Preparing to receive your Year 12 results, 2025

Preparing to receive your Year 12 results, 2025

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) will release the results for this year’s Year 12s on Sunday, 21 December 2025.

The results for the Class of 2025 are nearly here. Preparing to receive your Year 12 results, 2025

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) will release the results for this year’s Year 12s on Sunday, 21 December 2025.
Here are some questions often asked around this time of year and some information to help you plan your next steps.

How can I access my results?

You’ll be able to log in to the student portal at https://studentportal.scsa.wa.edu.au to see your results from Sunday, 21 December 2025.

You’ll need your WA student number (WASN) and password to access the student portal. Remember that your password for the portal may be different from the one you use for the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) website to access your Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).

Where will I find my WASN?

Look for your WASN on your school report, SmartRider or examination timetable.

Note: due to privacy and security requirements, the Authority cannot provide your WASN over the phone or by email.

What is included in the Year 12 results?

Your Year 12 results will include the following details, as appropriate:

• achievement of a Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE)
• achievement of the literacy and numeracy standard
• school grades, school marks*, moderated school marks*, external examination marks*
• and combined scores for all ATAR (Units 3 and 4) courses for the current year only
• result of the ATAR Physical Education Studies school-based practical external assessment (SPEA)
• school grades and school marks in General and Foundation units
• completed Vocational Education and Training (VET) industry specific units
• successfully completed VET units of competency
• completed Department of Training and Workforce Development (DTWD) funded VET skill sets
• completed endorsed programs
• number of community service hours undertaken (if reported by your school)
• completed Preliminary units.

*A course with a practical examination component will have written and practical marks reported separately.

Senior secondary achievements from previous years will also be listed.

How do Year 11 students find out their ATAR course examination results?

Like Year 12 students, Year 11 students who sat an ATAR course examination will also be able to download their results via the student portal.

How do non-school candidates find out their ATAR course examination results?

Non-school candidates who sat an ATAR course examination will also be able to download their examination marks via the student portal.

Note: examination results are not printed on the Western Australian Statement of Student Achievement (WASSA) for students enrolled as non-school candidates. Also, ATAR course examinations sat as a non-school candidate do not contribute towards meeting the requirements for the WACE.

When will I receive my folio of achievement?

Folios of achievement are provided in a digital format. In mid-January 2026, all students will be able to download digital copies of their folio of achievement.
To download digital copies of your folio, documents and certificates, you will need to log in to the student portal at https://studentportal.scsa.wa.edu.au.
One or more of the following will be available in your folio, depending on your achievement:

• WASSA – Western Australian Statement of Student Achievement
• WACE – Western Australian Certificate of Education
• ATAR course report for each ATAR course completed.

More details relating to the WACE, WASSA and ATAR course reports can be found in The WACE 2025 – Your Guide to the WASSA, WACE and ATAR Course Report on the Authority website at https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/certification/wace.

What will appear on my WASSA if I missed an ATAR course examination?

If you did not sit an ATAR course examination and did not have an approved sickness/misadventure application, you will not have completed the course and it will not appear on your WASSA, nor will you receive an ATAR course report for that course.

For ATAR courses with practical components, students must have completed both the written and practical examinations.

What will appear on my WASSA if I missed the SPEA for Year 12 ATAR Physical Education Studies?

From 2025, the Physical Education Studies Year 12 ATAR course includes a school based practical external assessment (SPEA) that students must complete to satisfy the completion requirement for the course. If you did not complete the SPEA and did not have an approved absence, you will not have completed the requirements of the course and it will not appear on your WASSA or count towards you WACE and you will not receive and ATAR course report.

How do my grades contribute towards meeting the WACE requirements?

Your grades are used to meet the breadth and depth and achievement standard requirements for the achievement of the WACE. However, if you are enrolled in a Year 12 ATAR course examination, you must have sat the ATAR course examination for your grade to count towards meeting the WACE requirements. If you did not sit an ATAR course examination, and you do not have an approved sickness/misadventure application for that course, the grades for the pair of units (Units 3 and 4) will not contribute to the calculation of the WACE.

