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Department for Education
Education Centre, 31 Flinders Street, Adelaide 5000
Postal address: GPO Box 1152, Adelaide SA 5001
www.education.sa.gov.au
º£½ÇÖ±²¥ phone number: (08) 8226 1000
Free call: 1800 088 158
º£½ÇÖ±²¥ email: education.customers@sa.gov.au
ISSN: 1835-1530
Date presented to Minister: 31 March 2025
To:
Hon Blair Boyer MP
Minister for Education, Training and Skills
This annual report will be presented to Parliament to meet the statutory reporting requirements of the Public Sector Act 2009, the Public Finance and Audit Act 1987, and the Education and Children’s Services Act 2019 and the requirements of Premier and Cabinet Circular PC013 Annual Reporting.
This report is verified to be accurate for the purposes of annual reporting to the Parliament of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia.
Submitted on behalf of the Department for Education by:
Professor Martin Westwell
Chief Executive
From the Chief Executive

In 2024, we implemented significant reforms under the Strategy for Public Education, making progress towards enhancing student outcomes, meeting community needs and building a world-leading public education system. Our strategy supports all children and young people by driving excellence in foundational skills like literacy and numeracy, developing key capabilities and dispositions for learning, and building skills for a fulfilling life.
While system change and shifting education outcomes take time, we’re seeing positive signs just a year into our strategy. We maintained high preschool quality, achieved stable academic outcomes, generally high student wellbeing, and improved SACE completions. We’ve also identified areas of focus, such as improving year 5 NAPLAN reading results, closing equity gaps in SACE completions, and increasing student engagement and sense of belonging.
We opened the first of five Technical Colleges, with students at Findon being supported to complete their SACE while undertaking vocational education and training in a state-of-the-art facility. Enrolments are also open for Tonsley, Port Augusta, The Heights and Mount Gambier Technical Colleges. These colleges will offer important vocational pathways for students across º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia and help meet the state’s future skills needs.
Mid-year intake for reception students commenced, with more than 4,000 students starting at over 400 government primary schools, providing children with greater learning opportunities and families with greater flexibility.
As part of our response to recommendations by the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care, we commenced a Kindy Care trial at 10 government preschool sites. Kindy Care will help support families who increasingly need care outside of the regular preschool hours and will allow children to maintain continuity, reduce transitions and engage in out-of-hours care appropriate to their developmental needs.
We introduced the new º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Curriculum for Public Education, adapted from the Australian Curriculum version 9. It supports our Strategy for Public Education and will ensure students can develop their knowledge in traditional critical learning areas, alongside capabilities and dispositions essential for effective learning and future employment. As part of this work, we’ve also expanded our award-winning EdChat artificial intelligence offering by launching ‘CurriculumChat’. This tool helps teachers familiarise themselves with the curriculum and develop, adapt, and refine lesson plans tailored to curriculum changes and students' needs.
Our emphasis on improving equity continued with strengthened supports for students with additional needs. Building on the Autism Inclusion Teacher initiative in public primary schools, we commenced a trial to build autism inclusion in standalone public secondary schools. We also announced a $48 million investment over three years for the statewide delivery of Tailored Learning, which will support young people at risk of disengaging from secondary school.
Further minimising violence and bullying remains an ongoing focus. Following extensive consultation, including 20 student forums and a major student summit, the Safe and Supportive Learning Environments – Plan of Action was released. This contains 15 key actions designed to create and maintain environments in schools that are safe, positive and inclusive.
Expanded funding to breakfast programs from 2023-24 has helped support families facing cost-of-living challenges and supported students to be ready for learning. From late 2023 to the latest 2024 data, the number of sites delivering a breakfast program increased by 9%, while participating schools offering a 5-day breakfast service (rather than fewer days) increased from 56% to 71%.
Attracting and retaining a strong and capable workforce remained a focus in the face of a national teacher shortage. We’ve worked hard to reduce the number of hard-to-fill positions in our system, resulting in just 57 vacant positions at the start of 2025, down from 68 in 2024 and 86 in 2023. We have also converted more than 1,800 temporary contract teachers to permanent positions since 2022, a 230% increase in the rate of teacher conversions, with nearly 50% being young teachers.
As part of our commitment to meeting community needs, we refreshed our Country Education Strategy with $13.5 million in new funding to bolster teacher numbers, expand subject choice and post-school pathways for students, and provide financial assistance for country students to access camps and excursions.
We also launched ‘Every School a Great School’, a 20-year infrastructure plan to optimise investment and provide learning environments and facilities that are engaging, inclusive, and meet the needs of students and their communities.
As we reflect on a year of progress and achievement, I extend my gratitude to all Department for Education staff, partners, and community members for their contribution to helping º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian children and young people learn and thrive.
Professor Martin Westwell
Chief Executive
Department for Education
Overview: about the agency
Our strategic focus
Since the launch of the in July 2023, significant work has been undertaken to deeply understand, consider and align effort across the system to the purpose and strategy.
Work is well underway at a corporate, local education team and site level to deliver on the intent of the strategy and create the greatest impact for all learners in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia’s public schools and preschools.
Our purpose | Public education is for every child and young person in every community across our state. Educators and staff work in partnership with families and communities to nurture, develop and empower all º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian children and young people with the knowledge, skills and capabilities they need to become fulfilled individuals, active, compassionate citizens and lifelong learners. Our preschools and schools are the heart of local communities. They are safe, inclusive, and collaborative – a place where every child and young person is encouraged to contribute, develops positive relationships, has a say in their learning, and where their needs, interests, languages and cultures are recognised and supported. We are relentless in our ambition for all children and young people to enter the world beyond the classroom ready to learn and create opportunities to live a satisfying and fulfilling life of their choosing. When our children and young people thrive so does º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia. | |
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Our areas of impact | Our 4 areas of impact are interrelated and are underpinned by a series of domains. Wellbeing Our learners feel safe, included, and valued. They have access to support, experiences, teaching, and resources to build their resilience and social and emotional skills to positively and confidently engage in learning. We are focusing effort across the domains: belonging and safety; resilience and persistence and cognitive engagement. Equity and excellence We strive for excellence including foundational capabilities such as literacy, numeracy and digital literacy in all learners, by providing varied, challenging, and stimulating experiences. As well as opportunities that enable all learners to explore and build on their own abilities, interests, culture and experiences. We seek out inequity, eliminate barriers to opportunities and support all students to learn and thrive. We are focusing effort across the domains: knowledge, skills, competencies, and capabilities; Aboriginal learners; Inclusion and breaking the link between background and excellence. Effective learners Education must develop children and young people who can learn, not only when they are being taught. At preschool and school and throughout their lives, learners need to develop the skills to be effective learners so that they can make the most of future opportunities and respond to changes in their worlds. We are focusing effort across the domains: curiosity; creativity; meaning making; strategic awareness; and metacognition and self-regulation. Learner agency Our learners are empowered to develop a sense of identity and responsibility as they participate in their preschool and school community and are supported to play a role in shaping their learning experiences. We are focusing effort across the domains: voice to agency; partners in learning; and discernment and judgement. | |
Our levers for impact | We will make change and impact through the most influential parts of our system: our people and the ways we work together. These 7 key levers will be used to make the most impact across our work. People levers: Our people are our strongest levers for impact, particularly those working alongside our learners to support their capacity to thrive.
System levers: As a system we have a strategic advantage in that we have teams and inputs that can support our preschools and schools to deliver impact for all learners in every community in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia.
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Our guiding principles | Our guiding principles describe how we make decisions and approach our work in ways that best use the levers to achieve our areas of impact:
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Our organisational structure
As at 31 December 2024, the department was comprised of the following divisions:
- Office of the Chief Executive
- Curriculum and Learning
- Finance
- Information and Communication Technology Services
- Infrastructure
- People and Culture
- Preschools and Early Childhood Services
- Schools and Preschools
- Strategic Policy and External Relations
- Student Pathways and Careers
- Support and Inclusion
- System Performance
Changes to the agency
During 2024 there were the following changes to the agency’s structure and objectives as a result of machinery of government changes:
- Effective 1 July 2024, the Skills SA function transferred to the Department of State Development (DSD).
Our Minister
The Hon Blair Boyer MP is the Minister for Education, Training and Skills.
Our Senior Executive team
As at 31 December 2024, the Senior Executive Group comprised:
Name | Role |
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Professor Martin Westwell | Chief Executive |
Ben Temperly | Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy and Corporate Services |
Peter Kelly | Deputy Chief Executive, Schools and Preschools |
Chris Bernardi | Chief Operating Officer |
Dan Hughes | Chief Information Officer, Information and Communication Technology Services |
Bill Glasgow | Executive Director, Infrastructure |
Clare Feszczak | Executive Director, Student Pathways and Careers |
Darren Humphrys | Executive Director, Support and Inclusion |
Julia Oakley | Executive Director, System Performance |
Kathryn Jordan | Executive Director, Preschool and Early Childhood Services |
Luke Fraser | A/Executive Director, Strategic Policy and External Relations |
Marina Elliott | Executive Director, People and Culture |
Rod Nancarrow | Executive Director, Curriculum and Learning |
Bronwyn Milera | Director, Aboriginal Education |
Amy McDonald | Director, Communications |
Legislation administered by the agency
- Education and Children’s Services Act 2019
- Education and Children’s Services Regulations 2020
- º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Skills Act 2008*
*Specific functions of the Minister and Training and Skills Commission were undertaken by the agency under delegation until Skills SA moved to the Department of State Development under machinery of government changes.
Other related agencies (within the Minister’s area/s of responsibility)
- Carclew Youth Arts
- Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee
- Child Development Council
- Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People
- Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Education Standards Board
- History Trust of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia
- Office for Early Childhood and Development
- SACE Board of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia
- º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Skills Commission
- TAFE SA
- Teachers Registration Board of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia
The agency's performance
Performance at a glance
Highlights from the 2024 calendar year include:
- Implemented the first mid-year intake for reception students since 2013.
