Our strategic focus

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Our purpose	To approve, register and regulate school education and early childhood services to improve outcomes for children and young people.
Our vision	Children and young people in South Australia have access to high-quality education, care and early childhood services.
Our values	The Education Standards Board upholds the public sector values through its decisions, actions and interactions. In addition, we are committed to our values: integrity professionalism improvement consultation accountability.
Our functions, objectives and deliverables	We are an independent regulatory agency responsible for the registration and review of schools and regulation and quality assessment of education and care services in South Australia. Our objectives are to: promote the provision of high-quality education and care services from early childhood to senior schooling support best possible outcomes for children give families confidence in a diverse range of schools and education and care services minimise the regulatory burden for schools and service providers. Our strategic priorities are to: regulate the early childhood and schooling sectors using a contemporary risk- and standards-based approach continue positive engagement with stakeholder build a high-performing organisation by supporting our people and improving our business.