Pre-primary to Year 10: Languages and The Arts curriculum familiarisation online workshops

Contact

Languages
Kimberley Paton (08) 9273 6372
Kimberley.Paton@scsa.wa.edu.au

The Arts
Antoniett Halden (08) 9273 6791
Antoniett.Halden@scsa.wa.edu.au

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) is offering online workshops in Term 3 to support schools with their familiarisation with the Western Australian curriculum for Pre‑primary to Year 10 Languages and The Arts.

These workshops are designed for teachers in remote and regional areas, as well as those who are unable to attend the remaining in-person workshops in Term 3.

The purpose of these workshops is to:

• familiarise schools with the support materials on the Authority website
• explore the key curriculum changes in detail for specified subjects and languages
• provide activities that guide schools in understanding the new curriculum changes
• provide teaching and learning support.

The Authority is providing teacher relief payments for schools across all school systems/sector for up to two teachers for each half-day workshop in each learning area.

Following the workshop, participants will receive a digital presentation pack designed to facilitate professional learning within their respective schools.

Register for the workshops on the Events page at https://scsa.wa.edu.au/news-and-events/all-events.

The Western Australian curriculum, as published in the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline available at https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au, is the mandated curriculum for Western Australian schools and must continue to be implemented in all schools until advised otherwise. Schools will be required to teach the revised year level curriculum for Languages and The Arts in 2027.

Note: the Authority uses Webex as the delivery platform for the workshops and registrants will need to have downloaded the application prior to the workshop to participate.

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2026 ATAR course examinations general information – Anonymity and dress codes

Contact

Barclay Jones (08) 9273 6309
Barclay.Jones@scsa.wa.edu.au

It is important for schools to inform students about the 2026 ATAR course written and practical examination rules on anonymity and dress codes.

This is the second Circular item in the series of general examination information provided by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) to support schools in building students’ understanding of processes and key dates for the 2026 ATAR course examinations.

The Authority has established rules for anonymity and dress codes for practical and written examinations.

Maintaining anonymity is essential in ensuring that all examinations are conducted and all candidates are assessed fairly, and that no candidates are unfairly advantaged or disadvantaged. Failure to maintain the anonymity requirement will be reported to the Breach of Examination Rules Committee.

Anonymity

Practical examinations – performance examinations
All candidates must ensure that nothing they carry or wear can identify them as an individual, any school, club or achievements. Uniforms or other items of clothing, equipment or stamped/labelled material that may be identified with a school or team are not permitted in the examination.

Practical examinations – portfolio/production submissions
Any portfolio/production submission must be identified only by a candidate’s Western Australian Student Number (WASN).

Any other information, such as a candidate’s name, the name of any school or previous marks from a school, must be removed from all individual pieces submitted. Submissions must not contain any offensive slogans, symbols or images.

Written examinations
Written examination papers are identified by a candidate’s WASN only. It is important that it is written in the space provided on each of the examination Question/Answer booklets.

Any other information, such as a candidate’s name or the name of any school, must not be written on the examination paper/s.

Dress codes

For both practical and written examinations, no clothing or items with offensive slogans, symbols or images are permitted and all caps or hats must be removed before entering the examination venue.

Veils or headwear, worn for cultural, medical or religious reasons as part of usual attire when attending school, can be worn during an examination.

Dress codes for written examinations are as prescribed by the school or examination centre. It is important that candidates are familiar with this information prior to arriving at the designated examination centre or school.

Upcoming items in the general examination series

• Practical examinations – process for practical submissions and performance
• Written examinations – materials and equipment.

Past items in the general examination series

• Late arrivals available in Edition 5 at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/7to12-circulars/edition-5-may-2026

Further information
The Year 12 Information Handbook Part II: Examinations will be available on the Authority website at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/year-12-information from Wednesday, 22 July 2026.

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Certificate IV Specified List Update

Contact

Adam Smith (08) 9442 9440
vetinfo@scsa.wa.edu.au

Jackie D’Sylva (08) 9273 6316
vetinfo@scsa.wa.edu.au

From 2028, only Certificate IV qualifications that appear on the School Curriculum and Standards Authority’s (the Authority’s) Certificate IV Specified List will be eligible to contribute unit equivalents for students towards Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) achievement.

As advised in correspondence from the Authority Board Chair, Mrs Pauline White, to all secondary school Principals on 25 March 2026, the Authority invited registered training organisations (RTOs) in Term 2 to apply for Certificate IV qualifications coded red or amber on the Department of Training and Workforce Development’s (DTWD) Vocational Education and Training Delivered to Secondary Students: Qualifications Register (VET Register) to be added to the Certificate IV Specified List.

