Active and Creative Kids vouchers
Freedom to play
The NSW Government is helping with the cost of sport, recreation, creative and cultural activities with $50 Active and Creative Kids vouchers.
Voucher 1 2025 is now available. If you have not used voucher 2 2024, you can use this together with the new voucher before 14 July 2025 for a combined total of $100.
Education and training information
Early childhood development
What happens during the first 2000 days of your child’s life (pregnancy to age 5) has a huge impact on how they grow, develop and learn. Visit the Parent and Carer Hub to find out how to give your child the best start in life.
Primary and high school
Enrol in a public primary school or high school or find out about school term dates and the education system.
Home schooling
Parents may choose to home school their children in NSW. NESA regulates home schooling and registers eligible children. Find out about home schooling and the resources available to parents.
Latest education and training updates
Ministerial media release
12 June 2025
Hundreds of families in the Hunter are closer to accessing free early learning, as contracts to deliver 12 new public preschools are awarded as part of the Minns Labor Government’s historic program to build 100 new public preschools across NSW.
Ministerial media release
12 June 2025
The Minns Labor Government is delivering on its commitment to improve essential services by fully and fairly funding public schools while delivering targeted reforms aimed at lifting student outcomes across NSW public schools.
News
11 June 2025
The NSW Government is committed to preventing and reducing gambling harm. This commitment is a central object of NSW wagering law and a critical component of Liquor & Gaming NSW’s (L&GNSW) regulatory approach.
Ministerial media release
6 June 2025
Students, teachers and staff are set to benefit from enhanced school cleaning services as part of the Minns Labor Government’s reforms to cleaning contracts, that will see hundreds of cleaners brought back in house for the first time in decades.
Ministerial media release
6 June 2025
The Minns Labor Government is making a record investment in the new Bankstown Hospital, ensuring we are delivering better essential services that the people of NSW rely on.
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Recent education and training publications
Data
NSW Education Standards Authority | 13 June 2025
The HSC is a world-class credential that helps young adults on the path to work, training and further education. Learn about cohorts from current and previous years.
Bulletin
Department of Education,Training Services | 13 June 2025
This Commissioner's Information Bulletin (CIB) includes training framework, industrial arrangements, job descriptions, and licensing and regulatory requirements.
Report
NSW Education Standards Authority | 29 May 2025
Strengthening bullying prevention and response in schools using insights from an analysis of NSW student data 2022–2023.
Webinar
Create NSW | 13 May 2025
A webinar series to upskill individual artists and creative practitioners with essential skills to establish a successful, sustainable and thriving creative practice.
Units of competency
NSW Education Standards Authority | 9 May 2025
View the Status of units of competency for qualification in the Information and Digital Technology Curriculum Framework document to see how this qualification can be achieved through the Framework.