Department of Education (New South Wales)

New South Wales Department of Education
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Formed	1 July 2015 (Current); 1880; 141 years ago (First incarnation)
Preceding agencies	New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (2011-2015); New South Wales Department of Education and Training (1997-2011);
Jurisdiction	New South Wales
Headquarters	105 Phillip Street, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Ministers responsible	The Hon. Sarah Mitchell MLC, ; Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning; The Hon. Dr Geoff Lee MP, ; Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education;
Government Department executive	Georgina Harrisson, ; Secretary;
Key document	Education Act, 1990 (NSW);
Website	education.nsw.gov.au

The New South Wales Department of Education, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of early childhood, primary school, secondary school, vocational education, adult, migrant and higher education in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The department was previous known as the Department of Education and Training (DET) between December 1997 and April 2011, and the Department of Education and Communities (DEC) between April 2011 and July 2015.^[1]^[2]

The department's powers are principally drawn from the Education Act, 1990 (NSW).^[3]

Structure[]

The head of the department is its secretary, presently Georgina Harrisson.^[4] The secretary reports to the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning, currently The Hon. Sarah Mitchell MLC; supported by the Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education, currently The Hon. Dr Geoff Lee MP. Ultimately the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

With a budget of more than A$8 billion, over 2,240 schools with a total enrolments of almost one million students, the Department represents roughly one-quarter of the State's total budget each year.^[5]

Departmental leadership[]

Name	Title	Term start	Term end
William Wills	Secretary of the Board of National Education	12 February 1849	October 1863
William Wilkins	Secretary of the Board of National Education	October 1863	December 1866
	Secretary of the Council of Education	January 1867	30 April 1880
	Under-Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction	1 May 1880	12 November 1884
Edwin Johnson		13 November 1884	10 April 1894
John Maynard		10 April 1894	1 October 1903
Frederick Bridges (acting)		1 October 1903	7 February 1905
	Director of Education	8 February 1905	31 December 1922
Stephen Smith		1 January 1923	1 August 1930
G. Ross Thomas		2 August 1930	21 September 1940
John McKenzie		22 September 1940	29 November 1952
Sir Harold Wyndham	Director-General of Education	1 December 1952	31 December 1968
David Verco		1 January 1969	3 July 1972
John Buggie		4 July 1972	18 February 1977
Douglas Swan		21 February 1977	8 July 1985
Robert Winder		10 July 1985	29 April 1988
Fenton Sharpe	Director-General of School Education	30 April 1988	12 November 1991
Dr Ken Boston	Director-General of Education and Training Managing Director of TAFE NSW	2 January 1992	12 July 2002
Jan McLelland		22 October 2002	22 January 2004
Andrew Cappie-Wood		22 January 2004	14 April 2007
Michael Coutts-Trotter		14 April 2007	28 March 2011
Dr Michele Bruniges		7 September 2011	February 2014
	Director-General of Education and Communities Managing Director of TAFE NSW	February 2014	July 2015
	Secretary of the Department of Education	July 2015	1 April 2016
Peter Riordan (Acting)		4 April 2016	August 2016
Mark Scott		September 2016	23 April 2021
Georgina Harrisson		24 May 2021

History[]

In 1957 a committee was appointed to survey secondary education in New South Wales to survey and report on the provision of full-time education for adolescents. The resulting report was known as the Wyndham Report.^[6]

in 1974, the Australian Capital Territory Schools Authority took over responsibility for nearly 60 government schools that were previously under the control of New South Wales.^[7]

Agencies administered[]

References[]

^ "Department of Education and Training (1997-2011) Department of Education and Communities (2011-2015)". State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order (No 2) 2015" (PDF). Legislation NSW. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ "NSW Education Act 1990". Parliament of New South Wales. 1990. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
^ "Georgina Harrisson appointed as NSW Education Secretary". NSW Department of Education. 2021-05-24. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
^ "My Budget". NSW Budget 2018-19 | Latest NSW Budget. NSW government. n.d. "Where the money goes" tab. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
^ Wyndham, Harold Stanley (1957). "Report of the Committee Appointed to Survey Secondary Education in New South Wales". Parliamentary paper (New South Wales. Parliament); 1957/49.
^ "Since World War II History of New South Wales government schools". Education NSW. Retrieved 2018-06-12.

External links[]

[1] "Department of Education and Training (1997-2011) Department of Education and Communities (2011-2015)". State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

[2] "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order (No 2) 2015" (PDF). Legislation NSW. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

[3] "NSW Education Act 1990". Parliament of New South Wales. 1990. Retrieved 6 May 2007.

[4] "Georgina Harrisson appointed as NSW Education Secretary". NSW Department of Education. 2021-05-24. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-24.

[5] "My Budget". NSW Budget 2018-19 | Latest NSW Budget. NSW government. n.d. "Where the money goes" tab. Retrieved 2019-05-30.

[6] Wyndham, Harold Stanley (1957). "Report of the Committee Appointed to Survey Secondary Education in New South Wales". Parliamentary paper (New South Wales. Parliament); 1957/49.

[7] "Since World War II History of New South Wales government schools". Education NSW. Retrieved 2018-06-12.

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