What happens if I achieve a D grade in a Year 12 ATAR course and have a moderated written school mark or ATAR course written examination mark of approximately 40?

This year, for the first time, the Authority has determined that a student who achieves a D grade for any pair of Year 12 ATAR course units and a moderated written school mark or ATAR course written examination mark of at or above the specified cut point of approximately 40, as determined by the Authority for each course, will have a C grade equivalent for that pair of units.

The C grade equivalent can contribute to meeting WACE requirements if all completion requirements for WACE have been met for that course. The C grade equivalent reflects the pitch of the course content and the rigour of the teaching, learning and assessment programs of Year 12 ATAR courses.

The C grade equivalent will support students who have taken a Year 12 ATAR course to meet the WACE requirement of ‘at least six C grades (or equivalents) in Year 12 units’. The C grade equivalent will be applied to as many Year 12 ATAR courses as relevant for you.

The C grade equivalent is shown as a D* for the school grade with a note: ‘D* indicates a C grade equivalent was applied for this course’.

How can someone authenticate my achievement of the WACE?

An education institution or employer can authenticate your achievement of the WACE by entering details such as your WASN, the provider code and the name on your certificate into the WACE Authentication tool, available via the home page of the Authority website at https://waceauthentication.scsa.wa.edu.au.

If I didn’t achieve a WACE, what can I do?

Don’t panic! Depending on which requirements you didn’t meet, you have several options.

Students who still need to demonstrate the literacy and numeracy standard

You will be able to apply to re-sit the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA) in Window 1 for post-Year 12 students in late February to early March 2026. Applications will open in early January 2026 via https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/certification/wace-after-year-12. Frequently asked questions regarding OLNA for Year 12 students who will be post-Year 12 students in 2026 are available at https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/certification/wace-after-year-12 . If you don’t see your question answered there, email olna@scsa.wa.edu.au.

Students who need to complete a VET qualification

If you didn’t achieve a WACE because you didn’t complete a VET qualification in time, you can complete it in the future and then notify us so we can add the details to your student record and issue you with a WACE (providing all other WACE requirements have been met). Details will be available on the Authority website in early January 2026.

Students who did not get a WACE because they did not meet the breadth and depth and/or achievement standard requirements

If you did not meet the breadth and depth and/or achievement standard requirements, you need to consider your options for continuing enrolment at a school.

How will I know if I have received an award or exhibition?

Recipients of awards and exhibitions, including the Beazley Medal, will be announced on Monday, 22 December 2025. A list of award winners will be published on the Authority website after the announcement.

Students who receive any of the following awards will receive their certificates at the Exhibitions and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, 12 February 2026:

• Beazley Medal: WACE
• Beazley Medal: VET
• General exhibitions
• Special general awards
• Subject exhibitions.

After this date, all awards will be available for download from the student portal.

Where will I find my Universities Admission Advice Letter?
The Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) is responsible for information about university admissions. All students with at least one scaled score will access their TISC Universities Admission Advice Letter (UAAL) via the TISC website at https://www.tisc.edu.au/static/home.tisc.

These letters contain the following information:

• scaled score for each ATAR course examination sat
• advice on your achievement of a WACE
• ATAR/Selection Rank
• eligibility status for each of the five Western Australian universities.

If you have any questions relating to the UAAL, scaling or the calculation of the ATAR, contact TISC via info@tisc.edu.au or on (08) 9318 8000.

TISC is scheduled to release WA 2025 ATAR results on Friday, 19 December 2025.

Do you need more information?
If you have any further questions, have a look at Part I and Part II of the Year 12 Information Handbook at https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/further-resources/year-12-information.

Remember
You are more than your results. There are many paths you can take to get to where you want to go. We wish you the best for your future.