BOSTES Registration Requirements Update

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BOSTES Registration Requirements Update

21/01/16

The release of the updated NSW Registered and Accredited Individual Non-government Schools Manual, and the NSW Registered and Accredited System Non-government Schools Manual (referred in this paper as the Standards) on 21 January 2016 (January 2016 Standards) means that non-government schools should be aware of the changes to the Standards and what they mean for their registration policies and procedures.

Critically, non-government schools now have additional requirements to update their governance frameworks to include:

a Teacher Accreditation Authority (TAA) compliance framework;
a process for notifying the BOSTES of the identity of Responsible Persons;
policies and procedures for the ongoing professional development of Responsible Persons in accordance with the updated learning requirements in the Standards;
a process for the provision of annual child protection training for staff; and
systemic schools: policies and procedures for the ‘proper governance’ of their school.

Non-government schools should also consider using the timing of the January 2016 Updates as an opportunity to review the extent of their compliance with the recommendations made in the NSW Department of Education’s Not-for-profit Guidelines for Non-Government Schools, released in September 2015 (the NFP Guidelines).

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