ACARA's Information Publication Scheme (IPS)

Part II of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 establishes an Information Publication Scheme (IPS) for Australian Government agencies subject to the Act. Under the IPS scheme, ACARA is required to publish a broad range of information relevant to stakeholder interests and the general public, including an agency plan (ss 8(1) and 8(2)(a)). The IPS underpins a pro-disclosure culture across government and transforms the freedom of information framework from one that is reactive to individual requests for documents to one that relies more heavily on agency-driven publication of information.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, the information published on this page has been released by ACARA and is available for public access.

Agency plan

ACARA agency plan (PDF 64 kb)

Who we are

ACARA CEO and executive (part 4 division 1)
ACARA Board (part 3 division 1)
ACARA's organisational structure (PDF 104 kb)

What we do

General information
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act 2008 (see sections 6–8 for detailed information on ACARA’s functions and powers)
Australian Curriculum
Curriculum information (including progress on draft learning areas)
National Assessment Program (including NAPLAN information, examples of NAPLAN tests, national reports and an online tool that can draw out results from the NAPLAN National Report)
Assessment information (including information on the national assessment program)
My School (for information on Australian schools)
Reporting information (for information on national reports and frameworks for national reporting)

Our reports and responses to Parliament

Visit the 'Publications' page to see ACARA's annual reports.
Visit the National Report on Schooling data portal to see the national reports on schooling.
Visit the NAP website to see annual NAPLAN and NAP sample reports.

Routinely requested information and disclosure log

Information that can be published resulting from freedom of information requests and any routinely released information from such requests is published on our ‘Disclosure log’ page.

Consultation arrangements

ACARA consults widely with key individuals, organisations and jurisdictions in the design and development of the Australian Curriculum, the National Assessment Program and reporting on educational outcomes.

Visit the Curriculum section of this website for further information about consultation on the development of the Australian Curriculum.

For more information on advisory and reference groups, see:

ACARA's governance advisory structure (PDF 736 kb)

Our priorities

ACARA’s key priorities are set out in the ACARA Charter, ACARA Work Plan and ACARA Corporate Plan 2018–19, which can be found on the 'About us' page of this website.

Our finances

ACARA’s portfolio budget statements can be viewed on the Department of Education’s (DoE) website.
Information on ACARA’s budget can be found in chapter 4 of the relevant ACARA annual report.
Information on tenders is available on our ’Tenders’ page.
See information on ACARA's contracts (over $100,000).

Our submissions

ACARA's submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee – ‘Inquiry into the effectiveness of the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy’ is available on the Department of the Senate website (see submission number 58).
ACARA’s submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee – ‘Inquiry into the administration and reporting of NAPLAN testing’ is available on the Department of the Senate website (see submission number 261).
ACARA's statement for the review of the Australian Curriculum (PDF763 kb).
ACARA’s submission to the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence is available on the Department of Education website.
ACARA’s submission to the Australian Government Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Education Evidence Base is available on the Australian Government Productivity Commission website.

Our workforce

ACARA Enterprise Agreement 2017–2020 (PDF 14 mb)

Other publications

Our lists

Australian school list (update on schools and campuses in Australia)
Privacy impact register
Gifts and benefits register

Contact us

We invite you to contact ACARA if:

you have not been able to find the documents you are looking for
the document you need is not available in a format you can access
you would like to provide feedback on ACARA's Information Publication Scheme (IPS) entry, particularly in relation to any documents that appear not to be discoverable, understandable or machine-readable.

See ACARA’s contact details and procedures for the Public Interest Disclosure (PID) ACT 2013 on the ‘Contact us’ page of our website.