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Guide to the Registration Standards and Other Requirements for Non-Government Schools

This Guide sets out and explains the registration standards and other requirements guiding the decisions of the Director General of the Department of Education Services about registration of Independent schools.

The registration standards have been determined by the Minister for Education under s. 159(1) of the School Education Act 1999; the other requirements which the Director General must take into account are listed in s. 160(1) of the Act.

Note that the registration standards are also applicable to Catholic system schools.

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