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Perpetua Joseph (08) 9273 6771
Perpetua.Joseph@scsa.wa.edu.au

While enrolments for Year 11 and Year 12 students studying course units (in ATAR, General, Foundation, Preliminary and VET industry specific courses) were due to be uploaded to the Student Information Records System (SIRS) by Thursday, 27 February 2025, changes to enrolments may be made at various times of the year.

Last dates for changes and withdrawals

Schools are reminded that Thursday, 3 April 2025 is the last date for changes to enrolments for:

• ATAR, General, Foundation, Preliminary and Vocational Education and Training (VET) industry specific courses for Year 12 students
• ATAR, General and Foundation courses (Units 3 and 4) for Year 11 students.

Note that after Thursday, 3 April:

• SIRS will be locked, and no further changes (except withdrawals) will be accepted in the above courses.
• Year 11 and Year 12 students can withdraw from ATAR courses (Units 3 and 4) with practical examination components or a school-based practical examination assessment (SPEA) until Thursday, 24 July 2025.
• Year 11 and Year 12 students can withdraw from ATAR courses (Units 3 and 4) which do not have practical examination components or SPEA until Monday,
  11 August 2025.
• Year 12 students can withdraw from General, Foundation, Preliminary and VET industry specific courses until Monday, 11 August 2025.

Schools should request that Year 12 students use the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) WACE Checker (available on the Authority website at https://wacechecker.scsa.wa.edu.au before considering any course unit/s enrolment changes. This should prevent issues relating to students missing out on meeting Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) eligibility requirements at the end of Year 12.

If schools do not withdraw students from Year 12 ATAR courses before the above deadlines, those students are enrolled in the course and are required to sit the ATAR course examinations. Where the Year 12 ATAR course has both written and practical examinations, students are required to sit both examinations. Students who do not sit an ATAR course examination and do not have an approved sickness/misadventure application for that course will not have the grades for the pair of units completed in that year contribute to the calculation of the WACE. Further details relating to the consequences of not sitting examinations and the WACE requirements can be found in the WACE Manual 2025 at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/wace-manual (see section 7.2.1 under Explanatory notes relating to WACE requirements 2025, number 5).

The final date for upload into SIRS for enrolments in year-long Year 11 courses for Year 11 students is Friday, 16 May 2025. After this date, SIRS will be locked and no further changes (except withdrawals from these courses) will be accepted. From this date, Year 11 students may only be enrolled into single units for Semester 2 up until Thursday, 14 August 2025. After this date, SIRS will be locked and no further changes (except withdrawals from these courses) will be accepted.

Non-school candidate enrolments

Enrolments as non-school candidates in ATAR course examinations must be received by the Authority by Thursday, 3 April 2025. No further applications will be accepted after this date. This form is available on the Authority website under the Enrolments heading at
https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/forms/forms.

Overseas full fee-paying student declaration forms

Year 10 and Year 11 Overseas full fee-paying student declaration form – 2025 and/or Year 12 Overseas full fee-paying student declaration form – 2025 with payment (for schools in Western Australia only) are due on Tuesday, 27 May 2025. It should be noted that payment of these fees is required before the Western Australian Statement of Student Achievement (WASSA) and WACE can be issued by the Authority.

These forms are available on the Authority website under the Declaration heading at
https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/forms/forms.

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