NSW Education Standards Authority

From 1 January 2017 BOSTES will be known as the NSW Education Standards Authority (‘the Authority’), an independent statutory authority responsible for the curriculum, assessment, teacher accreditation and regulatory standards in NSW schools, and accreditation of early childhood educators. The Authority is responsible for developing policies and initiatives for evaluating and improving quality teaching and student learning across all schools and school sectors in response to the need to adopt a more strategic and outward-looking focus, greater clarity of regulatory roles and responsibilities, and streamlined processes and systems.