Non-government school registration

Regulation, review and funding of non-government schools.

We facilitate school education through our roles in school regulation and review.

These roles include:

• registering non-government schools and administering state government financial assistance
• approving alternatives to attending a non-government school in the compulsory years
• assessing community-based courses for endorsement
• regulating international school education providers
• advising the Minister for Education.

Our Non-Government School Regulation directorate (NGSR) administers the school registration and compliance functions of the Department in respect of Part 4 of the School Education Act 1999. You can read our Regulatory statement, which describes our regulatory role, purpose and method. 

We may collect personal information:

• for overseeing the registration of non-government schools in Western Australia
• for non-government school planning
• in relation to exemptions from full-time schooling for children at Catholic and independent non-government schools.

To understand what personal information is collected and why, how it is used and shared, and your rights, refer to the Collection notice for non-government school regulation.