- Started the rollout of our º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Curriculum for Public Education.
- Received international and state-level recognition for our education-focused generative AI tool ‘EdChat’, winning in the Government and Public Sector category at the 2024 SA and NT iAwards, and receiving the 2nd runner-up award at the 2024 Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) awards.
- Commenced the trial of Kindy Care following a recommendation from the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care.
- Released our 20-Year Infrastructure Plan for Public Education and Care to make every school a great school.
- Released our Safe and Supportive Learning Environments Plan of Action, which contains 15 targeted actions to improve student safety and belonging in our schools.
- Announced nation-leading reforms to safeguard democracy through public education in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia.
- Commenced a pilot to extend autism inclusion in public secondary schools following the initial success of Autism Inclusion Teachers (AITs) in public primary schools.
- Opened the new Morialta Secondary College and delivered additional capacity at Adelaide Botanic High School.
- Opened the first of five technical colleges – Findon Technical College – and commenced construction of the technical colleges located at Tonsley, The Heights, Port Augusta and Mount Gambier.
- Partnered with Flinders University to fast-track Findon Technical College students to complete their first year of university while in year 12.
- Launched our generative AI chatbot, CareerChat, expanding on our nation-leading public school AI tools, to give students personalised career advice and support for success after school.
- Announced the rollout of Tailored Learning support for all public secondary schools from 2025 following a successful trial in 12 secondary schools during 2024.
Agency specific objectives and performance
Agency objectives | Indicators | Performance |
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7-point plan for teaching quality | Build a recruitment and placement system that works first and foremost for children and their education | The government’s election commitment to ensure principals have greater opportunities to select and shape their team through redesigning the recruitment and placement system was delivered during 2024. Improvements were piloted in 2022 with feedback from leaders, teachers, Australian Education Union (SA), and associations used to inform system design changes. A final report delivered recommendations on the system design changes moving forward for implementation from 2025. |
Create a workforce plan that places teachers in subjects they are qualified to teach and creates incentives to teachers to gain qualifications in specialist subjects | The government’s election commitment has been delivered through the launch of a new Specialist Teacher Workforce Plan in February 2024. The Specialist Teacher Workforce Plan pulls together new and existing approaches that will:
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Implement the commitment to increase teacher permanency by at least 10% | The government’s election commitment to increase teacher permanency by at least 10% has been achieved with more than 1,800 contract teachers converted to a permanent role since 2022. This has resulted in an approximately 230% increase in the rate of teacher conversions, rising from around 200 per year prior to the election to more than 650 per year currently. | |
Autism reforms | Appoint an Autism Inclusion Teacher in every public primary school with clear accountabilities of outcomes | All government primary schools continued to receive an allocation for an Autism Inclusion Teacher (AIT) in 2024. Over 420 schools had an appointed AIT during the year. Ongoing training and support continued to be provided for the AITs across the state’s primary schools. |
Increase the number of autism-qualified staff in preschools | To increase the number of staff working in our preschools with experience in autism, a qualification in supporting children on the autism spectrum (or equivalent experience) has been added as a preferred criterion when employing preschool staff. This criterion is being used on all recruitment advertisements for preschool teachers across the state. Preschool staff can access professional development opportunities through a range of autism specific organisations that specialise in education and support. The department has also developed a new learning pathway titled “Autism in the Early Years” which contains a curated list of professional learning courses that staff can undertake. | |
Increase the number of service providers offering early intervention services in children’s centres | Inklings practitioners commenced in children’s centres in key targeted locations from November 2024. The Inklings pilot program helps parents and carers to understand the needs of infants between the ages of six to 18 months who are showing early signs of social-communication delay, building the capacity of families to better support the child. | |
Mid-year intake for reception students | Introduce a mid-year intake in public primary schools from 2024 | In term 3, approximately 4,600 children started reception at more than 420 public schools. This is the first group of reception students to start in mid-year since 2013. They joined more than 12,000 reception students who started school in January. To support the mid-year reception students, over 200 additional teaching positions were filled in schools. |
Technical colleges | Construct 5 new Technical Colleges across º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia - 3 in metropolitan Adelaide and 2 in regional º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia | Findon Technical College opened in January 2024 with 85 full-time and 150 part-time enrolments. Among Year 11 students, 90% (35 students) completed, with 71% of those entering apprenticeships or employment and 29% fast-tracking to university. Work continued on the 4 remaining technical colleges and partnerships with over 40 key employers were advanced in preparation for opening in 2025 and 2026. |
Wellbeing in schools | Provide support to students who experience mental health concerns that impact on their wellbeing and learning | 54 secondary schools had a School Mental Health Practitioner on site during 2024. Over 9,848 sessions were delivered to over 1,591 students. The School Mental Health Service provides a brief intervention service for students experiencing mild to moderate mental health concerns to support their psychological health and wellbeing and supports the development of mental health literacy of school communities. |
20-Year Infrastructure Plan for º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Public Education and Care: Every School a Great School | Deliver a new co-located preschool and primary school to support young families living in and moving to the Mount Barker area | Planning commenced for the new preschool and primary school, which is expected to open in 2028. |
20-Year Infrastructure Plan for º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Public Education and Care: Every School a Great School | Deliver a new public secondary school to meet growing enrolment demand in the northern suburbs | Planning commenced for the new secondary school, which is expected to open in 2028. |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) support for schools | Supporting schools to access and safely use generative AI | The department continued to test and trial the nation-leading custom-built generative AI chatbot, EdChat, which has demonstrated high technical efficacy and value to teaching and learning. This success has led the department to roll out the chatbot to all staff across schools and corporate offices, reaching 40,000 users. The proof of concept for student use continues with more than 10,000 students participating into 2025. A suite of resources and supports has been developed and released to help staff engage with generative AI and use EdChat to support their work. Further enhancements to EdChat continue to be deployed. Most recently, EdChat was enhanced with an apps library feature. This enabled the creation and release of EdChat’s first app, CurriculumChat, which integrates directly with the º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Curriculum for Public Education. The app helps teachers to explore and learn about the new curriculum, as well as develop, adapt, and refine lesson plans tailored to specific changes to the curriculum as well as students' needs. A second app is underway, to streamline the process for assessing students against the Learning English: Achievement and Proficiency standards to support English as an additional language or dialect learning, as well as funding to support schools in this. The app presents an opportunity to save a significant amount of teaching hours each year and is expected to be rolled out in 2025. |
Breakfast program and food security | Expand funding to school breakfast programs and supporting food security through schools | The expanded funding to breakfast program providers, Foodbank SA & NT and Kickstart for Kids, commenced in July 2023. Since this time, sites delivering a breakfast program have increased by 9% to 433 sites (mostly schools), with 71% of participating sites now offering a 5-day a week breakfast service, up from 56% in late 2023. The expanded funding also supported a Food Security Grants round, with 144 sites funded for projects addressing food security concerns within their school community. The most common projects funded were those focused on growing food and resourcing kitchen gardens. |
Career Education and Pathways Strategy | Increase awareness of VET careers in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia and providing support for students to start their pathway while in school | Schools have more tools, resources and support to provide students with career awareness, guidance and preparedness than ever before. In 2024, quality VET in Schools continued to go from strength to strength. Over 5,100 students enrolled in Flexible Industry Programs and over 1,000 in stackable VET courses, our largest numbers yet. Connecting with and building strong partnerships with employers remains a key aspect of preparing young people for the jobs of the future. In 2024, there were over 240 employer immersion events with over 350 employers involving 12,000 students and 640 teachers. |
Consent and respectful relationships | Commence implementation of the Australian Government’s Consent and Respectful Relationships (CRRE) measure across schools | Consultation has commenced with key department stakeholders including students, teachers, school leaders, and corporate staff, and an Advisory Committee comprising key external stakeholders has also been established. Consultation will continue in 2025 to ensure CRRE resources and professional learning materials are high-quality, evidence-informed, and appropriate for the SA government school context. Direct school support through professional learning will commence in 2026 to support CRRE that is relevant, informative, and age and developmentally appropriate. |
Release the third edition of the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum | The Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum (KS:CPC) third edition was released December 2024. The KS:CPC now includes 7 curriculum documents addressing child safety and respectful relationships for birth to year 12. The new edition has strengthened key concepts including online safety, consent and respectful relationships, abuse, and reporting, and includes updated and new activities. The updated full day KS:CPC Educator course to train teachers in the delivery of the KS:CPC will be available from January 2025. | |
Country Education Strategy | Deliver initiatives under the Country Education Strategy to support º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian country:
| In 2024, we relaunched the Country Education Strategy with an additional $13.5 million proposed investment over 3 years. The updated strategy was co-designed with country educators and leaders from our system. In 2024 we delivered:
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Curriculum in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia | Commence the phased release and refinement of a new º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Curriculum for Public Education | The department developed a º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Curriculum for Public Education, which is adapted from the Australian Curriculum V9.0 to align with our purpose and strategy. Learning area prototypes were released to public schools over 2 rounds:
Over 1,500 SA public education teachers and leaders were involved in sharing their views through consultation activities and feedback sessions. A new online space was made available for public education teachers and leaders housing the new curriculum, informative videos, learning design resources, and to facilitate connection, collaboration and co‑creation of resources. Over 3,000 public education teachers and leaders participated in awareness and familiarisation events. Over 5,000 pieces of feedback were received through these processes and feedback continues to be invited through the Curriculum website. New iterations incorporating feedback from educators and associations were released in term 4, 2024 for public education teachers and leaders. |
