What is Senior secondary?
At William Ross State High School, Senior Schooling is conducted over Years 11 and 12 through the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA). All students in the Senior School are expected to receive a QCE. Students may choose an ATAR pathway, vocational pathway or combination of both. The senior years of education at William Ross SHS provides an excellent framework to prepare students to achieve their academic, personal, and career goals.
Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) System
From 2020, the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) replaces the Overall Position (OP) as the standard pathway to tertiary study for Queensland Year 12s.
Key features of the system include:
- new and redeveloped QCAA senior syllabuses
- external assessment in most senior subjects
- quality assurance processes to strengthen the quality and comparability of school-based assessment
- changes to QCE eligibility requirements
- the introduction of the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).
Resources available
The Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority (QCAA) has a webpage dedicated to brochures and fact sheets containing all of the relevant information. This can be accessed via the QCAA website.
The Queensland Tertiary Admission Centre (QTAC) also has a webpage dedicated to the ATAR. It includes a white paper about inter-subject scaling amongst other resources. This can be accessed via the QTAC website.
Subjects - ATAR
Students entering Year 11 will commence their studies under the new schooling system which is the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).
2023 Subjects - ATAR
All senior secondary students will be studying under the ATAR system.