Students at Educational Risk in Public Schools Policy

An umbrella term used to describe a range of ways of catering for the educational needs of individual or smaller groups of students with identified needs.  It is primarily a teaching and learning planning document, and it identifies short to medium term educational outcomes.  Documented plans may take a variety of forms, including:

• Individual Education Plans (IEP);
• Individual Behaviour Plans (IBP);
• Individual Transition Plans (ITP); and
• Risk Management Plans (RMP).

The way in which schools tailor education to enable every student to achieve the highest standard possible.  The rationale for personalised learning is to raise standards by focusing teaching and learning programs on the aptitudes and interests of students. 

Promote resilience and help to buffer groups and individuals against the adverse effects of stressful situations or risk factors.  They refer to anything that prevents or reduces vulnerability for the development of a disorder.

Risk factors impact on individual and groups of students at educational risk.

Irregular school attendance, apart from being an indicator of other forms of risk, is a critical factor that can impact on student engagement, educational achievement and social integration within the school community.  

Other risk factors may include, but are not limited to: socio economic status, family structures, medical/biological/genetic/cognitive factors, environmental factors (school, family and community), cultural and linguistic diversity (CaLD), and geographic location.

Students whose academic, social and/or emotional attributes are a barrier to engagement with the content and standards defined in the Western Australian Curriculum.

Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)

Disability Standards for Education 2005

Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA)

School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act 1997 (WA)

School Education Act 1999 (WA)

School Education Regulations 2000 (WA)

Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting in Public Schools 

Employee Performance

Enrolment in Public Schools 

Gifted and Talented in Public Schools

School Improvement and Accountability in Public Schools

Student Attendance in Public Schools 

Student Behaviour in Public Schools

Support education planning for students (staff only)

General Agreement 2011(staff only)

Early Childhood Operational Handbook (staff only)

Early Years Learning Framework

Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration

Student Diversity and the Australian Curriculum (ACARA)

The School Education Act Employees’ (Teachers and Administrators) General Agreement 2011 (staff only)