Digital Strategy | Support children and students to have access to devices and internet connectivity for learning when they need it | The Student Device Program continued for its second year in 2024. The program has seen 344 participating schools and the deployment of over 14,700 devices to students across the state, ready for the commencement of the 2025 school year. The Student Home Internet Program continued for students who do not have access to reliable internet outside of school, providing students with a no‑cost, reliable and secure internet dongle to be used for educational purposes at home. In 2024 the program supported 78 participating schools and deployed free internet solutions to over 200 students across the state. |
Early years reform | Prepare for staged rollout of universal 3-year-old preschool in government sites from 2026 including planning for capital works to deliver 3-year-old preschool including expansion of sites where necessary | Key policy settings to inform the rollout and delivery of 3-year-old preschool have been finalised with the Office for Early Childhood Development (OECD). Based on the approved policy settings, system and site-level planning is underway to support the rollout. Priority site level planning is underway for the sites that will be delivering 3-year-old preschool in 2026 (first government integrated hub, 41 remote and regional sites, and 3 metropolitan demonstration sites). The program of identified infrastructure suitability works for 2026 sites has started. For sites rolling out in 2027 and beyond joint work is underway with the OECD to determine required expansions and new builds, including early scoping processes. Change management and communications planning for supporting site implementation activities has also commenced. |
Early years reform | Implement and evaluate the preschool out of hours care (Kindy Care) trials with a view to expanding | 10 government operated Kindy Care sites commenced in week 3, term 3 2024, with 1 additional site to commence in week 1, term 1 2025. A third party provider was engaged in term 4, 2024 to commence Kindy Care at 7 sites in week 1, term 1 2025. Evaluation data is being collected from 1 preschool service where families access out of hours care provided by a neighbouring out of school hours care service and an additional preschool service is due to commence bespoke out of hours care in 2025 through a Family Day Care in-venue service model. Formal evaluation of the Kindy Care trials will occur in the first half of 2025 to inform broader rollout. |
Prepare for Out of School Hours (OSHC) reforms to improve accessibility for families who need care, and to improve service areas where there is currently unmet demand | Quantified unmet demand for OSHC through:
Developed a comprehensive 10‑year strategic plan aimed at ensuring all children in government schools across º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia have access to a quality OSHC service. Conducted a detailed cost analysis of the 10-year plan and submitted a budget proposal to secure investment for expanding access to high-quality OSHC, with a focus on supporting disadvantaged communities. | |
Improve the experience of educators and leaders within the º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian public education system | Deepen understanding of the challenges faced by educators and leaders to inform the design of sustainable and impactful solutions | Engaged with over 170 educators from across º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia, including those in metropolitan Adelaide, regional º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia, and in some of the state’s most socio-economically disadvantaged communities. Partnered with º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia’s professional educator and leader associations, and the Australian Education Union (SA Branch), and º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian leaders and teachers. Identified the key challenges faced by the profession that are contributing to career dissatisfaction, and retention and attraction challenges. Started to address some of the identified challenges including:
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Improve outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people | Support our Aboriginal students to thrive academically, culturally and socially through our Aboriginal Education Strategy (2019 to 2029) | Aboriginal Voice Framework Over 100 Aboriginal staff are now enrolled on the Voice register, bringing a broad range of experience, expertise, perspectives and knowledge to inform department policy and projects. 65 consultations were undertaken during 2024, ensuring that policies and projects benefit from Aboriginal knowledge, perspectives and expertise. Aboriginal Funding Model A new 3-year funding model for schools to support outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people was implemented in 2024. The new model replaces the former annual funding approach, providing greater consistency and predictability for schools. The model also enables schools to make local decisions about the best use of dedicated resourcing for Aboriginal children and young people, responsive to their learning needs and the advice of their community. Aboriginal Workforce Plan An evaluation of the first 3-year tranche of our 10-year Aboriginal Workforce Plan was completed in March 2024. Based on the findings and changes in our strategic and operational settings, the department has refreshed its workforce strategy. This new approach includes flexibility to address new priorities and opportunities, and enables ongoing monitoring to assess impact. Priority learners (Aboriginal learner achievement) Tailored support to Local Education Teams and schools increased in 2024 and continued to support quality, culturally responsive practices, systems and processes. At a local level there is emerging evidence of increased Aboriginal family and community engagement within these school communities, more effective school-wide structures and systems, and culturally appropriate learning interventions for Aboriginal learners. Teaching Aboriginal learners of English as an additional language or dialect (EALD) During 2024, the project continued to support the development of educators’ skills and knowledge in EALD approaches for Aboriginal learners. Now in its 5th year of implementation, the project is having a demonstrable impact on educator capability and confidence, with local evidence of improved outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people. Strengthening Aboriginal languages During 2024, 7,000 students participated in an Aboriginal languages program at school, spanning 9 º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Aboriginal languages. Curriculum resources for Aboriginal languages continue to be developed in partnership with Aboriginal language communities. Supporting Pitjantjatjara, º£½ÇÖ±²¥ern Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara languages and cultures in Aṉangu schools High quality first language teaching materials and resources continue to be developed and used with and by Aṉangu, to support culturally affirming and meaningful education for Aṉangu children and young people. First language phonics program and assessment is being rolled out in a number of Aṉangu schools, led by Anangu educators. Aboriginal contexts in the curriculum Teaching and learning resources across multiple learning areas continue to be developed in collaboration with º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian First Nations, showcasing Aboriginal knowledges and ways of knowing. Feedback from trial schools indicates that these resources are empowering Aboriginal students to see themselves, their identities and cultures reflected in their learning experiences Aboriginal student pathways 632 students from over 69 regional and metropolitan schools participated in the Workabout Program, delivering 1,021 accredited and non-accredited training outcomes (some students taking up a number of training opportunities) and 14 employment outcomes for Aboriginal learners. 1,139 Aboriginal learners participated in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Aboriginal Secondary Training Academy Programs across regional and metropolitan schools. 24 Aboriginal secondary learners were engaged in the new pilot Aboriginal Pathways Arts program. 52 year 11 Aboriginal learners enrolled for VET courses following their participation in Immersion Week the year prior. |
Preventing and responding to challenging behaviour and violence | Introduce legislation to better protect schools and preschools against abusive behaviour | The Education and Children’s Services (Barring Notices and Other Protections) Amendment Bill 2024 was introduced into State Parliament on 28 November 2024. The Bill will amend the Education and Children’s Services Act 2019 to strengthen protections for teachers, other staff, students and community members from violence, harassment and abuse at all º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian schools, preschools, children’s services centres and education and care services. |
Provide learning environments that are safe and supportive for children and young people to grow, thrive and learn | The Safe and Supportive Learning Environments Plan of Action (2024 to 2026) was released in April 2024 with 15 key actions designed to create and maintain environments in schools that are safe, positive and inclusive. Over $1 million in Safe Spaces grant funding was provided to 78 schools for projects designed to address areas of lower safety inside and outside the classroom. In addition to the Plan of Action, a range of school-based services and programs are available in government schools including student wellbeing leaders, dedicated staff training options relevant to behaviour and violence, a Positive Behaviour for Learning Framework in 40 schools, and a School Mental Health Service. | |
Preventing and responding to challenging behaviour and violence | Review of the suspension, exclusion and expulsion of students procedure to improve procedural clarity and safeguards for priority equity groups | The department released a revised Suspension, Exclusion and Expulsion Procedure in term 1, 2024 which:
Training was provided to site staff and online training modules have been made available in 2025. |
Safeguarding democracy through public education | Implement the suite of announced curriculum and professional development measures providing all students opportunity to learn how to think, reason, converse and engage as active citizens | Civics and citizenship professional learning for years 9 and 10 non-HASS teachers and teacher specialisation for years 7 and 8 HASS teachers has been developed for delivery from February 2025. The inaugural Active Citizenship Convention for public school students will be held in 2025. |
Support learning improvement across learning areas | Undertake a trial of a numeracy check in schools utilising the Mathematics Assessment Interview (MAI) in terms 2 and 3 2024 | In term 2 and 3 2024 a trial was undertaken in 95 public schools with 319 teachers assessing over 7,000 students which found more than 60% of participating year 3 and 4 students were ‘mathematically vulnerable’. Planning has commenced for a numeracy check to be implemented from term 1, 2026 for all year 1 students to provide opportunities for intervention at an earlier point in student learning. |
Support learning improvement across learning areas | Provide resources, professional learning and support to educators for improving mathematics and numeracy | The 2024 Numeracy Summit was held in March 2024 with over 1,300 leaders in attendance. Academic speaker presentations were made into online professional learning with 4,872 registrations across 16 courses. |
Implement the Phonics Screening Check for all year 1 students in government schools | The Phonics Screening Check was implemented for 11,884 year 1 students in government schools in term 3, week 3 to week 6. 70% of students scored at or above the expected achievement score. | |
Provide resources, professional learning and support to educators for improving reading, writing and oral language | An online Literacy Summit was held in 2024 providing educators with academic presentations targeting reading improvement. The 7 online courses have had 3,122 registrations since being launched in August 2024. The Literacy Guarantee Unit, a team of 28 literacy coaches with expertise in teaching reading, phonics and differentiating for students with dyslexia and other learning difficulties, provided direct support to classroom teachers and leaders. |
Corporate performance summary
- Progressed delivery of the department’s stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (2023 to 2026). As of the last report in December 2024, 22 deliverables had been completed (23%), 65 were on track (68%) and 9 were identified as controlled risks (9%). Key achievements include:
- forming or maintaining partnerships with 48 Aboriginal organisations in 2023-24, up from 26 in 2022-23
- 2,555 staff had undertaken an e-learning cultural program in 2023-24
- membership of the Department’s Aboriginal Workforce Network (DAWN) increased to 262 members.
- Collaborated with the º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Community Controlled Organisation Network (SAACCON) and its member organisations, including the SA Aboriginal Education and Training Consultative Committee (SAAETCC) and Tauondi Aboriginal College, to finalise actions within our scope for inclusion in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia’s refreshed Closing the Gap Implementation Plan for 2024 to 2026.
- Signed a new enterprise agreement for education staff – the largest package ever finalised for º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian teachers worth an estimated $1.6 billion over 3 years.
