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Overview

Data you provide in the School Survey Data for Non-State Schools – Queensland 2024 (the Census form) assist the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board (the Board) to perform its statutory functions. The Queensland Department of Education (the Department) also uses these data when assessing entitlement to allowances distributed to governing bodies of non-state schools on behalf of the Queensland Minister for Education.

Overseas students are responsible for the cost of their own education. They do not receive state recurrent funding. Please do not include these students in any section of the Census form, except the Overseas students section.

You should also not include Students on visitor visas, bridging visas with study limitations or no visa in any section of the Census form, except the section Students on visitor visas, bridging visas with study limitation or no visa. These may be students who do not currently hold a visa to stay in Australia or are on a temporary/bridging visa that has limited study rights.

Census Day (Relevant day)

Census Day is the last Friday of February of each year. Complete the Census form using data as at Friday, 23 February 2024, except for Boarding fee concessions, which refers to 2023 data.

Return date

You will need to submit the completed Census form to the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board Secretariat (NSSAB Secretariat) by Friday, 1 March 2024 (the Friday following Census Day).

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Information collected

The Census form collects data on:

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School principal and contact details

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Relevant period

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Student profile

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Overseas students

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Students on visitor visas, bridging visas with study limitations or no visa

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Full-time students

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Part-time students

 

English as a second language (ESL) students
Indigenous students (IND)
Students from isolated zones (Remote and Very Remote)

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Boarding students and boarding fee concessions (BRD)

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Systems and processes (school enrolment and record keeping standards)

Retention of documentation

All enrolment, attendance and related documentation that you use to complete the Census form should be retained by the school/governing body for a period of five years from Census Day, and in a way that ensures the integrity and security of the data and documents.

>> Enrolment verification program

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Last updated 31 January, 2024

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