Dear parents, guardians and carers,

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

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability and/or other learning / wellbeing needs. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

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.

NOTE: An imputed disability is an undiagnosed disability (such as learning difficulty, anxiety, language and literacy difficulties) the school team considers a student to have that is having a functional impact on their learning. All students who meet NCCD criteria, including those with imputed disability, must be included in the annual Census.

This information assists schools to:

  • formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability and individual needs in schools
  • consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability and individual needs in schools
  • develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability and other individual needs.

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 able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.dese.gov.au/about-us/resources/department-education-skills-and-employment-complete-privacy-policy-0).

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the College.