Policy implementation: strategies & support
Policy implementation
The revised Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K-12 policy (2025) states:
1.1.3 Road safety education is taught in each stage of learning in the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) syllabus Kindergarten to Year 10 and the 25-hour mandatory course for stage 6 students, Life Ready.
The Road safety education procedure provide detailed directions and guidance for effective implementation of road safety education in NSW public schools, Kindergarten to Year 12.
What we do?
The department's Road Safety Education Program aims to empower all children and young people in NSW public schools to be safe road users now and into the future.
Our team provides quality road safety education support and professional learning to teachers in NSW public schools K-12.
Our Road Safety Education Officers:
- tailor service delivery to meet school and student needs. Register your interest online.
- facilitate professional learning workshops - supporting primary schools, secondary schools and schools for specific purposes (SSPs) with implementing best practice road safety education, as part of the PDHPE K-10 syllabus, Stage 6 PDHPE Life Skills syllabus and Stage 6 Life Ready course
- support the teaching of key road safety messages for pedestrians, passengers, wheels users and future drivers
- build the capacity of teachers to develop localised quality teaching and learning materials to implement best practice road safety education
- assist schools to develop resources that promote safe travel in the school community through a whole-school approach
- support principals to address and manage road safety issues in and around schools
- provide advice to principals and schools about the implementation of the Road safety education procedure and duty of care obligations.
Funded by Transport for NSW
Proudly funded by Transport for NSW, the department shares in a partnership with Catholic Schools NSW, Association of Independent Schools and Kids and Traffic (the Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program) to support the delivery of road safety education by providing resources and professional learning to teachers in schools throughout NSW.
