for completion by December 2018.

The reforms implemented to date include:

tougher entry standards for teaching degrees
accreditation requirements for all teachers
Beginning teacher support funding provided to schools to support release of permanent beginning teachers for professional development and mentoring, policy updated in 2016, and again in 2017 to include funding support for temporary beginning teachers (see Beginning Teachers Support Funding Policy ).
new scholarships, cadetships and internships to attract more of the best and brightest school leavers into teaching (see Teach.NSW).
ClassMovies introduced to share outstanding practice, in 2016 renamed Filmpond (staff only) with an extended video collaboration platform.
new Performance and Development Framework for Principals, Executives and Teachers (PDF 365.03KB) released.
Strong Start, Great Teachers online resource for induction released.

For more information about implementation updates, visit NSW Education Standards Authority.

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This information is current as at 20/04/2019 02:27pm, AEST. For the most up-to-date information, go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/translated-documents/new-school-leaving-age.

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