VPRS 19639 Annual Reports

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This series is comprised of the annual reports of Ewing House School for Deaf Children (School No. 4834) (VA 5307). 

The reports detail aspects such as school governance, achievement, and performance. They may include: Principal’s report; School Council President’s report; summary of student enrolment, attendance and wellbeing; summary of student progress and achievements; curriculum information; updates on school grounds; staff feedback; charter priorities; annual financial statements and more.

Although the contents, emphasis and delivery mechanisms of annual reports have evolved over time, their fundamental purpose has remained largely unchanged. It provides information on a school’s progress and achievements over the course of each year.

The content and size of annual reports varies, increasing in size and detail with the implementation of a formalised structure by the Department of Education (VA 3098) in the 1993 amendment to the Education Act 1958 (Vic). 

In 1994, under the Schools of the Future program, the Department of Education (VA 3098) introduced a framework to provide an accountability mechanism in schools, known as Quality Assurance in Victorian Schools: An Accountability Framework. This framework was introduced to all primary and secondary schools in the state and was created to support the shift in school management from being centrally controlled by the Department to being managed by the local school community. The annual report was one of the three key elements of the framework, in addition to a school charter and a triennial review of the school. The preparation and publication of an annual report was a legislative and regulatory requirement for all schools under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic), Ministerial Order 1280 and the National Education Agreement 2008.