Following Round 1 of the application process, which has now been completed, the Certificate IV Specified List as at 25 June 2026 is now available on the Authority website via https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/vet/all-about-vet.

Round 2 is now open. The Authority will consider applications from RTOs for green-coded qualifications on the VET Register to be included on the Certificate IV Specified List. RTOs may also apply or re-apply in this round for red- or amber-coded Certificate IV qualifications to be included on the Certificate IV Specified List.

Applications from RTOs for Round 2 close on Monday, 10 August 2026.

The application form and further information, including Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), are available on the Authority website at https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/vet/all-about-vet.

Email all queries relating to Certificate IV qualifications to the Programs and Vocational Studies team at vetinfo@scsa.wa.edu.au.

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Uploading Semester 1 achievement data for Years 11 and 12 students who have transferred schools

Contact

Kerry Tarrant (08) 9273 6770
Kerry.Tarrant@scsa.wa.edu.au

Schools must upload achievements for courses and/or units for Years 11 and 12 students enrolled in semester courses who have transferred schools between Terms 2 and 3.

This data must be uploaded to the Student Information Records System (SIRS) by Friday, 24 July 2026.

Failure to upload student achievement data for Semester 1 may affect a student’s ability to meet all the requirements to achieve the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) in Year 12.

Details on the process for uploading achievement data into SIRS are available in Section 11 of the Data Procedures Manual 2026 at https://scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual.

Note: this data upload is optional for Years 11 and 12 students who are continuing their enrolments at the same school.

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Application to study a Year 11 WACE Language course in 2027

Contact

Lisa Djanegara (08) 9273 6382
Lisa.Djanegara@scsa.wa.edu.au

Students intending to enrol in a Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) Language course in Year 11, 2027 must have approval from the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority).

The purpose of the WACE Language application process is to ensure that students with a linguistic advantage in a language are not assessed against students who do not have the same advantage.

All Year 10 students, and Year 9 gifted and talented accelerated language students, currently studying a language, who intend to enrol in a Year 11 course in one or more of the Languages listed below, must complete an Application for permission to enrol in a WACE Language course (Language application):

• Chinese
• French
• German
• Hindi
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Punjabi
• Tamil.

The WACE Language course application is a three‑step process.

1. The student completes the Language application in the Student portal at https://studentportal.scsa.wa.edu.au
2. The school completes the upload of the required school documents, the language teacher declaration and the principal or deputy principal endorsement of the application, in the Student Records Management System (SMRS) portal at https://srms.scsa.wa.edu.au
3. The Authority reviews and determines each students’ WACE language course enrolment status.

Students can see their WACE language course enrolment status in the Student portal and schools can monitor the progress of applications in the SRMS portal.

Key dates

• Monday, 22 June 2026 applications available in the student portal.
• Wednesday, 29 July 2026 applications for schools commencing the 2027 school year in Term 4, 2026 close
• Friday, 28 August 2026 applications for schools commencing the 2027 school year in Term 1, 2027 close.

Information and instructions on the WACE Language application process, including user guides and checklists for students and schools are available at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/sirs-and-srms-info/srms-information/wace-language-applications.

Email languagesenrolment@scsa.wa.edu.au with any queries regarding the application process.

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Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 (WA) and Information Classification Labelling

Contact

privacy@scsa.wa.edu.au

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) is implementing mandatory requirements under the Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 (WA) (PRIS Act) to strengthen the protection of stakeholders’ personal information and is applying information classification labelling consistent with the Western Australian Information Classification Policy available at https://www.wa.gov.au/government/publications/western-australian-information-classification-policy.

Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 (WA)

From Wednesday, 1 July 2026, the Authority, along with other Western Australian State Government departments and agencies, must comply with key privacy and data requirements under the PRIS Act.

The PRIS Act strengthens the protection of personal information and supports responsible government data sharing for public benefit.

The Authority will commence issuing privacy collection notices when directly collecting personal information from stakeholders, explaining what information is collected and why.

Information classification labelling

Classification labels, such as OFFICIAL or OFFICIAL Sensitive, will begin to appear in the headers of Authority documents and emails.

These labels help ensure information is classified, protected and managed according to its sensitivity, consistent with the Western Australian Information Classification Policy available at https://www.wa.gov.au/government/publications/western-australian-information-classification-policy.

Further details about the Authority’s commitment to privacy are available in the Privacy Policy and Privacy Policy Principles documents on the Authority website.

For queries or feedback about the Authority’s privacy practices, email the Information Governance team at privacy@scsa.wa.edu.au.

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