Education capital works - Planning and governance

Our audit of the planning and governance for education capital works assessed the effectiveness of the Department for Education’s strategic planning for future school infrastructure needs and its planning and governance of the Sustainable Enrolment Growth capital program.

We concluded that important elements of planning and governance for education capital works were not operating effectively. 

We also found that the Department for Education had some sound practices for planning for future school infrastructure needs and governance of the Sustainable Enrolment Growth capital program.

We recommended the Department for Education develop a more structured and integrated planning approach for capital works to ensure future school infrastructure needs are systematically identified based on robust information and analysis.

We also recommended the Department for Education clarify, formalise and consolidate existing Sustainable Enrolment Growth program governance arrangements to ensure it can exercise robust oversight for the remainder of the program.