2015
The Authority provides information each year on the participation and achievement of students in Years 10, 11 and 12 who are studying School Curriculum and Standards Authority courses, Vocational Education and Training units of competency or endorsed programs.
The 2015 statistics below are based on information provided by both government and non-government schools. They are also inclusive of students who:
- have completed course units
- have completed endorsed programs, and
- successfully completed units of competency.
Year 12 student data for 2015
Caution needs to be exercised when interpreting and making comparisons to previous years with the Year 12 data for 2015 as there was a ‘half cohort’ of students. This was a result of a legislated change to the school starting age in Western Australian schools which created a half cohort of students that moved through schools from 2001 to 2015 This group finally exited the system in 2015 (Year 12).
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This material may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, provided that the source is acknowledged.View AllSection 1 - General
- 2015 Secondary Education Statistics (Years 10,11 and 12)
- Certification of senior secondary schooling achievement in 2015
Upper secondary schools and student information
- Table 1.1 - Number of schools with students who completed WACE courses by school sector 2015
- Table 1.2 - Number of students in Year 11 and Year 12 by school sector 2015
- Table 1.3 - Year 12 students who completed wholly school assessed subjects and WACE course units only, 1-3 WACE examination courses and 4 or more WACE examination courses 2015.
- Table 1.4 - Composition of Year 12 cohorts, 2014 - 2015
Certification and Western Australian Certification of Education
- Table 1.6 - 'Typical' school students achieving a WACE in 2015
- Table 1.7 - Number of exhibitions and awards granted in 2015
Fee paying overseas students
- Table 1.8 - Number of full fee paying students in Year 11 and Year 12 by school sector 2015
- Table 1.9 - Number of full fee paying overseas students achieving a WACE in 2015
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
Raising of school leaving age information
Section 2 - Year 11 Course Statistics
Section 3 - Year 12 Course Statistics
- Explanation of how school marks and WACE examination marks are used in the calculation of WACE course scores
- Table 4.1 - Number of candidates sitting the WACE examination in each course 2013-2015
- Table 4.2 - Candidates in each WACE course examination, shown as percentage of total candidature 2013-2015
- Table 4.3 - Total number and percentage of full-time and part-time enrolments in tertiary admission/entrance subjects/WACE examination course 1986-2015
- Table 4.4 - Age of enrolled students in WACE course examination by enrolment type and sex 2015
- Table 4.5 - Private candidature and absent private candidature in WACE course examinations 2014-2015
- Table 4.6 - Number and percentage of background candidates in TEE subjects/WACE course examinations 2011-2015
- Table 4.7 - Number and percentage of candidates sitting for a specific number of WACE course examinations 2012-2015
- Table 4.8 - Enrolments, absentees and candidates exempted from sitting examination in each WACE course examination 2015
- Table 4.9 - Number of anomalous performers identified in each WACE course examination 2014-2015
- Table 4.10 - Course absentee and anomalous performer rate in relation to date of exam 2015
- Table 4.11 - Summary statistics on WACE course examination 2015
- Table 4.12 - Mean and standard deviation of moderated school assessments, raw examination marks and correlation coefficients* for WACE course examinations, by sex 2015
- Table 4.13 - Mean and standard deviation of combined marks and WACE course scores for WACE course examinations, by sex 2015
- Table 4.14 - Relationship between raw examination marks and standardised examination marks* for WACE course examinations 2015
- Table 4.17 - Ranges of WACE course scores in WACE course examinations 2015
- Table 4.19 - Age of full fee paying overseas students enrolled in WACE course examinations 2015
- Table 4.20 - Number and percentage of full fee paying overseas students sitting for a specific number of WACE course examinations 2012-2015
- Table 4.21 - Number of full fee paying overseas students sitting the WACE examination in each course 2013-2015
- Table 4.22 - Enrolments, absentees and full fee paying overseas students exempted from sitting examination in each WACE course examination 2015
Section 5 - Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Endorsed Programs
- Table 5.1 - Year 12 students using unit equivalents to achieve a Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) 2015
- Table 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 - Number of schools with students who achieved at least one VET unit of competency 2015
- Table 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5, 5.5.6 - Number of Year 8,9,10,11 and 12 students who participated in units of competency, by sex 2015
- Table 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 - Number of students who achieved at least one VET unit of competency and at least one workplace learning course unit, by sex 2015
- Table 5.11 - Number of students who achieved at least one VET unit of competency by WACE delivery type, by sex 2015
- Table 5.12 - Number of students who completed VET qualifications, by sex 2015
- Table 5.13 - Number of VET unit equivalents achieved by students, by sex 2015
- Table 5.14 - Registered Training Organisations offering VET units of competency to students who completed at least one VET unit of competency, by sex 2015
- Table 5.21 - Achievement of Workplace Learning Endorsed programs, by sex 2015
- Table 5.22 - Number of endorsed program unit equivalents achieved by students, by sex 2015
- Table 5.23 - Number of schools and number of Year 10 students who completed endorsed programs by program provider, program and school type 2015
- Table 5.24 - Number of schools and number of Year 11 students who completed endorsed programs by program provider, program and school type 2015
- Table 5.25 - Number of schools and number of Year 12 students who completed endorsed programs by program provider, program and school type 2015
- Table 5.26 - Number of students who achieved an endorsed program, by sex 2015
- Table 5.27 - Number of students enrolled in at least one VET qualification (enrolled in at least one UoC) who completed at least one VET qualification 2015
- Table 5.28 - Number of students enrolled in VET qualification who completed the qualification (RSQUAL) by qualification level 2015
Section 6 - Secondary Student Progression and Retention Rates - Selected Years
- Table 6.1 - Full-time secondary students years 7 to 12 by sex (govt and non-govt schools) - 1991 to 2015
- Table 6.2 - Full-time secondary student progression rates years 8 to 12 by sex (govt and non-govt schools) - July, 1991 to 2015
- Table 6.3 - Full-time secondary students apparent retention rates years 8 to 12 (govt and non-govt schools) - July 1991 to 2015