Provisional registration for schools joining a registration system
An application to register a registered non-government school that becomes a member of a registration system must be made by the school through the approved authority for the system within six (6) months of the school becoming a member of the system. The application should be made using the relevant application and recommendation Form.
The Act requires that the registration of the school be provisional and the maximum period of provisional registration that can be granted is twelve (12) months. This is despite the school being already registered when it becomes a member.
Unless an application is made to register the school within six (6) months of it becoming a member of the registration system, the school ceases to be a member.
The Education Act requires that the registration of such a school be provisional. The maximum period of provisional registration that can be granted is twelve (12) months. This is despite the school being already registered when it becomes a member.
Provisional registration of schools joining a registration system allows the approved authority for the system to monitor the new member school's compliance with the registration requirements.
The approved authority may recommend that the new member school be granted full registration once it confirms the school's compliance with the registration requirements. This may occur at any time during the new member school's provisional registration period.
Evidence of compliance
The approved authority for a registration system must describe the process the approved authority has in place to determine the compliance with the requirements for registration of registered schools applying to join the system.