All children deserve the best possible education; education that provides opportunities for children of all abilities to reach their potential.

The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) is a fair and consistent way for Australian schools to collect information that reflects the support or adjustments being provided for students whose learning is impacted by disability. 

These adjustments will be different for each student, but might include things like specialised technology, specialist equipment, building modifications or a differentiated approach to curriculum delivery.

The Commonwealth student with disability loading is now based on the NCCD. To include a student in the NCCD schools must have documented evidence in accordance with NCCD criteria.

It's up to schools to decide how they'll do this, but there are some simple tools and templates available from the NCCD Portal to support schools through the process.

It's important that schools understand which students should be included in the NCCD and the evidence needed to support their inclusion because it helps to ensure that funding will be allocated fairly, based on need.
This means that schools will have access to additional funds based on the adjustments that have been provided in the previous twelve months.

And it means that all students receiving adjustments because of disability will get the education they deserve.