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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.

Important dates

Important dates for 2018.

Calendar

1 February 2018	Grant online applications system open
31 March 2018	Grant acquittals due
31 May 2018	Closing date for specific project grant
30 April 2018	Closing date for establishment grant
30 April 2018	Closing date for per capita grant

Acquittal reports

Closing date: 31 March 2018

If you have received funding through the program in 2017, you must make sure your grant is acquitted by completing a statement of income and expenditure.
If you have received a special projects grant, your acquittal report is due 13 weeks after your project end-date as per your funding agreement.

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This information is current as at 19/11/2018 01:27am, AEDT. For the most up-to-date information, go to https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/community-languages-schools/important-dates.

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