Educational and financial reporting
What information should be included in a non-government school's annual report?
The Minister has determined that the performance measures and policies that must be included in the annual report relate to:
- a message from key school bodies
- contextual information about the school
- student outcomes in standardised national literacy and numeracy testing
- the granting of Records of School Achievement
- results of the Higher School Certificate
- professional learning and teacher standards
- workforce composition
- senior secondary outcomes
- student attendance and management of non-attendance
- retention of Year 10 to Year 12 (where relevant)
- post-school destinations
- enrolment policies and characteristics of the student body
- school policies
- school determined improvement targets
- initiatives promoting respect and responsibility
- parent, student and teacher satisfaction
- summary financial information
These performance measures are explained further in Section 3.10.1 of the Registered and Accredited Individual Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual and Section 5.10.1 of the Registration Systems and Member Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual.
When preparing a school's annual report, what does the summary of financial information need to include?
The summary of financial information for an annual report needs to include:
- income from all sources, including Commonwealth and State grants and subsidies and all private income, including fees and donations
- expenditure on all purposes, including teaching and learning, administration and financing (ie borrowing costs, depreciation, etc).
Further detail is in section 3.10.1 of the Registered and Accredited Individual Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual and Section 5.10.1 of the Registration Systems and Member Non-government Schools (NSW) Manual.