Supporting Student Success: One-page overview of Student Planning and Pathways Processes
Documenting a student's health, wellbeing and learning needs ensures every student is known, valued and cared for.
Plans ensure students are kept safe and receive appropriate modifications to routines, programming, assessment practices, and access to additional learning support programs and curriculum options.
These plans foster a shared understanding among all staff, parents, carers and community members.
The Supporting Student Success: One-page overview of Student Planning and Pathways Processes resource has been collaboratively developed to provide clear and concise guidance on the current policy position on plans required to support students' educational needs. Work is currently underway to strengthen and streamline student planning. There is more to be done.
This one page overview supports schools, parents and carers:
decipher which plans are ‘mandatory’ or can be implemented ‘as required’
access links to relevant policies, related procedures and resources on the department’s website in one central location.
This streamlines key student planning information in one place, so teachers and school staff can dedicate more time to working with their students to foster positive outcomes.
Parents and carers can utilise this simple, easy to access information to guide your conversation with teachers and school staff about how to support your child’s planning needs.
Mandatory
| Individual Learning Plans | Health Support Planning | Personalised Learning Pathways | Individual Behaviour Support Plans | Attendance Support Plans | |
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| Mandatory | Students in out-of-home care | Students with specific health support needs - requires an emergency response, administration of medication, severe asthma, Type 1 diabetes, epilepsy and anaphylaxis | Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Students (mandatory in Connected Communities schools**) | Undertake support planning processes for students returning from suspension | |
| Undertake support planning processes for students with disability - this may not be an individual plan. Personalised learning and support procedures | Student health support planning tool (PDF 926KB) | ||||
The following plan may form part of the above: Developed by a health care professional:
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** Recommended for all Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students
As required*
(tailored to individual student needs)
| Individual Learning Plans | Health Support Planning | Personalised Learning Pathways | Individual Behaviour Support Plans | Attendance Support Plans | |
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As required* (tailored to individual student needs) |
Students with disability | Students presenting with chronic illness, short term illness or injury that do not fulfil the mandatory requirements. | Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Students (highly recommended) | For students with behaviour concerns. The following plan may form part of the above:
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Students with attendance concerns, particularly where there are safety concerns. |
| Students from refugee backgrounds and/or newly arrived EAL/D students*** (PDF 705.1 KB) |
Further support at:
How do I plan for behaviour support?
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Part day exemption | |||
and acceleration options |
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* To be determined by Principal, informed by relevant policies and procedures.
*** Including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students
Other plans – operationally implemented
Note: The below plans may be added to support a student who is catered for by one or more of the above plan categories.
| Other plans | ||||||
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| Transition Plan (post school education or employment) - All students have the opportunity to be supported by this planning process. | Transition Plan (at key points in schooling i.e. entry to school, primary to high school, change of schools, change of teacher) | Mobility Plan | Assisted Travel Plan | Hygiene Plan | Toileting Plan | Safety Plan |
Background information
The development of this resource is the direct result of a student planning roundtable on 28 March 2025 which brought together voices of school representatives, key education partners and education support staff.
The feedback from this workshop was clear: clarity and consistency needed to be provided to schools, teachers, students, parents and carers about the student planning process.
This is the first phase of the improvement program of work.