But a spokesperson for the Riverina's teachers says the new policy is merely a "re-badging of what we already had" without addressing any of the concerns with the existing model.

Announced in the first week of December, the 'schools success model' will replace the former 'local schools, local decisions' policy across NSW schools, after the latter was deemed ineffective in promoting improved results.

Riverina organiser for the NSW Teachers Federation, John Pratt, told The Daily Advertiser the new policy fails to address the "true concerns" of teachers.

"We need resources, not more benchmarks to meet," Mr Pratt said.

"It has to be asked, what do the kids really need? Until we're funded to the defined needs, we're not going to get anywhere."

According to the department's website, the school success model aims to "improve the support" offered to schools "to lift capability, while freeing up time for schools to focus on teaching, learning and leading".

Additionally, the approach will introduce "more support for schools that need it most" and promote "less administrative burden" by outlining "stronger and clearer responsibilities for schools and the system".

The Department of Education was approached to provide further details on how the new policy would be monitored and measured, but a response has not been delivered to direct questions.

Mr Pratt said he was cautiously hopeful some of the resources that were cut under the local schools, local decisions policy, would be restored with the new policy.

He said before 2012 there were up to 800 department officers deployed across the state who worked with teachers to provide specialty expertise for the classroom and curriculum support.

"There used to be a curriculum consultant for all subject areas. That was someone teachers could contact for specific advice on their classes," Mr Pratt said.

"There's now just 10 across the state. We went from one in every region in every subject, to just 10 across the entire state. It's left no time for face-to-face consulting."

Under the new program, however, the department of education said it will implement a knowledge sharing system whereby the best practices can be shared from the "most successful schools across the breadth and depth of the system".

That pilot program is expected to commence in 2021, with "more information about these schools and the program [to be] available soon".