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

Schools are reminded of the final dates to withdraw Year 12 students from courses:

• Thursday, 24 July 2025 – final date for withdrawing students from ATAR courses with practical examination components or School-based practical external assessment (SPEA). No changes can be made to student enrolments in these courses after this date.
• Monday, 11 August 2025 – final date for withdrawing students from ATAR courses without practical examination components. No changes can be made to student enrolments in these courses after this date.
• Monday, 11 August 2025 – final date for withdrawing students from General, Foundation, Preliminary and Vocational Education and Training (VET) industry specific courses. No changes can be made to student enrolments in these courses after this date.

As withdrawing from a course is a significant decision, the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) strongly encourages students and their schools to use the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) checker to understand the possible impact of their decision on WACE achievement. The WACE checker is available on the Authority website at https://wacechecker.scsa.wa.edu.au/.

Students who are enrolled in a Year 12 ATAR course must sit the external examination in that course to meet course completion requirements. For ATAR courses with practical components, students must sit both the written and practical examinations.

If students do not sit an ATAR course examination and do not have an approved sickness/misadventure application for that course, the grades for the pair of units completed in that year will not contribute to the calculation of the WACE. As a consequence, a student may not meet the requirements to receive a WACE.

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