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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.
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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.

Assisted School Travel Program

Key dates

Important dates and submission deadlines for the Assisted School Travel Program.
Parents

Families who have a child with a disability may be eligible for transport through the Assisted School Travel Program (ASTP).
Schools

Schools are important partners with families in assessing and supporting the safe travel needs of students to and from school.
ATSOs

Assisted Travel Support Officers (ATSOs) are Department employees who provide additional supervision and support for students on transport.
Eligible Service Providers

Eligible Service Providers may be engaged as contractors by the ASTP to provide transport services to students with a disability to and from school.
ASTP and the NDIS

Transport through the ASTP is provided as an in-kind support for NDIS participants who are eligible to receive an ASTP service.

For ASTP Online
- Contractor log on
- School log on
For Related information
For Important information

Feature

Update your details
To help us keep your records accurate and up to date, please inform us promptly when your details change.
Feature

End-of-year rollover
Rollover is the process of reviewing the transport services for all students at the end of each school year and setting up services for the next year.
Support

Contact us
ASTP is available by phone on 1300 338 278 (toll free) between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

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This information is current as at 17/07/2019 11:00pm, AEST. For the most up-to-date information, go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/preschool/home.

© State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2019. For more information go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/copyright.