Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The application must set out the proposal for the school in relation to the following:
(a) the composition of the governing body of the school (including relevant information about the skills and experience of each of its directors);
(b) how the governing body's philosophy and objects (including any particular cultural or religious interest connected with the philosophy or objects) and the school's education programs will be consistent with the basic principles;
(c) the governance arrangements for the school;
(d) a description of the following:
(i) the school's location and catchment area (including any population projections for the area made by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the expected effects of the proposal on existing schools in the area);
(ii) the school's proposed education programs and the proposed year levels, and number, of its students;
(e) the school's facilities, including any plans for their maintenance, renovation and expansion and related construction schedules;
(f) the insurance coverage for the school's facilities and for any liabilities that may arise from the conduct of its activities;
(g) the school's financial and other resources for its operation, the extent to which government financial assistance and other support will be sought, and whether or not the school will be operated for profit;
(h) the school's business plans and budgets for the first 5 years of its operation (including projections of its recurrent expenditure and of its capital and sources of income for each of the 5 years);
(i) the school's staff establishment (including its structure and size);
(j) the school's policy and procedures for ensuring:
(i) its staff are of good character; and
(ii) its teaching staff are registered with the Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory and maintain appropriate standards of professional competence;
(k) the school's curriculum and methods of student assessment;
(l) the school's procedures for financial management, performance management and accountability, including procedures for the following:
(i) the development and implementation of a strategic management plan;
(ii) the assessment of the school's performance against goals set out in the strategic management plan and against national benchmarks;
(iii) the keeping of financial and other records (including complying with the requirements in sections 142 and 2015_Acte002.html#_Ref433295219">143 );
(iv) the reporting on the school's performance to the community and the registrar (including complying with the requirements in sections 142 , 2015_Acte002.html#_Ref433295235">143 and 2015_Acte002.html#_Ref433295241">144 );
(m) the school's policy and procedures for ensuring compliance with:
(i) the requirements of this Act in relation to the compulsory school age for students; and
(ii) Government policy in relation to the age of school entry for students;
(n) the school's policy for the discipline of its students;
(o) the school's provision for meeting the needs of any of its students who has a disability;
(p) the school's policy and procedures for safeguarding the health, safety and wellbeing of its staff and students, including the following:
(i) a work health and safety manual for its staff;
(ii) procedures to ensure a criminal record report is obtained for each member of its staff;
(iii) a contingency plan for emergencies;
(q) the school's policy and procedures for dealing with complaints and disputes;
(r) the school's plan for maintaining a system of self-assessment in accordance with section 145 ;
(s) a matter relating to any of paragraphs (a) to (r), or any other matter, prescribed by regulation.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the application must demonstrate how the applicant proposes to ensure compliance with the registration requirements.
(3) For this section, a non-Government school is not operated for profit if profits made from the operation of the school are used entirely to advance the school's philosophy and objects as stated by the school's governing body.