Policy

Do you know what your responsibilities are?

The department's Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K-12 policy (2025) states:

1.1.3 Road safety education is taught in each stage of learning in the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) syllabus Kindergarten to Year 10 and the 25-hour mandatory course for stage 6 students, Life Ready.

The Road safety education procedures provide detailed direction and guidance for effective implementation of road safety education in NSW public schools, Kindergarten to Year 12. It also clearly explains roles and responsibilities for principals, teachers, students, parents and carers.

Teaching and learning

Do you know what content to teach?

The department provides documents that identify road safety content to support planning, programming and assessing for each stage of learning.

• PDHPE 7-10 Syllabus (2024)

• PDHPE K-10 Syllabus (2018)

Have you explored available resources?

Transport for NSW

On the Move – a suite of activities and resources that aim to challenge students' thinking and actions as a road user to help reduce the number of young people killed and injured on NSW roads.

Department of Education

Teaching and learning resources – teaching and learning resources that can be contextualised to meet the road safety needs of your students. Use the ‘School level’ filter to search for Stage 4 and 5 resources.

Support

What professional learning is available?

Road safety education: Safer behaviours through PDHPE 7-10 - This professional learning supports PDHPE teachers to effectively implement road safety education, aligned with best practice.

Who can I contact?

Contact your local Road Safety Education Officer for school-specific advice and support.