School Compliance
Living School connects with AISNSW for support with legal compliance requirements.
The school has key positions responsible for compliance:
- School Board – Guardians of Purpose
- School Conductor – managing school related policies, including complaints, teaching and learning
- Delegated school management procedures for Directors of Schools under PEDAGOGY
- Delegated bus logistics with the Operations Manager and Bus Manager
- School Business Manager – managing policies and requirements for financial obligations, human resources under ADMINISTRATION and ENVIRONMENT.
- Delegated management requirements for buildings and maintenance
- School CareMaker – managing policies and requirements for wellness and care under COMMUNITY
Additional sources of information regarding the legal obligations of non-government schools include:
- NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
- NSW Department of Education (NSW Funding)
- Office of the Children’s Guardian
- Australian Government Department of Education (AG DoE)
- Australian Charities and Not-For-Profit Commission (ACNC)
- Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)
- Australian Skills and Quality Authority (ASQA)
Legislation:
- On 18 April 2018 the Child Protection (Working with Children) Amendment (Statutory Review) Bill 2018 was assented to. This implements the first tranche of recommendations from the 2017 Statutory Review of Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 Report.
- Archiving of sensitive information – https://www.archivists.org.au/learning-publications/records-retention-schedule-for-non-government-schools-2nd-edition
- Record Keeping and Legal Requirements – https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/royal-commission-institutional-responses-child-sexual-abuse
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and Disability Standards for Education 2005
- Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (Cth)
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) and the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 (NSW)
- Animal Research Act 1985 (NSW)
- Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW)
- Explosives Act 2003 (NSW)
- Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (NSW) and the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008 (NSW)
- Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
- Ombudsman Act 1974
- Child Protection Working with Children Act 2012
- Teacher Accreditation Act 2004
- Food Act 2003
- National Construction Code of Australia
- Corporations Act