On Thursday, a "variation of routine" was put in place until further notice, as part of Education Department guidelines. The NSW Teacher's Federation said "no subjects can be delivered due to not enough staff".

The Federation members have demanded the department communicates the new routine to parents and guardians of the students, who are now not receiving "a high quality" education.

"The members do this as it is not their responsibility to own this crisis, it is the government's responsibility through the department," federation representative Tim Danaher explained.

"The government needs to be held accountable for the current situation at Walgett Community College high school and the detrimental impact this is having on the students."

It comes after teachers walked off and several meetings in protest of the fact half of all teaching positions have sat empty since the middle of last year.

"We cannot ignore the impact that [vacancies] are having on both staff and students," Mr Danaher said.

"Through the department's failing, the students at Walgett are now being denied one of the most basic human rights, which is access to a high quality education.

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"This is both disgraceful and unacceptable, and the government needs to act immediately to ensure that the understaffing issue does not continue and that students' learning returns to normal as soon as possible."

The department did not respond in time for the Leader's deadline.

Note: An earlier headline of this article said teachers 'refuse' to educate students. This was incorrect, as a 'variation of routine' is standard procedure when staff levels hit below a certain point.

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