- Refreshed our Workforce Strategy approach to support the delivery of the Strategy for Public Education, incorporating insights from evaluation of previous workforce plans and workforce consultation. The refreshed approach:
- articulates a broad framework to align workforce priorities and support delivery of the Strategy for Public Education
- advances priorities and reforms across the entire workforce, incorporating all employee cohorts
- embeds flexibility to adapt to emerging priorities and opportunities
- enables continuous impact monitoring, allowing for refinement and response based on gathered insights.
- Improved teacher supply and graduate preparedness by collaborating with initial teacher education (ITE) providers in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia and delivery of National Teacher Workforce Action Plan priorities.
- Led the Cross-Sector ITE Steering Committee to collectively influence change in the ITE system and address teacher shortages. Key areas of focus in 2024 included securing the continuation of the Special Authority to Teach category for final year ITE students to work as TRTs, and enabling employment-based initial teacher education pathways in SA.
- Piloted employment-based pathway programs to create environments that support for better preparation, attraction, retention and support for diverse cohorts of participants in the teaching profession. This included partnering with Flinders University on the ‘Career Starter’ program, and with the University of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia on the ‘Teaching Futures’ program.
- Partnered with º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia’s professional educator and leader associations, along with the Australian Education Union (SA Branch), to establish a new, more collaborative approach to ensure that educators’ voices are heard, understood and responded to. This approach is critical for enabling a shared understanding of the challenges educators face and for co‑designing solutions that lead to sustained and impactful change. Our efforts have included:
- Designing and hosting a symposium where educators discussed their daily challenges. The insights gained were validated by over 100 educators from more than 20 sites across the state.
- Identifying 22 problem statements, each with a set of drivers that contribute to their prevalence. This work positions us to develop solutions over time that address the root causes of the problems.
- Developing a draft conceptual model to convey the complex challenges faced by educators.
- Through collaboration, the Empowering Educators to Thrive initiative has supported the experience of educators by:
- Commencing the rollout of (NIT) for teachers with additional guidance around its usage.
- Committing to legislative reform to provide sites with greater authority to manage unacceptable parent behaviour.
- Further investing in country education to boost the number of teachers living and working in the country and increase support for educators to access housing.
- Streamlining the to reduce administrative burden.
- Establishing a centralised approach for annual playground audits, reducing administrative tasks in sites while ensuring playgrounds are fit-for-purpose and compliant to Australian standards.
- Introducing centralised management of preschool finance administration.
- funding model to simplify application processes for schools and preschools and provide clearer guidance and transparency around how to use it.
- Implementing new candidate management practices to assist leaders with educator recruitment.
- Streamlining HR practices, including open recruitment processes and the .
- Strengthening the scale and reach of the 2024 myWellbeing survey for all site based staff, capturing feedback from 15,433 staff, representing 53% of our site-based workforce.
Employment opportunity programs
Program name | Performance |
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Amy Levai Aboriginal Teaching Scholarship Program | 32 Aboriginal people were supported through the Amy Levai Aboriginal teaching scholarship program in 2024 (6 new recipients in 2024). This cohort is inclusive of the following:
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Adult Traineeships | The department employed 27 adult trainees under a training contract in 2024 (25 site based and 2 corporate based). |
Agency performance management and development systems
Performance management and development system | Performance |
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The department’s approach is guided by the Performance and Development policy, guideline, online learning, example templates and webinars. Employees and their managers are expected to engage in regular performance and development conversations, including bi-annual reviews. Implementation is monitored via the Human Resource System (HRS). Employee surveys measure the experience about the process every two years. | The department launched its refreshed framework focusing on learning, career fulfilment, wellbeing, and cultural responsiveness goals. Guidelines, templates, and training has also been refreshed to support the new framework. As of 19 December 2024, 75% of eligible employees had a current performance and development review (corporate staff 79% and site based staff 73%). |
Work health, safety and return to work programs
Program name | Performance |
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WHS Incident and Hazard Management System | A substantial redevelopment of the department’s incident and hazard reporting platform, Incident 360, was undertaken during 2023 to ensure an intuitive user friendly interface. A pilot run of Incident 360 was undertaken in March 2024 involving 2 sites (Craigmore High School and Paralowie R‑12). A broader pilot program is scheduled for 2025. |
WHS Internal Audit program | The WHS Internal Audit program was undertaken throughout 2023. The WHS Unit provided support to sites to complete identified corrective actions throughout 2024. |
Risk Based Review Concurrent Duties | In 2023, the Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment (OCPSE) conducted a risk-based review which examined the department's WHS processes for engagement with contractors and Across Government Facilities Management Arrangements (AGFMA) service providers. The review contained a total of 8 findings with accompanying recommendations for improvement. The department has developed an action plan to address the report’s recommendations and is engaging an external consultant to ensure the recommendations are implemented in 2025. |
Mandating WHS training | WHS has undertaken an extensive review of safety training to ensure that the department is providing appropriate training for all staff and is meeting its legislative obligations. In March 2024, the Chief Executive approved a suite of mandated safety training for all departmental employees, and work is currently being undertaken to improve department IT systems to allow monitoring and reporting of all mandated training. |
Review of First Aid arrangements | The Workforce Relations and Safety Directorate has reviewed the department’s First Aid policy and made the following changes:
Implementation of these recommendations is on track for December 2025. |
Installation of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) | The Automated External Defibrillators (Public Access) Act 2022 (AED Act) came into effect from 8 December 2022 and requires the installation of AEDs in designated buildings or facilities by 1 January 2025. This includes schools. An AED was provided to every school and standalone preschool by the end of term 4, 2024. Preschools co-located with a school can access the AED at the adjacent school. |
Playground and Nature Play Safety | The department is implementing a centralised approach to risk management of outdoor learning environments (OLEs) by incorporating annual inspections of OLEs into the annual preventative maintenance program for sites. An extension to the department’s current agreement with Kidsafe SA is in place until January 2025 at which time the new approach will be implemented. |
COVID-19 guidance | Regular reviews of the department’s COVID-19 guidance for corporate and education sites have been completed to ensure alignment with the most up-to-date advice from SA Health. The reviews have focused on positive case management, testing and isolation recommendations, and site outbreak response. The department’s COVID-19 vaccination policies are due to be deleted by the start of the 2025 school year, following consultation with relevant stakeholders in the second half of 2024. The policies will be replaced with guidance encouraging all staff to maintain up-to-date vaccination in line with SA Health and ATAGI recommendations. |
COVID-19 guidance | In November 2022, the Chief Executive approved a recommendation to transition the department’s COVID-19 response to business as usual arrangements resulting in the decommissioning of the COVID-19 Response Unit. COVID-19 risk controls are now overseen by WHS. WHS have reviewed all current guidance to ensure it is up to date, concise and in line with SA Health guidance. |
Enforceable Undertaking (EU) | The department entered into an enforceable undertaking with SafeWork SA on 26 March 2024 in relation to an incident at Urrbrae Agricultural High School in November 2020. This involves the department implementing effective safety initiatives within agreed timeframes. The department is on track to deliver the program of work agreed by SafeWork SA. |
Workplace injury claims | Current year 2023-24 | Past year 2022-23 | % Change |
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Total new workplace injury claims | 734 | 643 | +14.1% |
Fatalities | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Seriously injured workers* | 2 | 1 | +100% |
Significant injuries (where lost time exceeds a working week, expressed as frequency rate per 1000 FTE) | 11.7 | 10.4 | +12.5% |
*number of claimants assessed during the reporting period as having a whole person impairment of 30% or more under the Return to Work Act 2014 (Part 2 Division 5)
Work health and safety regulations | Current year 2023-24 | Past year 2022-23 | % Change |
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Number of notifiable incidents (Work Health and Safety Act 2012, Part 3) | 86 | 109 | -21% |
Number of provisional improvement, improvement and prohibition notices (Work Health and Safety Act 2012 Sections 90, 191 and 195) | 283 | 26 | +988% |
Note: The significant increase in legislative notices for the 2023-24 FY resulted from a SWSA playground audit program accounting for 91% of notices issued. These were primarily minor issues related to soft fall and equipment wear/maintenance. As of the publication of this report, these notices have been actioned and closed.
Return to work costs*** | Current year 2023-24 | Past year 2022-23 | % Change |
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Total gross workers compensation expenditure ($) | $23,997,832 | $21,477,384 | +11.7% |
Income support payments – gross ($) | $9,988,434 | $8,858,680 | +12.7% |
**before third party recovery
Data for previous years is available at:
Executive employment in the agency
Executive classification | Number of executives |
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Chief Executive | 1 |
SA Executive Services Level 1 | 66 |
SA Executive Services Level 2 | 20 |
Principal Band A-2 | 57 |
Principal Band A-3 | 151 |
Principal Band A-4 | 102 |
Principal Band A-5 | 97 |
Principal Band A-6 | 58 |
Principal Band A-7 | 31 |
Principal Band A-8 | 21 |
Principal Band A-9 | 27 |
Principal Band A-9 plus | 11 |
Education and Children’s Services Act Section 121 Negotiated Conditions | 253 |
Preschool Director Band A-2 | 11 |
Preschool Director Band A-3 | 50 |
Workforce Information Collection as at the last pay day in June 2024 and includes Skills SA executive appointments.
Data for previous years is available at:
The has a page that provides further information on the breakdown of executive gender, salary and tenure by agency.
Financial performance
Financial performance at a glance
The following is a brief summary of the overall financial position of the agency. The information is unaudited. Full audited financial statements for 2023-24 are attached to this report.
