Contact

Data Services (08) 9273 6352
numbers@scsa.wa.edu.au
dataservices@scsa.wa.edu.au

All current students in Western Australia should be registered with the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) and should have an allocated Western Australian student number (WASN).

This number remains with the student throughout their life. Schools need to recognise the importance of the WASN to avoid duplicate records and maintain continuity of student data.

Kindergarten students

From Monday 19 October 2026, schools will only be able to request WASNs through the Student Information Record System (SIRS) for Kindergarten students commencing in 2027.

Note: the Authority does not issue numbers for pre-Kindergarten students.

Pre‑primary onwards

For students other than Kindergarten who transfer from another WA school, check whether they already have a WASN before requesting a new number.

Instructions on how to search for a WASN are available in Section 4.3 of the Data Procedures Manual 2026 available at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual.

For new students commencing in 2027 who do not have a WASN, schools should request a new number beginning in January 2027.

Troubleshooting

If the search details do not match the information in SIRS, such as a different date of birth or spelling variation, no record will be found.

If a number cannot be located, email numbers@scsa.wa.edu.au with the student’s legal family name, legal given name, date of birth and academic year, and your school code.

If a school requests a WASN for a student who already has one, the correct WASN will be provided.

Additional information to support SIRS users with troubleshooting is available in Section 4.9 of the Data Procedures Manual 2026, available at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual.

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