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Independent Schools Victoria Compliance Framework

Compliance and accountability information related to Government funding, targeted programs and registration requirements

Annual Reports

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Do you need to comply?

Yes

Conditions of compliance

Schools sign an Agreement under the Schools Assistance Act 2008 (‘the Act) and the Schools Assistance Regulations 2009 (‘the Regulations’) to receive funding. One of the conditions for funding is the publication of information by schools. The purpose of the school annual report is to inform parents and the wider school community of the school's successes, activities and achievements throughout the year, and to meet Commonwealth and State legislative requirements.

If you have to comply, what do you have to do?

Publication of information by schools:

All schools and system authorities must make publicly available, within six months of the end of each program year, a report that includes information about the school
The report is aimed at parents, government and the community
This information must be made publicly available on the internet, but if a parent is unable to access information in that way it must be provided to the parent in a way that the parent can access.

To meet with Commonwealth requirements the report will include the following information, to be specified in the regulations:

Contextual information about the school, including the characteristics of the student body
Teacher standards and qualifications as mandated in the relevant jurisdiction
Workforce composition, including indigenous composition
Student attendance at school, including:

Rates of attendance for the whole school and for each year level
A description of how non-attendance is managed by the school

Senior secondary outcomes, including the percentage of Year 12 students:

Undertaking vocational or trade training
Attaining a Year 12 certificate or equivalent VET qualification

Student outcomes in standardised national literacy and numeracy testing
Parent, student and teacher satisfaction with the school
Post-school destinations
Income broken down by funding source.

These requirements are separate to the requirements by ACARA of any data of ‘individual school information’ to be published on the “My School” website.

Notes: Subsection 24 (1A) of the Act provides that a funding agreement must not require a report to include any information that would identify a particular donor as a funding source of any non-government school or non-government body. It is expected that the definition of school income broken down by funding source will be prescribed at a later date.

To meet State legislative requirements, the information to the school community must include:

A description and analysis of student learning outcomes in statewide tests and examinations for the current year (and for the last two years if the school has been established that long)
A description and analysis of rates of student attendance for the year
A copy of the school’s financial activities
Copies of any other reports the school is required to provide under the State or Commonwealth funding agreements.

Schools must provide evidence in the form of:

A copy of the school’s annual report that contains the mandatory information
An outline of how the report is distributed and promoted.
A copy of the Annual Report must be placed on the Victorian State Register which is managed by the VRQA.

What are the consequences if you don't comply?

Independent schools receive funding from the Australian Government under the Schools Assistance Act 2008 subject to the conditions which are set out in the Act. To receive funding, the school must sign a funding agreement with DEEWR covering the 2009-2012 quadrennium. The Annual Report publication is a condition under the Act.

Who will help you?

Independent Schools Victoria contact:

Peter Roberts
Director, School Services
Ph. 03 9825 7211
peter.roberts@independentschools.vic.edu.au

Independent Schools Victoria documents:

Click here to go to the Independent Schools Victoria website where you can download the Independent Schools Victoria publication 'Educational Accountability: Requirements under the Schools Assistance Act 2008 (password required).