Queensland Consolidated Regulations

EDUCATION (ACCREDITATION OF NON-STATE SCHOOLS) REGULATION 2017 - REG 9

9 Educational program

(1) A school must have a written educational program that—

(a) has regard to the ages, abilities, aptitudes and development of the school’s students; and

(b) promotes continuity in the learning experiences of the students; and

(c) provides a breadth, depth and balance of learning appropriate to students’ phases of development and across an appropriate range of learning areas; and

(d) is responsive to the needs of the school’s students; and

(e) is consistent with the Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration.

Note—

The declaration can be viewed on the COAG Education Council’s website.

(2) If a school is accredited to provide education to students from preparatory year to year 10 and offers a learning area included in the Australian curriculum, the school must implement 1 or both of the following for the learning area—

(a) the Australian curriculum;

(b) a curriculum recognised by ACARA.

(3) If a school offers a subject in addition to a learning area included in a curriculum mentioned in subsection (2) , and a syllabus for the subject has been developed, purchased or revised by the Queensland Curriculum Assessment Authority under the Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014 , section 10 , the school must implement the syllabus for the subject.

(4) A school accredited to provide senior secondary education must implement—

(a) if the school is offering a subject for which there is a syllabus developed, purchased or revised by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority under the Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014 , section 9 —the syllabus; or

(b) a program or syllabus endorsed by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority as appropriate for senior secondary education; or

(c) a program authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organisation.

(5) A school’s educational program may also include—

(a) a vocational education and training course at level 1 or above under the Australian Qualifications Framework; and

(b) recognised studies under the Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Regulation 2014 , part 4 , division 5 ; and

(c) other courses, programs, studies or subjects decided by the school’s governing body.

(6) In this section—

"ACARA" see the Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014 , schedule 1 .

"Australian curriculum" see the Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014 , schedule 1 .

"Australian Qualifications Framework" see the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cwlth) , schedule 1 .