Responsibilities of an Independent Public School

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Independent Public Schools have more flexibility to set their own strategic direction and authority for day to day decisions, but they remain part of the public school system. Like all public schools, Independent Public Schools are obliged to comply with relevant legislation, industrial agreements and whole of government policies and initiatives.

This section outlines the various responsibilities of Independent Public Schools.

• Compliance and legislative requirements
• Requirements of an Independent Public Schools
• Public accountability
• Governance

A range of support information is provided below:

• An example of a Delivery and Performance Agreement
• A PowerPoint presentation about the Delivery and Performance Agreement and Business Plan, for the school community
• Accountability instruments and processes
• A link to Schools Online, which is a directory of individual public schools in Western Australia. This site contains information about programs offered, student numbers at each school, as well as general school information
• A link to MySchool, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) national website that profiles statistical and contextual information about 10,000 Australian schools.