Statement of Comprehensive Income | 2023-24 Budget $000s | 2023-24 Actual $000s | Variation $000s | Past year 2022-23 Actual $000s |
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Total Income | 4 622 145 | 4 664 809 | 42 664 | 4 414 861 |
Total Expenses | 4 656 716 | 4 791 383 | (134 667) | 4 358 068 |
Net Result | (34 571) | (126 574) | (92 003) | 56 793 |
Total Comprehensive Result | (34 571) | 454 927 | 489 498 | 484 484 |
*reflects original budget reported in the 2023-24 State Budget
Our income – where it comes from
The total income received by the department and schools from controlled operations for the 2023-24 financial year was $4.7 billion, which was an increase of $249.9 million from the previous financial year.
Key factors contributing to the movement include:
- Appropriations from the State Government increased by $196.9 million, including funding for indexation, the introduction of mid-year intake for preschool and reception students, and continuing investment in strategies.
- Revenue from the Australian Government increased by $10.2 million, predominantly relating to increases associated with the National Schools Reform Agreement, offset by decreases in funding towards Preschool Reform Agreement, Student Wellbeing Boost and Skills Job Trainer and Skills Agreement.
- A $22.2 million increase in grant funding provided to the department for recent staff Enterprise Agreement and childcare subsidies received by schools.
- Sales of goods and services revenue increased by $7.1 million, mainly due to schools’ camp and excursion activities and the return international student following the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions.
- Interest received increased due to higher interest rates paid on invested funds.
Our expenditure – how our funds were spent
Total operating expenses of the department and schools for controlled activities increased by $433.3 million to $4.8 billion compared with the previous financial year. The increase in expenditure from the previous financial year is predominantly attributed to:
- Employee benefit expenses increased by $246.2 million, with $166.1 million mainly attributable to enterprise agreement salary increases, increased annual leave and skills and retention leave expenses, and FTE increases. There was also a $62.9 million increase in long service leave expense and a $41.6 million increase in superannuation and payroll tax costs, partly offset by a $23.2 million reduction in workers compensation expenses.
- An increase of $74.1 million due to the return of cash to the Department of Treasury and Finance under the Cash Alignment Policy in 2023-24, reflecting the amount deemed surplus to the department.
- Supplies and services increased by $70.3 million, mainly from increased expenditure on cost of goods sold, vehicle and travelling expenses, information and communications technology, utilities, security, contractors and other outsourced services, copyright, student learning materials, minor works maintenance and equipment, management fees and charges, legal costs, cleaning, bus contractors, Shared Services SA charges and excursions and camp-related costs.
- Grants and subsidies payments increased by $23.2 million, with $21.8 million of this amount relating to an increase in grants paid by the Skills SA division of the department.
Comprehensive result – changes in asset valuations
The comprehensive result includes the impact of the revaluation of non-current assets which occurred in 2023-24.
Financial position
Statement of Financial Position | 2023-24 Budget $000s | 2023-24 Actual $000s | Variation | Past year 2022-23 Actual $000s |
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Current assets | 1 271 656 | 1 406 865 | 135 209 | 1 581 351 |
Non-current assets | 6 324 177 | 7 247 072 | 922 895 | 6 615 751 |
Total assets | 7 595 833 | 8 653 937 | 1 058 104 | 8 197 102 |
Current liabilities | 568 602 | 531 766 | (36 836) | 676 453 |
Non-current liabilities | 1 060 373 | 1 090 411 | 30 038 | 1 063 274 |
Total liabilities | 1 628 975 | 1 622 177 | (6 798) | 1 739 727 |
Net assets | 5 966 858 | 7 031 760 | 1 064 902 | 6 457 375 |
Equity | 5 966 858 | 7 031 760 | 1 064 902 | 6 457 375 |
*reflects original budget reported in the 2023-24 State Budget
Summary of our assets – what we own
The value of assets for the department and schools totalled $8.7 billion as at 30 June 2024, representing an increase of $456.8 million compared with the previous financial year.
Property, plant and equipment increased by $642.5 million, resulting primarily from the revaluation of assets and additional capital expenditure on construction projects, partly offset by depreciation expenses.
Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $185.4 million, and receivables were $11.2 million higher than the previous financial year.
Summary of our liabilities – what we owe
The value of liabilities for the department and schools totalled $1.6 billion as at 30 June 2024, a decrease of $117.6 million compared with the previous financial year.
This reduction was mainly due to decreased payables of $169.9 million and provisions of $20.4 million, partly offset by an increase of $81.6 million in employee-related liabilities as at 30 June 2024.
Materials and services charges
The materials and services charge set by each governing council is for materials and services used or consumed by individual students during the course of their study and shall reflect the cost of the materials and services provided.
For 2024, the prescribed amount, as determined in accordance with the Education and Children’s Services Regulations 2020, was $287 for primary students and $379 for secondary students. Governing councils are able to poll their school communities to seek majority support to charge an amount greater than the prescribed amount, as well as including specific subject charges where applicable.
For the 2023-24 financial year, the actual amount recorded by schools for material and services charges was $65.2 million. It is noted that for the 2024 school year, eligible families were provided with a rebate of the 2024 materials and services charge.
Consultants disclosure
The following is a summary of external consultants that have been engaged by the agency, the nature of work undertaken, and the actual payments made for the work undertaken during the 2023-24 financial year.
Consultancies with a contract value below $10,000 each
Consultancies | Purpose | $ Actual payment |
---|---|---|
All consultancies below $10,000 each – combined | Various | $3,875 |
Consultancies with a contract value above $10,000 each
Consultancies | Purpose | $ Actual payment |
---|---|---|
ACER | Provide an evaluation and recommendations specific to the first year of implementation of the Autism Inclusion Teacher initiative. | $47,021 |
Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd | Develop a business case relating to the establishment of new high school accommodation within the Adelaide central business district (CBD) and Inner North areas to meet future enrolment demand. This consultancy commenced in 2022-23. | $117,440 |
Brown Falconer Group Pty Ltd | Provide a planning study for Modbury Schools. | $42,900 |
Brown Falconer Group Pty Ltd | Provide a planning study for Berri Primary School. Undertake research as part of our national leadership of an initiative in the National Schools Reform Agreement. | $40,364 |
Deloitte Access Economics | Undertake a review of the education landscape for students with disabilities across different jurisdictions in relation to inclusive education. | $47,091 |
Deloitte Access Economics | Prepare an overview and mapping of Early Childhood Education and Care initiatives and reviews. | $46,913 |
Deloitte Access Economics | Review and provide a report with findings and recommendations for the department to further support schools in the area of work health and safety. | $25,000 |
Deloitte Financial Advisory | Develop a business case for Sustainable Infrastructure Investment. This consultancy commenced 2022-23. | $485,000 |
Deloitte Financial Advisory | Provide an analysis, including long-term preschool and school demand modelling, and report to support the development of the department’s long-term infrastructure plan. | $399,850 |
Ernst & Young | Review and provide a report with findings and recommendations for the department to further support schools in the area of work health and safety. | $24,908 |
JPE Design Studio Pty Ltd | Provide a feasibility study for the Adelaide High School Gymnasium. | $45,722 |
Kerry Dollman | Implement and evaluate an Aboriginal Strategy funding model. | $63,000 |
KPMG | Design of the future operating model for the Out of School Hours Care system in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia building on recommendations of the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care. | $351,576 |
KPMG | Provide accounting treatment in relation to the arrangement between Flinders University and the department to build the Tonsley Technical College. | $23,998 |
Mercer Consulting (Australia) Pty Ltd | Manage the Band A Review and Contemporary School Leadership Structures Project. This consultancy commenced in 2022-23. | $80,000 |
Murdoch Children’s Research | Researcher in residence model providing advice to the department consistent with best practice for early childhood development. | $46,049 |
Nation Creative Pty Ltd | Develop an employee value proposition and narrative. | $135,252 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers | Review the Education Management System (EMS) training approach and provide an independent report with recommendations for future processes and policies. | $48,500 |
Scyne Advisory Pty Ltd | Undertake a review of Children and Students with Disability Program to provide future delivery options and funding models. | $50,000 |
Thomson Rossi Associates Pty Ltd | Provide Learning Environment Opportunity Studies for schools on the Eyre Peninsula. | $54,629 |
University Of Adelaide | Evaluate and provide recommendations on the department’s Country Education Strategy. | $90,800 |
Total | $2,266,013 |
Data for previous years is available at:
See also the for total value of consultancy contracts across the º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Public Sector.
Contractors disclosure
The following is a summary of external contractors that have been engaged by the agency, the nature of work undertaken, and the actual payments made for work undertaken during the financial year.
