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2025 National Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)
On 1st August 2025, all schools in Australia must provide data to the Australian Government about students who receive ongoing adjustments in the school setting based on a broad definition of a disability. The NCCD enables schools and governments to understand the needs of students with disabilities and how they can be best supported at school. This process allows the government to distribute funding to identified students with additional access and learning needs.
The NCCD uses the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
The NCCD is a collection that counts!
The school team identifies the level of adjustment for individual students so that students with disabilities can access and participate in the educational setting on the same basis as their peers.
Student information provided to the Australian Government, Department of Education and Training for the NCCD does not explicitly identify individual students. For example, student names or student identifiers are not provided.
How does the NCCD assist schools?
- Reviewing learning and support systems: The NCCD allows schools to better understand the functional needs of their students with disability. It captures the work of schools in providing personalised learning and support for students with disability who require adjustments due to the functional impact of their disability.
- Providing greater understanding: The NCCD helps schools better understand their students with disabilities and identify areas of need for both students and staff.
- Developing professional judgement: The professional learning available to support the NCCD process helps build the professional judgement of school teams who are required to provide educational adjustments for students with disability without relying on a medical or clinical diagnosis alone.
- Recognising support and adjustments provided: The NCCD helps to formally and consistently recognise the support and adjustments provided to students with disabilities as defined in the DDA.
Please see https://www.nccd.edu.au for detailed information.
Please contact your child’s school team (Class Teacher, Student Support Coordinator or Deputy Principal) if you have further questions