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2013-2014 ANNUAL REPORT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SERVICES Street Address Statement of Compliance Department of Education Services 22 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 Hon Peter Collier MLC Postal Address Minister for Education PO Box 1766 Osborne Park WA 6916 Contact Phone: +61 8 9441 1900 In accordance with section 63 of the Financial Facsimile: +61 8 9441 1901 Management Act 2006, I hereby submit for your Email: [email protected] information and presentation to Parliament the annual Web: www.des.wa.gov.au report of the Department of Education Services for the financial year ended 30 June 2014. Office Hours Monday to Friday: 8.30 am to 4.30 pm The annual report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Management Act 2006. Please note that during November 2014, DES will be relocating to Level 9, 20 Walters Drive, Herdsman. Readers are encouraged to refer to our website for up- to-date contact information. This annual report is published on the agency’s website www.des.wa.gov.au. The report conforms to state government requirements for ease in downloading and Mr Richard Strickland can be viewed in Microsoft® Word or PDF format. Chief Executive Officer Alternative formats (such as large font and translated) are available on request. 17 September 2014 Department of Education Services Annual Report 2013-2014 2 Contents Statement of Compliance ..........................................2 Section 3: Significant issues .................................... 39 Welcome ...................................................................4 Section 4: Disclosures and legal compliance ........... 42 CEO’s Foreword .........................................................5 Financial Statements ................................................. 42 Section 1: Overview ..................................................7 Auditor General’s Opinion ......................................... 43 About us ....................................................................... 7 Key Performance Indicators ...................................... 91 Strategic Goals and Priorities ....................................... 8 Other Financial Disclosures ..................................... 102 Performance Highlights ................................................ 9 Governance Disclosures .......................................... 106 Operational Structure ................................................ 11 Other Legal Requirements ....................................... 108 Leadership Team ........................................................ 12 Appendices ........................................................... 112 Responsible Ministers ................................................ 14 Appendix 1: Publications and Stakeholders ............. 112 Enabling Legislation .................................................... 14 Appendix 2: Statistics .............................................. 114 Corporate Executive ................................................... 14 Appendix 3: Registration and Review Activity in Legislation Administered ............................................ 14 2013–2014 ........................................... 125 Performance Management Framework ..................... 15 Appendix 4: Finance Grants and Loans .................... 132 Section 2: Report on performance .......................... 16 Appendix 5: Statutory and Ministerial Councils Education and Training Regulation and Review ......... 16 and Committee Composition ............... 147 Teacher Registration .................................................. 24 Funding Services ......................................................... 25 Strategic Policy and Legislative Services..................... 28 Executive Support Services ........................................ 30 Workforce and Organisational Capability .................. 32 2013-2014 Actual Results versus Budget Targets ...... 35 Summary of Key Performance Indicators ................... 36 TRBWA Annual Report 2013-2014 Department of Education Services Annual Report 2013-2014 3 Welcome This annual report has been prepared by the Department of In this report we review our operations for the financial year Education Services (DES) under section 61 of the Financial ended 30 June 2014, in the following sections: Management Act 2006. • Overview – an overview of our role, responsibilities and DES provides staff, facilities and resources to a number of organisational structure. entities created under legislation enacted by the Western • Report on Agency Performance – a report on our Australian Parliament or by Ministerial administrative operational performance from 1 July 2013 to 30 June action. These are the: 2014, and progress towards achieving departmental • Training Accreditation Council outcomes and outcomes of the Government of Western • Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia Australia – the report of the Teacher Registration Board • Aboriginal Education and Training Council is included in this section. • Rural and Remote Education Advisory Council • Significant Issues – a discussion on significant • Non-Government Schools Planning Advisory Committee current/emerging issues that impact, or may impact, • Western Australian Higher Education Council. upon the department's workload. Our annual report is to be provided in the following formats: • Disclosures and Legal Compliance – audited financial statements, detailed key performance indicator • An interactive PDF version, containing links between information and other financial disclosures, as well as sections of the report, and external links to content on other legal and government policy requirements. our website. We hope that you will enjoy reading our annual report and • A text version, which is suitable for use with screen find it informative and useful. Feedback on our annual reader software applications. report can be sent to [email protected]. Department of Education Services Annual Report 2013-2014 4 CEO’s Foreword I am delighted to commend to you, The Board, supported by its dedicated and hard-working the 2013-14 Annual Report for the team, has continued to flourish over the last twelve months. Department of Education Services. Among its many achievements has been the This year has been a momentous implementation of a professional register of teachers which one for the department. has added tremendous value to school administrators throughout Western Australia, as they now have, for the An ever-evolving education and first time, a central repository of teacher registration training sector has posed a information at their fingertips. multitude of challenges in the areas of regulation, policy and school review. Similarly, the Independent Public School review team has experienced one of its busiest years yet, with the number of On the legal front, considerable amendments have been scheduled reviews of IPS continuing to increase. The highly made or are in the process of being made to some of the positive feedback obtained on the review process is key legislative instruments underpinning school education, testament to the important role that the IPS review team teacher registration, vocational education and training and plays in contributing to the success of this initiative the higher education sector. throughout the State. And of course, the Royal Commission into Institutional Considerable work has also been undertaken in anticipation Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been – and will of the new WACE requirements in 2015 including, most continue to be – a strong driver of regulatory reform. notably, the commencement of the Strategic Industry Audit To this end, as the Chief Executive Officer of a department of VET in Schools. At the same time, the DES secretariat whose vision is to be a trusted leader in strengthening the which supports the Training and Accreditation Council have quality of education and training for all Western Australians, been navigating a raft of new challenges following the I am pleased to reflect upon the many achievements, implementation of new VET regulations in January 2014. successes and highlights from what was a very busy year. As well as the new VET regulations, the DES legal team was Not least of these is the one year anniversary of the also responsible for undertaking the task of drafting establishment of the Teacher Registration Board of WA. amendments to the School Education Act 1999, as well as Department of Education Services Annual Report 2013-2014 5 CEO’s Foreword amendments to the Acts of each of the five WA universities No doubt, the last 12 months have been some of the most and regulations for teacher registration. eventful that I have experienced in my eight years as Chief Amending the School Education Act 1999 is a major role for Executive Officer of the department. DES, given that any amendments to the Act have the I thank the Chair and members of the Boards and Councils potential to impact upon all schools, students, and parents supported by the department for their efforts throughout and caregivers in WA. It also impacts on the Non- the year. And I also thank the Department’s stakeholders, Government Schools (NGS) regulation branch, who are who share important and fundamental responsibilities in making major revisions to registration standards as a result. relation to the safeguarding of the interests and welfare of NGS Registration standards are also being enhanced in those in education and training in WA. order to strengthen child protection in schools. This is a Last