School Curriculum and Standards Authority WACE Certificates

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) awards certificates of achievement at the conclusion of a student’s Year 12 studies to those who have excelled in specific courses or across their years of studies in their final two years of secondary education.

These awards are based on:

• grades achieved in WACE subjects (A, B, C, D or E)

• achievement level for a course in the school and examination assessment

• course units completed

• achievement of the English language competence requirement

• completion of requirements for secondary graduation for the WACE award

• VET Units of Competency successfully completed

• Workplace Learning programs completed

• achievement of awards

SCSA Exhibitions and Awards

SCSA grants Year 12 exhibitions and awards in recognition of academic excellence. The media publishes names of the award winners in early January.

Exhibitions and awards include:

• BeazleyMedal:Tertiary Entrance-Awardedtothe highest ranked eligible WACE student with a General Exhibition

• Beazley Medal: VET(Excellence in Vocational Studies) –Awardedtotheeligible student who has demonstrated the best results in a vocational programme

• General Exhibitions to the forty eligible students who obtain the highest Schools Curriculum and StandardsAuthorityAward Scores

• Subject Exhibitions, Certificates of Distinction and Certificate of Excellence/ Commendation (awarded to bothATAR Pathway and GENERAL Pathway)