Wider support materials

The information collected as part of the NCCD will not explicitly identify individual students. In any event, at all stages of the NCCD data collection and reporting, the privacy of both students and their families is...

Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards), Australian students with disability must be able to access and participate in education on the same b...

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) defines disability broadly as:

For a student to be included in the NCCD, the school must have documented (physical or digital) evidence of adjustments provided to meet ongoing, long-term specific needs associated with disability that have a functio...

The NCCD counts all school students where:...

The NCCD model describes how to undertake the NCCD. The model provides a systematic process that enables schools across Australia to count, in a consistent manner, the number of students with disability receiving adju...

Teachers and schools rely on evidence to make professional judgements about the types of adjustments provided for students. This evidence will reflect a wide range of practices of teachers and schools in meeting the e...

The school team reviews the national support materials, including:...

Determine the broad category of disability for each student from one of four categories:...

In deciding whether identified students are to be included in the NCCD, teachers and school teams use their professional judgement, based on evidence, to determine the level of adjustment each student is currently bei...