Contractors with a contract value below $10,000
Contractors | Purpose | $ Actual payment |
---|---|---|
All contractors below $10,000 each – combined | Various | $1,728,103 |
Contractors with a contract value above $10,000 each
Contractors | Purpose | $ Actual payment |
---|---|---|
3NA Pty Ltd | Professional services for ICT reform (Site Budget Planning Tool Enhancements) | $202,011 |
ABC Multilingua Pty Ltd | Translation and interpreting services | $342,211 |
Aboriginal Basketball Academy | Aboriginal Basketball Academy funding | $42,045 |
Action OHS Consulting | Working at Heights External Risk Review | $24,100 |
Aim To Succeed Tutoring | Professional tuition services for School Retention Program | $31,295 |
Akkodis Australia Talent | Labour resources | $677,315 |
Akkodis Australia Talent | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $123,881 |
Ana Tu Psychology | Department for Education Psychological Assessment | $17,525 |
Anglicare SA Ltd | Professional mentoring services for School Retention Program | $173,571 |
Ann Rieger | Professional services for departmental initiatives (New Site Leader Program) | $13,541 |
Annette Shea | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $10,584 |
Aplo Enterprise Pty Ltd | Training for work health and safety Workabout Centre Program Students - Construction | $237,375 |
Armadale Consultancy Limited | Labour resources | $167,872 |
ASI Solutions | Professional services for ICT infrastructure | $185,862 |
Adelaide Training & Employment Centre | Training for work health and safety Workabout Centre Program Students - Construction | $11,365 |
Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd | Professional services for strategic asset management | $11,000 |
Auslan Services Pty Ltd | Translation and interpreting services | $73,293 |
Austral Tree Services Pty Ltd | Professional services for bushfire safety | $28,970 |
Autism CRC Ltd | Professional services to the department (research project to inform changes to Initial Teacher Education) | $43,280 |
Bain Education Services | Behaviour support planning and implementation | $21,497 |
Bain Education Services | Professional services for departmental initiatives (New Site Leader Program) | $37,181 |
BDO Services Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Procurement services) | $30,722 |
Bee Squared Consultants | Assessment and recommendation of business requirements for ICT provision for Family day care and Guardianship family day care | $32,250 |
Bee Squared Consultants | Family day care value stream map and improvement road map | $26,500 |
Benestar Group Pty Ltd | Psychological first aid leadership program | $492,882 |
Blackash Bushfire Consulting | Review of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia's bushfire protection assessment | $15,273 |
Bookipi Pty Ltd | Development of custom dashboard and features | $36,500 |
Bright Space Psychology | Psychological assessment services | $52,637 |
Broaden Psychology | Psychological assessment services | $59,951 |
Broadtec Services Pty Ltd | Professional services for ICT infrastructure in schools | $285,135 |
Bronwyn Custance Education | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Learning English: Achievement and Proficiency (LEAP) strategies, planning, support, and training) | $58,850 |
Brown Falconer Group Pty Ltd | Data gathering/analysis | $47,250 |
BTS Australasia Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Future Leaders Program) | $20,450 |
Budding Tutoring | Professional tuition services for School Retention Program | $37,908 |
Bus & Coach Association SA | Professional services for the delivery of school bus safety program (BusSafe Program) | $34,091 |
Cablelink Communications | Professional services for ICT infrastructure in schools | $216,809 |
Capgemini Australia Pty | Professional services for departmental initiatives | $34,448 |
Care Squared Pty Ltd | Professional assessment services | $45,521 |
Career Employment Group Inc | Training for Workabout Centre Program - Hospitality | $19,663 |
Carmel O'Reilly | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $14,577 |
Centacare Catholic Family Service | National Student Wellbeing Program | $200,735 |
Chamonix It Management | Professional ICT services for departmental initiatives | $395,254 |
Chamonix It Management | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $43,750 |
Chamonix It Management | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Vocational Education and Training Data Streamlining) | $222,300 |
Charles Fadel | Presentation on mathematics learning methods | $16,335 |
Chatterbox Therapy Services | Professional assessment services | $16,101 |
Chelsea Turner | Translation and interpreting services | $12,818 |
Citron Early Childhood | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Leadership development) | $18,850 |
CK Leadership Consultant | Behaviour support planning and implementation | $50,073 |
Click Films Pty Ltd | Filming and video production | $33,950 |
Cloudwerx Pty Ltd | Professional services for ICT infrastructure (Backup & maintenance) | $84,000 |
COGS Project Therapy Pty Ltd | Professional services for the Education Management System (EMS) project | $1,082,692 |
Colin Macmullin | Psychological assessment services | $128,843 |
Collab PM Services Pty Ltd | Project management services for the department | $68,033 |
Communication Republic | Translation and interpreting services | $68,581 |
Complete Hospitality Training | Delivery of training programs and events across the department | $62,876 |
Complete Tutoring Solutions | Professional tuition services for School Retention Program | $27,896 |
Computers Now Pty Ltd | Professional services for ICT infrastructure in schools | $30,750 |
Connected Lives Psychology | Psychological first aid presentation delivery | $17,500 |
Connected Self Pty Ltd | Professional mentoring services for School Retention Program | $266,357 |
Connected Self Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Transition Support Service) | $317,625 |
Connected Self Pty Ltd | Professional tuition services for School Retention Program | $74,391 |
Contemporary SA Incorporated | Custom design artwork | $18,892 |
Continuum Psychological | Psychological assessment services | $52,748 |
Cope Sensitive Freight | Relocation of IT equipment | $18,483 |
Corporate Health Group Pty Ltd | Health assessment services | $739,282 |
Corporated Scorecard Pty Ltd | Provision of financial viability assessment | $10,935 |
Courts Administration Authority | Education Family Conferences Services | $51,000 |
Creative Juice SA | Graphic Design and Freelance Services | $43,275 |
Culturalchemy Pty Ltd | Business strategy workshop | $17,800 |
Custom Minds | Psychological assessment services | $80,632 |
Dandolo Partners International | Implementation planning for 3 year old preschool | $29,477 |
Dansie's Head To Toe Pty Ltd | Psychological assessment services | $199,061 |
Data & Voice Pty Ltd | Cabling for primary school | $49,370 |
Data 3 Ltd | Professional services for ICT infrastructure (Backup & maintenance) | $778,326 |
David Best | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $10,917 |
David O'Brien Consulting | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Development Experiences Program) | $10,147 |
David O'Brien Consulting | Professional services for departmental initiatives (New Site Leader Program) | $16,936 |
Davies Stewart Recruitment | Labour resources | $59,242 |
Deaf Services Limited | Translation and interpreting services | $117,357 |
Dean Angus | Professional services for departmental initiatives (New Site Leader Program) | $27,379 |
Deb Roberts | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $11,502 |
Deloitte Financial Advisory | Professional services for departmental initiatives (School Upgrade) | $12,820 |
Deloitte Financial Advisory | Development of a Digital Reporting Dashboard for the department | $49,970 |
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Business Continuity Management - Resilience Framework) | $28,406 |
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Strategy) | $48,500 |
Des's Adelaide Pty Ltd | School bus services (Bus hire) | $108,040 |
DFP Recruitment Services Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $246,993 |
Di Robertson | Professional services to the department (mentoring for new site leaders) | $12,315 |
Dialog Pty Ltd | Enterprise Architect | $108,000 |
DK Psychology | Psychological assessment services | $139,349 |
Dream Engine Pty Ltd | 2023 and 2024 Literacy Summit Video production | $36,704 |
Dream Engine Pty Ltd | 2024 Numeracy Summit Video production | $34,400 |
DXC Enterprise Australia Pty Ltd | Professional services for ICT infrastructure in schools | $329,089 |
DXC Enterprise Australia Pty Ltd | Professional services for ICT infrastructure (Backup & maintenance) | $275,491 |
Edge Recruitment | Labour resources | $563,015 |
Education Services Australia | Hosting and maintenance of the myfuture career information service 2024-25 | $97,858 |
Educators SA | Languages curriculum implementation 2024-2024 | $29,500 |
Educentric Pty Ltd | Update of all modules for Workpro | $23,183 |
Educentric Pty Ltd | Update of all modules for Workpro 2023 | $14,915 |
Elevate Management Consulting | Project services and implementation | $476,023 |
Emanate Technology Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $30,369 |
Emotous Pty Ltd | Coaching and training workshop | $49,625 |
Ernst & Young | Work health and safety operating model assessment | $15,000 |
Exelnet Pty Ltd | Test and tag training course | $13,650 |
Exceptional Learners Assessment | Psychological assessment services | $69,461 |
Expose Data Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $77,600 |
Expose Data Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (edAnalytics) | $1,743,372 |
Expose Data Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $58,730 |
Expose Data Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (VET Data Streamlining) | $62,208 |
First Five Minutes Pty Ltd | Creation and installation of an evacuation diagram on site | $12,633 |
Flinders University | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Autism Education) | $224,374 |
Fujifilm Data Management | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $935,989 |
Fuller | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Location Sites and Services Promotional Campaign) | $32,980 |
Galpins | Professional services for departmental initiatives | $14,417 |
Graham Wood | Professional services for departmental initiatives (New Site Leader Program) | $20,325 |
Greencap - NAA Pty Ltd | Asbestos awareness training | $11,925 |
Grok Academy Limited | Digital maturity assessment | $47,486 |
Growth Coaching International | Coaching masterclass program | $11,900 |
Growth Coaching International | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Leadership development) | $20,254 |
Guy Claxton | Professional services to the department (Empowering Effective Leaders) | $25,761 |
Halcyon Knights Australia | Labour resources | $259,065 |
Harrison Mcmillan Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $266,925 |
Haymakr | Vocational Education Training (Location Sites and Services qualitative strategy research work) | $36,000 |
Hays Specialist Recruitment | Labour resources | $7,673,086 |
Heather Heading | Professional services for departmental initiatives (New Site Leader Program) | $32,957 |
Hender Group Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $46,075 |
Hendercare Pty Ltd | Psychological assessment services | $13,396 |
Higher Logic Australia Pty Ltd | Community engagement portfolio and platform implementation work | $33,332 |
Hoban Recruitment Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $236,331 |
Hudson Global Resources (Aust) | Labour resources | $10,879 |
Human Psychology | Psychological assessment services | $825,277 |
Ian Carswell | Professional tuition services for School Retention Program | $25,118 |
Idea Science Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (SalesForce solution build and configuration) | $136,706 |
Idea Science Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $60,400 |
Incompro Aboriginal Association | Professional mentoring services for School Retention Program | $291,613 |
Inspired Psychology | Psychological assessment services | $26,305 |
Insync Solutions Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Education Internet Management Services deliverable) | $676,384 |
Interpreting And Translating | Translation and interpreting services | $63,444 |
IOT Tek | Professional audio visual support services | $110,539 |
