Summary of WACE Achievement Requirements

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The full details of WACE requirements are available on the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) website www.scsa.wa.edu.au. In Year 11 and 12, students courses comprise a Unit each semester. In Year 11 and 12, students courses comprise a Unit each semester. In summary, the requirements for students are that they should:

• Demonstrate a minimum standard of literacy and numeracy by gaining NAPLAN Band 8 or higher in Year 9 or pass the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessments (OLNA) during

Years 10 to 12; • Complete a minimum of 20 Units, or the equivalent, during Year 11 and Year 12; • Complete a minimum of five or more Year 12 ATAR courses, or Unit Equivalence; • Complete two Year 11 English Units and one pair of Year 12 English units; • One pair of Year 12 course units from each of List A and List B; • Paired courses in Year 12 or Unit 3 and Unit 4 from each course selected; • Five WACE courses in Year 12; • Achieve no fewer than a minimum of 14 ‘C’ Grades (or Unit Equivalence) in Year 11 and 12 courses, six of which must be in Year 12 (or Unit Equivalence); and • VET programs and/or endorsed programs provide Unit Equivalence. The maximum Unit

Equivalence available through these programs is eight units – four Year 11 units and four

Year 12 units.