Inquiry Urges Enrolment Ban on Redeemer Baptist School in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, Found to Breach Child Safeguarding Standards

Redeemer Baptist School in Parramatta, a Sydney private school affiliated with a church, has received 15 notifications since 2004 indicating that children may be at risk of significant harm, according to a Sydney Morning Herald report. That same report states that the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) carried out no face-to-face assessments of the school. The Sydney Morning Herald headline describes the school as “banned,” but the supplied reporting does not explain the basis for that description.

A joint investigation by 60 Minutes, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Age raised claims of undue influence over members’ daily lives. Nine reported that these claims prompted a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry. Reports differ on how the inquiry was launched. One report says it was established in July 2026 after investigative reports and allegations of systemic abuse and financial misconduct at the school. Another gives the date as 7 July 2026 and says it followed the joint Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes investigation.

During the inquiry, the committee heard testimony, as one report describes it, that teachers were reportedly required to share beds with students during homestay arrangements. These accounts are testimony as reported in the coverage and have not been established as findings by the committee in the supplied material.

The inquiry’s report, Report no. 57 of Portfolio Committee No. 3 (Education), was tabled in state parliament on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. The Guardian reported that the committee found the school had breached basic child safeguarding standards. Reports on the committee’s recommendations agree that it urged a ban on the school enrolling new students. That is a recommendation in the report, and the supplied reporting does not state that such a ban has taken effect.

Coverage has also described the school in terms of modern slavery and slavery allegations. The Australian reported that Redeemer Baptist School could face investigation by NSW Police. The supplied text of that report breaks off while referring to the state’s anti-slavery framework, so the scope and status of any such inquiry cannot be confirmed from these reports.