Iron Mountain Australia Group | Professional services for departmental services (Data Management) | $23,440 |
J&D Early Math Inc | Multiple presentations for 2024 Numeracy Summit | $44,600 |
J4RVIS Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Salesforce) | $883,985 |
Jade-Thelda Cleasby | Translation and interpreting services | $110,888 |
Jodie Benveniste | Psychological first aid leadership program | $20,000 |
Julia Atkin Pty Ltd | Learning and development consulting | $70,094 |
Julie Dini | Psychological assessment services | $15,425 |
K Welsh & Co Pty Ltd | Professional financial administration services to support Wiltja Residential Program | $12,146 |
Kanga Coachlines Pty Ltd | Private charter student transportation | $15,455 |
Karen Davies | Psychological assessment services | $197,784 |
Karko Creations | Custom design artwork | $10,000 |
Karl Richardson Pauligk | Data and analytics consulting | $132,375 |
Keystone Negotiation Pty Ltd | Negotiation advice for Microsoft enterprise agreement | $282,667 |
Kids First Australia | Professional mentoring services for School Retention Program | $90,495 |
Kidsafe SA Inc | Playground safety inspections and workforce training | $315,742 |
KIK Enterprises | Labour resources | $35,845 |
KIK Innovation Ltd | Autism Pre Pathway Program assessment and development workshops | $49,545 |
KJEX Pty Ltd | Adelaide Careers and Employment Expo 2024 preparation and implementation | $68,000 |
KPMG | Fee for professional services (cleaning services review) | $65,441 |
KPMG | Fee for professional services to support the edAnalytics project team | $198,827 |
KPMG | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $25,000 |
KPP Ventures Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $212,803 |
Kristy-Lyn Sinkovic | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $11,074 |
KWPX Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Schools wordpress multisite development) | $33,705 |
Latitude IT Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $24,047 |
Level Electrical & Data | Supply and installation of cabling and circuits | $34,985 |
Life Without Barriers | Professional mentoring services for School Retention Program | $58,124 |
Life Without Barriers | Psychological assessment services | $33,438 |
Lisa Williams | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $13,188 |
Luisa Sergi | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $15,411 |
Lumination Pty Ltd | Professional Services for department initiatives (Digital strategy) | $359,182 |
Lyn Langeluddecke | Professional services for departmental initiatives (New Site Leader Program and mentoring) | $16,330 |
Make Learning Better | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Leader Advisor Program) | $12,825 |
Manpower Services Aust Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $34,421 |
Mantel Operations Pty Ltd | Technology implementation service | $11,130 |
Mary-Anne Gale | Advice provided for Ngarrindjeri language version of the Scope and Sequence of the Australian Curriculum Framework | $11,400 |
Matthew Nairn | Psychological assessment services | $108,709 |
Maulfry Worthington | Preparation and delivery of pre-recorded presentation for the Department for Education 2024 Numeracy Summit | $11,557 |
Maureen Hegarty | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Mathematic - Thinking Maths Program) | $120,935 |
Max Solutions Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $162,652 |
Maxima Training Group (Aust) | Labour resources | $71,113 |
Maybo | Licensed programme agreement training | $23,632 |
MEGT (Australia) Ltd | Labour resources | $1,812,026 |
MEGT Services - People Now | Labour resources | $26,243 |
Mental Health First Aid | Mental Health First Aid eLearning Training | $10,572 |
Mental Muscle Education | Professional services for departmental initiatives (music event planning and training) | $38,074 |
Merkle ANZ Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (SalesForce solution architecture) | $78,163 |
Merkle ANZ Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $37,000 |
Mesh Learning | Professional tuition services for School Retention Program | $25,211 |
Microsoft Pty Ltd | Unified Enterprise Support | $118,000 |
Mindful Pathways Psychological | Psychological assessment services | $53,430 |
Mindset Procurement | Labour resources | $63,905 |
Monash University | Facilitation of workshop - Practice Guidance in Adelaide | $17,144 |
Motion By Design Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Skills SA Student Success and Wellbeing program) | $44,300 |
Music Education Network Pty Ltd | Consultation, installation and documentation of performing arts audio visual lighting and control systems for Botanic High School | $27,720 |
Nathan Dicker | Fencing installation | $12,500 |
Nathan Rice | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $12,985 |
Nation Creative Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Skills SA Student Success and Wellbeing program) | $39,178 |
National Centre For Vocational | Labour resources | $27,273 |
NEC Australia Pty Ltd | Professional services to support ICT delivery (Corporate site upgrades) | $437,324 |
Neil White | School site visits, reporting and support services to sites | $65,600 |
Nicholas Kingsley | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $12,889 |
North Eastern Metrostars Inc | Professional services for departmental initiatives (º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Aboriginal Secondary Training Academy - Indigenous Cup) | $10,000 |
North Eastern Metrostars Inc | Professional services for departmental initiatives (º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Aboriginal Secondary Training Academy) | $45,000 |
Nutshell Systems Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (edAnalytics) | $182,560 |
Oncall Language Services Pty Ltd | Translation and interpreting services | $19,939 |
Opex Nominees Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Procurement services) | $200,069 |
Pamela Grigg | Video production | $14,100 |
Passel Pty Ltd | Video production | $15,900 |
Pauline Carter Educational | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Mathematic - Thinking Maths Program) | $129,333 |
Paxus Australia Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $1,882,485 |
Paxus Australia Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $54,300 |
Peoplebank Australia Ltd | Labour resources | $318,212 |
Pernix Pty Ltd | Professional services for the Education Management System (EMS) project | $865,861 |
Pernix Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $92,500 |
Peter Gandolfi | Precinct leader - Mount Gambier research, training and employment precinct | $73,404 |
Peter Heydrich | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $14,838 |
Phil Jenkins | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Leader Advisor Program) | $10,711 |
Phil Jenkins | Professional services for departmental initiatives (New Site Leader Program) | $15,656 |
Pricewaterhousecoopers | EMS program assurance and compliance | $30,708 |
Pricewaterhousecoopers | Professional services for the Education Management System (EMS) project | $68,692 |
Pricewaterhousecoopers Indigenous Consulting | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Aboriginal Adult Education and Trainings Strategy) | $15,214 |
Procurement Advisory Services | DFE procurement organisational model study and review | $44,635 |
Project Green Pty Ltd | Professional services for bushfire safety | $216,244 |
Promind Psychology | Psychological assessment services | $178,143 |
Psychmed | Professional assessment services | $93,203 |
Rachael Furner Speech Path | Professional assessment services | $33,463 |
Randstad Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $5,235,587 |
Reconciliation SA Inc | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Reconciliation Action Plan) | $15,000 |
Regional Development Australia | Funding to support a childcare needs assessment across the Eyre Peninsula | $30,000 |
Resolve Strategy Pty Ltd | National Heavy Vehicle Regulator project | $51,871 |
Richard Costi | PYEC Governance and Implementation project | $56,234 |
Rita Lindsay | Language and cultural expertise to support the development of Australian Curriculum scope and sequence | $11,200 |
RKM Consulting Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Human Resources Management Information System Design) | $300,994 |
RNTT Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $129,195 |
Robert Eldridge | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $11,206 |
Robert Walters Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $174,671 |
Rosa Enterprises | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Leader Advisor Program) | $14,000 |
Rosa Enterprises | Professional services for departmental initiatives (New Site Leader Program) | $45,750 |
Rosato Project Management | Project management services for capital programs and asset services | $163,211 |
SA E & I Services Pty Ltd | Professional services for ICT communication installation and maintenance | $61,063 |
SA Netball Assoc Inc | Professional services for departmental initiatives (º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Aboriginal Secondary Training Academy) | $45,000 |
Sammy D Foundation | Professional mentoring services for School Retention Program | $188,818 |
Sayers Advisory Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (ICT resources) | $44,274 |
School Pals | Psychological assessment services | $30,751 |
School Sport SA - Primary | Labour resources | $262,938 |
Schools Ministry Group | National Student Wellbeing Program | $5,678,712 |
Scyne Advisory Pty Ltd | EMS program assurance and management | $246,298 |
Scyne Advisory Pty Ltd | Health Education Interface program evaluation | $99,600 |
Scyne Advisory Pty Ltd | Procurement disclosure work in department financial statements | $25,000 |
Scyne Advisory Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (new procurement reporting requirements) | $58,699 |
Scyne Advisory Pty Ltd | Review of operations of technical colleges | $94,500 |
Scyne Advisory Pty Ltd | Strategic Risk Review work | $47,794 |
Secureware Unit Trust | ICT cybersecurity work | $11,636 |
Seedling Education Pty Ltd | Professional tuition services for School Retention Program | $26,190 |
Semaphore Consulting | Professional services for departmental initiatives (data collection) | $30,375 |
SFDC Australia Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $1,132,100 |
Sharon Best | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $10,917 |
She Creative Pty Ltd | CE Dialogues week zero resources: Areas of impact work | $16,785 |
Simfoni Analytics Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Procurement analytics) | $52,015 |
Sitback Solutions Pty Ltd | Online Digital Edspark work | $14,194 |
Smaart Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $133,067 |
Smiles All Round | Psychological assessment services | $27,987 |
Soji Pty Ltd | Coaching and training workshop | $42,000 |
Sonder Care | Psychological assessment services | $112,983 |
Sophie Scott | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $12,505 |
Spectur Limited | Solar powered security camera installation | $15,917 |
SPELD SA Inc | Psychological assessment services | $32,665 |
Square Holes | Market research conducted to inform policy development | $30,000 |
ST Solutions Australia Pty Ltd | IT ticketing services | $14,400 |
Stanislaw Pulgies | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $12,184 |
Stelladawn | Professional tuition services for School Retention Program | $10,291 |
Stephanie Claire Rowland | Labour resources | $28,500 |
Switch Education Recruitment | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Future Leaders Program) | $31,074 |
Sysintegra Pty Ltd | ICT service delivery consulting | $19,625 |
System Shift Labs Aps | Professional services to the department (Innovation in education implementation) | $10,000 |
Tafe SA | Professional services for vocational education and training | $517,217 |
Talent International (SA) Pty Ltd | Labour resources | $1,229,480 |
Talent International (SA) Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $155,809 |
Talent International (SA) Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Vocational Education and Training Data Streamlining) | $156,165 |
Talk Speech Pathology | Professional assessment services | $196,292 |
Talking Matters | Professional assessment services | $22,189 |
Taysols Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Financial Consolidation Project) | $11,144 |
Telethon Kids Institute | Professional services for departmental initiatives (external evaluation) | $65,344 |
