School registration and review by state: what each regulator asks, and when

Yes, for every Australian state and territory and for New Zealand. NESA, the VRQA, NSSAB, the SA Education Standards Board, Tasmania's Office of the Education Registrar, the NT Department of Education, the ACT Education Directorate, the WA Department of Education and the New Zealand Ministry of Education each have their framework loaded as standards and criteria, and each has its own readiness page in this guide. An early learning centre activates the National Quality Standard beside the school's framework.

It depends on the regulator. The eight Australian pages in this guide each state cycles of up to five years, with Victoria adding annual school information statements and South Australia adding interim reporting between reviews. The New Zealand page states that ERO typically reviews registered private schools on cycles of up to three years.

No. A criterion links to an uploaded file, an existing EthosOne artefact or an external URL, so evidence that already lives in SharePoint, Google Drive or your policy library is linked rather than migrated. One artefact can serve every criterion that relies on it.

No. Readiness is a traceable preparation posture, and every status traces to a requirement, a compliance item and accepted evidence. Where a framework has no source or effective date, EthosOne labels it unverified and leaves it out of authoritative readiness claims.

You set the review milestone to the exact year, month and day, and the runway is calculated from that date. If a registration date passes with no renewed record, EthosOne flags the expiry rather than rolling the date forward.

No. Each entity activates the framework that applies to it, the school on its state framework and the ELC on the National Quality Standard, and group regulation shows every entity as its own row with its own status and review date rather than one averaged percentage.

Activating your framework and setting the review date is the work of a session. Blackfriars Priory School went from demo to live in under a month.

The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) registers non-government schools in New South Wales under the NESA Registration and Accreditation Manual, and inspects schools on cycles of up to five years. EthosOne loads that manual, 11 standards and 24 criteria, on the NSW readiness page.

The Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) registers non-government schools in Victoria under the VRQA Guidelines for Registration. Registration cycles run up to five years, with annual school information statements in between. EthosOne loads those guidelines, 6 standards and 25 criteria, on the Victoria readiness page.

The Non-State Schools Accreditation Board (NSSAB) accredits non-state schools in Queensland, with accreditation reviews on a five-year cycle. EthosOne loads the NSSAB Accreditation Review, 8 standards and 18 criteria, on the Queensland readiness page.

The Education Standards Board (SA ESB) registers non-government schools in South Australia under the SA Registration Framework, and reviews that registration at least once every five years, with interim reporting in between. EthosOne loads that framework, 3 standards and 26 criteria, on the SA readiness page.

The Office of the Education Registrar registers non-government schools in Tasmania under the Standards for Registration, in cycles of up to five years. EthosOne loads those standards, 14 standards and 36 criteria, on the Tasmania readiness page.

The NT Department of Education registers non-government schools in the Northern Territory under the NT Non-Government School Registration Standards (NGSRS), reviewed on cycles of up to five years. EthosOne loads those standards, 20 standards and 58 criteria, on the NT readiness page.

The ACT Education Directorate registers non-government schools in the Australian Capital Territory under its own standards, reviewed on cycles of up to five years. EthosOne loads those standards, 4 standards and 26 criteria, on the ACT readiness page.

The WA Department of Education registers non-government schools in Western Australia under the WA Registration Standards for Non-Government Schools, reviewed on cycles of up to five years. EthosOne loads those standards, 15 standards and 49 criteria, on the WA readiness page.

The New Zealand Ministry of Education registers private schools under the private school registration criteria, and ERO typically reviews them on cycles of up to three years. EthosOne loads those criteria, 8 standards and 11 criteria, on the New Zealand readiness page.

Regulatory Readiness is a Focus module at $5,000 a year on top of Core at $15,000 a year, with no per-user fees and every module $45,000 a year all in. Licences run from January 2027.

In Australia the regulator is state-based: NESA in New South Wales, the VRQA in Victoria, NSSAB in Queensland, the Education Standards Board in South Australia, the Office of the Education Registrar in Tasmania, the NT Department of Education, the ACT Education Directorate and the WA Department of Education. Australian cycles run up to five years; ERO reviews typically run up to three.