Department of Education (New South Wales)

New South Wales Department of Education
Government Department overview
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Formed	1880
Preceding agencies	New South Wales Department of Education and Communities New South Wales Department of Education and Training
Jurisdiction	New South Wales
Headquarters	35 Bridge Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ministers responsible	Hon. Rob Stokes MP, Minister for Education Hon. Sarah Mitchell MLC, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Assistant Minister for Education
Government Department executive	Mark Scott, Secretary
Key document	Education Act, 1990 (NSW)
Website	http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au

The New South Wales Department of Education, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of early childhood, primary school, secondary school, adult, migrant and higher education in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Prior to 1 July 2015 vocational education via Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges were administered by the department, with the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development assuming responsibility from this date.

The Department's powers are principally drawn from the Education Act, 1990 (NSW).^[1]

Structure

The head of the Department is its Secretary, presently Mark Scott. The Department reports to the Minister for Education, currently Rob Stokes; supported by the Minister for Early Childhood Education, the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and the Assistant Minister for Education, currently Sarah Mitchell. Ultimately the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

With a budget of more than A$8 billion, over 2,240 schools with a total enrolments of almost 1 million students, Department represents roughly one-quarter of the State's total budget each year.

Departmental leadership

Name	Title	Term start	Term end	Time in office
William Wills	Secretary of the Board of National Education	12 February 1849	October 1863
William Wilkins	Secretary of the Board of National Education	October 1863	December 1866
	Secretary of the Council of Education	January 1867	30 April 1880
	Under-Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction	1 May 1880	12 November 1884	7003165600000000000♠4 years, 195 days
Edwin Johnson		13 November 1884	10 April 1894	7003343500000000000♠9 years, 148 days
John Maynard		10 April 1894	1 October 1903	7003346000000000000♠9 years, 174 days
Frederick Bridges (acting)		1 October 1903	7 February 1905	7002495000000000000♠1 year, 129 days
Peter Board	Director of Education	8 February 1905	31 December 1922	7003653500000000000♠17 years, 326 days
Stephen Smith		1 January 1923	1 August 1930	7003276900000000000♠7 years, 212 days
G. Ross Thomas		2 August 1930	21 September 1940	7003370300000000000♠10 years, 50 days
John McKenzie		22 September 1940	29 November 1952	7003445100000000000♠12 years, 68 days
Sir Harold Wyndham	Director-General of Education	1 December 1952	31 December 1968	7003587400000000000♠16 years, 30 days
David Verco		1 January 1969	3 July 1972	7003127900000000000♠3 years, 184 days
John Buggie		4 July 1972	18 February 1977	7003169000000000000♠4 years, 229 days
Douglas Swan		21 February 1977	8 July 1985	7003305900000000000♠8 years, 137 days
Robert Winder		10 July 1985	29 April 1988	7003102400000000000♠2 years, 294 days
Fenton Sharpe	Director-General of School Education	30 April 1988	12 November 1991	7003129100000000000♠3 years, 196 days
Dr Ken Boston	Director-General of Education and Training Managing Director of TAFE NSW	2 January 1992	12 July 2002	7003384400000000000♠10 years, 191 days
Jan McLelland		22 October 2002	22 January 2004	7002457000000000000♠1 year, 92 days
Andrew Cappie-Wood		22 January 2004	14 April 2007	7003117800000000000♠3 years, 82 days
Michael Coutts-Trotter		14 April 2007	28 March 2011	7003144400000000000♠3 years, 348 days
Dr Michele Bruniges		7 September 2011	February 2014
	Director-General of Education and Communities Managing Director of TAFE NSW	February 2014	July 2015
	Secretary of the Department of Education	July 2015	1 April 2016
Peter Riordan (acting)		4 April 2016	August 2016
Mark Scott		September 2016	incumbent	7002349000000000000♠349 days

References

↑ "NSW Education Act 1990". Parliament of New South Wales. 1990. Retrieved 6 May 2007.

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Department of Education (New South Wales)

Structure

Departmental leadership

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