Telethon Kids Institute | Professional services for departmental initiatives (validating wellbeing and engagement tools) | $62,179 |
Telstra Corporation Ltd | Professional services to support ICT delivery (ICT and telecommunication expenses) | $536,424 |
Terry Sizer | Professional services for departmental initiatives (New Site Leader Program) | $39,016 |
The Big Middle Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Digital Transformation) | $164,780 |
The Eventful Learning Co | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Public Education Purpose Design) | $27,800 |
Therabees | Psychological assessment services | $39,382 |
Think Human Pty Ltd | Disability Inclusion Vision Project | $38,980 |
Thirdera Aus Pty Ltd | ICT service delivery consulting | $356,672 |
Tjindu Foundation Ltd | Facilitation of indigenous students education program - Tjindu / Australian Football League (AFL) Academy | $150,000 |
Tony Wilson | Artist engagement for Adelaide Botantic High School | $17,603 |
Translation Consultants | Translation and interpreting services | $22,834 |
Trisan Australia Pty Ltd | Testing and supply of electrical appliances | $14,025 |
Turner Townsend Thinc Pty Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Department for Education modular review) | $308,423 |
Unified Solutions Group Pty Ltd | Professional services for ICT infrastructure in schools | $676,898 |
Uniting Country SA Ltd | Professional mentoring services for School Retention Program | $210,259 |
Uniting Country SA Ltd | Professional services for departmental initiatives (School Retention Program) | $82,770 |
University Of New England | Professional services for departmental initiatives (QuickSmart Numeracy Program) | $81,254 |
University Of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia | Chinese Bilingual Quality Assurance | $60,000 |
University Of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia | Early Years - Mobile App Review | $20,220 |
University Of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia | Improving musical education of teachers | $84,300 |
University Of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia | Leadership capability framework | $88,000 |
University Of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia | Self Regulation Measurement review | $58,926 |
Upstream Health Pty Ltd | Psychological assessment services | $92,840 |
Valcorp Australia Pty Ltd | Valuation of various schools in metropolitan Adelaide and regional º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia | $28,000 |
Valcorp Australia Pty Ltd | Valuation of swimming pool assets | $18,000 |
Victoria University | Labour market research | $25,000 |
Vincent Raymond Riviere | Professional assessment services | $19,740 |
Vip Tone Aust | Education Department School Administration System (EDSAS) maintenance | $67,200 |
Vivienne Wright | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Leader Wellbeing Program) | $18,175 |
Vonnie Dolling | Professional services for departmental initiatives | $22,491 |
Wattle Psychology Studio | Psychological assessment services | $26,370 |
Whitelion Youth Agency Ltd | Professional mentoring services for School Retention Program | $92,800 |
Women's & Children's Hospital | Professional services for departmental initiatives (Early learning strategy) | $1,393,694 |
Work Health Consulting Aust | Professional assessment services | $15,292 |
Xmplify Pty Ltd | Professional services for ICT communication installation and maintenance | $35,153 |
Xtreme Kites & Paddle | Professional services for departmental initiatives (School Aquatics Program) | $56,269 |
Yellow Cabs º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australia | Professional services for school bus contracts | $196,877 |
Yorke Communications | Supply and installation of cabling and circuits | $21,000 |
Your Dream Inc | National Student Wellbeing Program | $601,300 |
Zed Management Consulting | Inclusive Education Support Program Funding Application Development | $45,000 |
Zed Management Consulting | Professional services to support delivery of National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) | $157,725 |
Zed Management Consulting | Professional services to support delivery of policy review. | $40,880 |
Zed Management Consulting | Professional services to evaluate the º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Micro-credentials Pilot program | $79,337 |
Zertain Pty Ltd | Digital transformation work | $29,250 |
Total | $61,715,800 |
Data for previous years is available at:
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Other information
Nil to report.
Risk management
Risk and audit at a glance
The Audit and Risk Committee (ARC) provides independent assurance and advice to the Chief Executive and the Senior Executive Group on the department’s risk, control and compliance framework, and its external accountability responsibilities.
The ARC comprises three members from senior management and three independent external members. Representatives of the Auditor-General's Department attend as observers. The committee met on five occasions during 2024.
During 2024, the ARC has focused on the following matters:
- Corporate governance and risk management frameworks
- External accountabilities and financial legislative compliance
- Internal audit coverage and review of significant issues identified in audit reports and actions taken.
- External audit oversight of implementation and actions taken to address issues raised in Auditor General’s audit reports.
Fraud detected in the agency
Category/nature of fraud | Number of instances |
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Maladministration | 0 |
Misconduct | 8 |
Corruption | 2 |
NB: Fraud reported includes actual and reasonably suspected incidents of fraud.
Strategies implemented to control and prevent fraud
The Department for Education is committed to maintaining a working environment free of fraud and corrupt behaviour and prompts this position through the department’s fraud and corruption control policy and framework. The policy and framework articulates the department's prevention, detection and response strategies and provides the processes for managing suspected and/or actual fraud or corruption.
Fraud control risks are reviewed and assessed annually to ensure that processes are in place to adequately manage potential fraud risks.
Any instances of misconduct are treated seriously by the department, and where these occur, prompt action is taken to ensure that they are thoroughly investigated and that those responsible are held to account.
Data for previous years is available at:
Public interest disclosure
Number of occasions on which public interest information has been disclosed to a responsible officer of the agency under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2018:
1
Data for previous years is available at:
Note: Disclosure of public interest information was previously reported under the Whistleblowers Protection Act 1993 and repealed by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2018 on 1/7/2019.
Reporting required under any other act or regulation
Reporting required under the Carers’ Recognition Act 2005
The Department for Education supports carers who are employees and students.
Awareness: There is a system to ensure all management, staff, volunteers, parents and students have an understanding of the Act and Carers Charter.
Consultation: There is a system to ensure consultation with carers, or persons or bodies that represent carers, in the development and review of human resource department plans, policies, procedures and practice.
Practice: There is a system to ensure the principles of the Carers Charter are reflected in human resource department practices.
Public complaints
Number of public complaints reported
Complaint categories | Sub-categories | Example | Number of Complaints 2024 |
---|---|---|---|
Professional behaviour | Staff attitude | Failure to demonstrate values such as empathy, respect, fairness, courtesy, extra mile; cultural competency | 239 |
Professional behaviour | Staff competency | Failure to action service request; poorly informed decisions; incorrect or incomplete service provided | 227 |
Professional behaviour | Staff knowledge | Lack of service specific knowledge; incomplete or out-of-date knowledge | 1 |
Communication | Communication quality | Inadequate, delayed or absent communication with customer | 83 |
Communication | Confidentiality | Customer’s confidentiality or privacy not respected; information shared incorrectly | 11 |
Service delivery | Systems/technology | System offline; inaccessible to customer; incorrect result/information provided; poor system design | 11 |
Service delivery | Access to services | Service difficult to find; location poor; facilities/ environment poor standard; not accessible to customers with disabilities | 32 |
Service delivery | Process | Processing error; incorrect process used; delay in processing application; process not customer responsive | 130 |
Policy | Policy application | Incorrect policy interpretation; incorrect policy applied; conflicting policy advice given | 132 |
Policy | Policy content | Policy content difficult to understand; policy unreasonable or disadvantages customer | 15 |
Service quality | Information | Incorrect, incomplete, out dated or inadequate information; not fit for purpose | 2 |
Service quality | Access to information | Information difficult to understand, hard to find or difficult to use; not plain English | 2 |
Service quality | Timeliness | Lack of staff punctuality; excessive waiting times (outside of service standard); timelines not met | 6 |
Service quality | Safety | Maintenance; personal or family safety; duty of care not shown; poor security service/ premises; poor cleanliness | 206 |
Service quality | Service responsiveness | Service design doesn’t meet customer needs; poor service fit with customer expectations | 153 |
No case to answer | No case to answer | Third party; customer misunderstanding; redirected to another agency; insufficient information to investigate | 17 |
Total | 1,267 |
Note: Complaint categories and numbers are chosen through a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) by an Assessment and Resolution Officer at the review’s conclusion, considering the complainant’s reasons for escalation, not the outcome.
Additional Metrics | Total |
---|---|
Number of positive feedback comments | 39 |
Number of negative feedback comments | 225 |
Total number of feedback comments* | 264 |
% complaints resolved within policy timeframes | 94% |
*Feedback is a comment or opinion that does not require action in relation to a service or decision made by the department and/or school/preschool.
Data for previous years is available at:
Service Improvements
Aligned with PC039 – Complaint Management in the º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian Public Sector, the department’s central complaint management system (CMS) has been instrumental in driving improvements through effective data capture, analysis, and reporting.
Key Business improvements:
- Enhanced system functionality: Integration of the CMS with the telephony system has streamlined customer information recording.
- Advanced Reporting Capabilities: Improved reporting functionality for better analysis of information when undertaking reviews.
- Continuous Professional Development: Additional workshops held for school leaders on complaint handling and understanding legislative and policy requirements.
The department has made considerable improvements in enhancing school operations through the effective use of complaints and feedback.
Key sites (school and preschool) business improvements:
- Alignment with Department Policies: A number of schools enhanced practices to meet departmental policies, including incident reporting, information handling and suspension processes.
- Policy and Practice Reviews: Several schools conducted full reviews focusing on safety, health care plans, sun safety, school maintenance, first aid responses to specific injuries and third-party engagement.
- Training and Development: As a result of reviewing practices, a number of staff engaged in refresher training to enhance services, focusing on disability access, student transport and responses to sexual behaviour.
Compliance Statement
Requirement | Compliant |
---|---|
Department for Education is compliant with Premier and Cabinet Circular 039 – complaint management in the º£½ÇÖ±²¥ Australian public sector | Yes |
Department for Education has communicated the content of PC 039 and the agency’s related complaints policies and procedures to employees. | Yes |