Department of Education and Training

Information for Parents - Northern Territory Schools

This information pack has been assembled for the benefit of parents whose children are to attend a school in the Northern Territory for the first time.

Education in the Northern Territory takes into account the individual needs and interests of all students, while the Territory also offers student-teacher ratios amongst the lowest in Australia and a truly multicultural learning environment, facilitated by the Territory's diverse population.

For more information on schools and education in the Northern Territory, click on the links below.

• Schooling in the Northern Territory
• Your role in your child's schooling
• Raising a Reader
• Senior secondary schooling
• Special education and wellbeing
• Schooling plus
• NT school term dates
• School Locations and Maps
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Schools Assistance Act
• Reporting student achievement to parents
• Reporting school performance information
• Interstate student data transfer note
• Focus on Literacy
• Home Education

Let's Start program - children aged 4 to 6 years.

The Let's Start program aims to help parents support children as they negotiate their way through preschool into primary school. The program is being funded under the Federal Stronger - Stronger Communities, Invest to Grow Program with the support of the Department of Education and Training..

For further information, visit the Let's Start website.