New South Wales Education Standards Authority

NSW Education Standards Authority
(NESA)
Statutory authority overview
Formed1 January 2017 (2017-01-01)
Preceding Statutory authority
JurisdictionNew South Wales, Australia
Headquarters117 Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales
33°52′01″S 151°12′18″E / 33.867039°S 151.204965°E / -33.867039; 151.204965
Employees280
Annual budgetA$122 million
Minister responsible
Statutory authority executives
  • Peter Shergold, Chair
  • Paul Martin, Chief Executive Officer
Websiteeducationstandards.nsw.edu.au

The New South Wales Education Standards Authority (abbreviated as NESA) is the state government education statutory authority with the responsibility for the establishment and monitoring of school standards in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was formed on 1 January 2017 to replace the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards,[1][2]

NESA is also accredited by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority as the NSW test administration authority for NAPLAN.

NESA is responsible for awarding the secondary school credentials Record of School Achievement and Higher School Certificate.[3]

  1. ^ Munro, Kelsey (19 August 2016). "A new, beefed-up authority will have power to close schools in NSW". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ "NEW EDUCATION STANDARDS AUTHORITY FOR NSW". Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards. 20 December 2016.
  3. ^ "ABOUT THE HSC".