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...

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...

Notify students, parents, guardians and carers of the NCCD. This notification ensures that those participating in the NCCD are made fully aware of the data collection, its purpose, legislative basis and to whom NCCD d...

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...

Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, schools have an obligation to ensure that students with disability are able to access and participate in school on the same...

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...

John, a Year 6 student who has attended the same large P–12 school since Year 2, is a popular and competent student. However, John’s class teacher has observed behaviour over the past two weeks ...

Max, a Year 2 student who received reading intervention in Term 4 of Year 1, continues to exhibit some difficulties with decoding, reading fluency and reading comprehension. Writing skills are d...