Student Wellbeing

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Re: Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year, all schools across Australia are required to take part in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) on school students requiring extra support and/or adjustments to enable them to participate in education on the same basis as other students.

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

• year of schooling
• category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
• level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

• recognise the type of support and adjustment provided to students with disability in schools
• consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
• develop practices and review learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability. The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be identifiable – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured.

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal

If you have any further questions, please contact the Student Support Coordinator.