For young people leaving high school for employment, further training or other pursuits without completing a senior secondary certificate, how are their learning and achievements formally recognised? The Student Achievement Profile (SAP) summary helps provide evidence of what a student has achieved during their senior secondary schooling, even where a certificate has not been completed.
Keeping children safe is the highest priority for schools and early childhood services. This includes during periods of increased bushfire and emergency risk when schools and services work to protect children. At times, this may include relocations or closures. The Department of Education assesses the bushfire risk of all schools and early childhood services in
School council elections will take place in Term 1, 2026 and parents/carers will be given the opportunity to nominate for a position on their child/children’s school council. What impact do school councils have? School councils play a key role in governing Victorian government schools. As the governing body of a school (and a legal entity
Victoria Legal Aid has contributed this story about its recent research report into the experiences and impacts of intervention orders for children. New Victoria Legal Aid research shows that school related disputes, such as one-off physical fights and cyber-bullying between schoolmates, are driving an increase in intervention orders against children and young people, with most
(Facsimile version below) At last – action on school crossings After years of campaigning by parent groups the State Government has taken steps towards the provision of paid traffic supervisors. An amount of $500,000 has been made available for payment of subsidies in respect of the first half of the 1975 school year (that is,
Victorian students’ results in the 2025 National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) have recently been released. NAPLAN measures five areas of students’ learning (reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy) across four year levels (Years, 3, 5, 7 and 9), leading to 20 areas of assessed performance. Whichever way you look at
