Annual Report
PURPOSE OF THE REPORT
In May 2004, the NSW Government amended the Education Act 1990 (the Act) to give effect to enhanced registration
requirements for non-government schools recommended by the Grimshaw Review.
The enhanced requirements specify that a non-government school participate in annual reporting to publicly disclose
the educational and financial performance measures and policies of the school. The performance measures and the
policies that the Minister has determined must be included in the annual report and are specified in Section 3.10.1 of
the Registered and Accredited Individual Non-Government Schools (NSW) Manual.
CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL
Blacktown Youth College is a co-educational, non-faith, independent secondary school. It consists of two campuses;
the main campus located at Mackellar Road Hebersham and the second campus, Blacktown Youth College – Lawson
Campus, at 16 Yileena Avenue, Lawson.
Blacktown Youth College was first registered in 1997, and, in 2009, the Lawson campus was added. Both campuses
are accredited and registered by NESA to accept Stage 4 to Stage 6 students, and can deliver the NESA curriculum,
provide the RoSA to eligible students, and are able to deliver and provide the HSC, to eligible students.
Blacktown Youth College is registered as a special assistance school as it caters primarily for students with mental
health, social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties. It has a low socio-economic status and, as such, is committed
to addressing the many and varied educational and social barriers faced by our students and their families in order to
break the cycle of socio-economic disadvantage.
The school is commonly and fondly referred to by students, staff, and the greater school community, as BYC.