Assistant Principal 

Megan Franklyn 

Assistant Principal

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

The NCCD takes place every year in July and as the name suggests every school in Australia is required to collect this data and provide it to the Australian government.

The NCCD is a collection that counts: 

• the number of school students receiving an adjustment or ‘help’ due to disability, this includes physical, cognitive, sensory and social and emotional disabilities. This may include but is not limited to students with ADHD, ASD, anxiety, learning difficulties.

• the level of adjustment they are receiving to access education on the same basis as other students.

Students are counted in the NCCD if they receive ongoing adjustments at school due to disability. This ‘help’ allows them to access education on the same basis as a child without disability. 

The NCCD data ensures that support for students with disability becomes routine in the day-to-day practice of schools. The NCCD also supports students in the following ways:

• The NCCD helps schools better understand their legislative obligations and the Disability Standards for Education 2005.

• Schools focus on the individual adjustments that support students with disability. This encourages them to reflect on students’ needs and to better support students.

• The NCCD facilitates a collaborative and coordinated approach to supporting students with disability. It also encourages improvements in school documentation.

• The NCCD improves communication about students’ needs between schools, parents, guardians, carers and the community.

Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of all students involved in the NCCD is an essential part of the NCCD. All names and identifiers are removed before any data is provided to the government. If your child has been included in the count by their classroom teacher, you will receive a letter from Mr Cox. 

If you have any questions about their inclusion in the count, please speak to the classroom teacher or contact me or Megan Franklyn via email, bradley.stringer@education.vic.gov.au or megan.franklyn@education.vic.gov.au or via phone.