Country education guide
Australia
The Australian Curriculum provides a national F–10 base; states and territories implement it and control senior certificates and examinations.
📚 School stages
Grades, stages, and local pathways
Foundation / Preparatory / Kindergarten
The entry-year name and age rule vary by state or territory.
Foundation to Year 6
Version 9 publishes content and achievement standards by year or band.
Years 7–10
National content is implemented through state and territory authorities.
Years 11–12 / state or territory certificate
Senior assessment, certification, and tertiary ranking are controlled locally. ACACA links each certificate to its issuing state or territory authority.
VET / university
Qualifications sit within the Australian Qualifications Framework; tertiary entrance pathways are administered by state and territory systems.
📝 Examinations and qualifications
Selectable records for Australia
Each record links to the authority that publishes its current rules.
State or territory senior secondary certificate
Each state or territory issues its own senior certificate and controls its assessment and reporting arrangements.
- Completion or score rule
- Subjects, completion rules, assessment, and tertiary-ranking calculations are set by the responsible state or territory authority.
- Where it applies
- Australian states and territories
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