About us
The department's Road Safety Education program is fully funded by Transport for NSW. We support NSW public schools and teachers K-12.
Our policy
The Road Safety Education, Driver Education and Training Policy provides the framework for the planning and teaching of road safety in NSW public schools.
The Wellbeing Framework for Schools equips schools and their communities to support students at each stage of their development and to do this through quality teaching, learning and engagement. Road safety education sits within:
Thrive: Road safety education, driver education and training.
Schools contribute to students' knowledge, skills and understanding of being a personally and socially responsible road user.
What do we do?
Our dedicated team provides professional learning about road safety education to teachers in NSW public schools.
Our road safety education officers:
- tailor professional learning support for your school's needs. Register your interest online.
- offer workshops for primary and secondary teachers about best practice road safety education
- work with small groups of schools on road safety education projects and initiatives
- provide advice to principals and schools about implementation of the department's Road Safety Education, Driver Education and Training Policy
- support principals to help solve road safety issues in and around schools.
Our aim
Empower children and young people in NSW public schools to be safe road users now and into the future.
Whole school approach to road safety education
A whole school approach to road safety education is where schools, parents, carers and communities work together to create a supportive environment for students to learn, understand, practise and apply road safety knowledge and skills.
The Road Safety Education Program uses this approach when supporting NSW government schools K-12 to:
- improve quality teaching of the curriculum
- create and maintain a supportive culture, environment, and policy
- engage and liaise with parents, carers and the school community.
Curriculum
Effective road safety teaching and learning is:
- localised
- student-centred, skills-focused and engaging
- strength based with educative purpose
- aligned with PDHPE K-10 syllabus and Stage 6 Life Ready learning outcomes
Policy environment and culture
Schools create and sustain a safe environment on-site and in the school zone by using:
- the department's Road Safety Education Policy
- risk management tools
- duty of care processes
- safe road user procedures
- local stakeholders
Parents and community partnerships
The whole school community:
- shares responsibility for keeping children safe
- reinforces safe road use
- acts safely in the road environment
- engages in decision making about safe travel.
Road safety education support for schools from the other education sectors
Association of Independent Schools
Kids and Traffic the Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program
