QCE system update — November 2024

HOD forums and communities of practice

Our professional development sessions on the revised syllabuses continue in 2025 with face-to-face HOD forums and communities of practice workshops from Term 1, plus subject-specific events. Register via the links below:

English and Languages 

• HOD forums
• Communities of Practice workshops

Humanities and Social Sciences

• HOD forums
• Communities of Practice workshops

HPE and Technologies

• HOD forums
• Communities of Practice workshops

Mathematics

• HOD forums
• Communities of Practice workshops

Sciences

• HOD forums
• Communities of Practice workshops

The Arts

• HOD forums
• Communities of Practice workshops

Literacy Short Course workshop and Food & Nutrition webinar

Due to popular demand, we’ve added a workshop in Mackay to our familiarisation and planning series for the redeveloped Literacy Short Course (2025). This free full-day workshop on Friday 22 November will help develop your understanding and inform your teaching, learning and assessment.

A free webinar about the updated Food & Nutrition syllabus is available on 26 November for teachers and Heads of Department.

Revised prescribed text lists for English, English as an Additional Language, and Literature (2026, 2027, 2028, 2029) are now available in the Prescribed Lists app in the Student Portal and on the QCAA website.

The lists have been informed by current text selections made by schools, feedback from teachers and students and reviews of text selections in other states.

See memo 054/24 for more information about criteria for the texts and guidelines for text selection.

Schools may have noticed a change to the confirmation review meeting times in the recently published 2025 Senior Education Profile (SEP) calendar.

Event 1 review meetings are scheduled from Tuesday 6 May to Monday 12 May.  A review day for selected General and General Extension subjects will take place on Friday 9 May with TRS provided to schools. Assessors will have greater opportunity to review outside of school hours.

It’s part of an approach that aims to provide greater flexibility and more opportunities for confirmers. 

A memo will be circulated in early 2025 with further details

The final date in 2024 for entering data into the Student Management app is Thursday 21 November. Schools can view QCE and QCIA eligibility for individual students until Friday 29 November.

See memo 049/24 for more information.

The QCAA will release final subject results and Senior Education Profiles (SEPs) for Year 12 students from 9 am on Wednesday 11 December. Students can access them via the learning account in the Student Portal on the myQCE website. Please remind students that the electronic documents are official and can be downloaded as a secure PDF for printing or providing to third parties.

QCE Achievement Award commendation certificates will also be available in the Student Portal on 11 December.

See memo 052/24 for more information.

QCAA assessors are a key part of the success of the QCE system.

Being an assessor has lots of benefits — you can build your knowledge and skills, earn extra income and share your expertise with colleagues.

Each year we employ and train thousands of endorsers, confirmers, exam writers and markers. Recruitment for endorsers and confirmers is ongoing, so you can apply at any time. Recruitment for external assessment writers and markers usually happens in May and September.

See the QCAA website for more information about the different roles.

The QCAA’s Analytical Dashboard has been upgraded with a new Overview tab to give users more insights about student data. Our free webinars in Term 1, 2025 are designed to help you get the best out of the app:

• Using the new functionality of the Analytical Dashboard to enhance data analysis (24-30 January 2025)
• Using the Analytical Dashboard for the first time (24 and 29 January 2025)
• Analysing data with a focus on Quadrant III (5 February and 3 March 2025)
• Analysing data with a focus on Quadrant I (11 February and 4 March 2025)
• Analysing data with a focus on the below trend (12 and 18 February 2025)
• What to do with your data — implementing a school strategy (1 April 2025)

Essential English: unpacking the common internal assessment (CIA) 2025 topics

Essential English teachers and Heads of Department can attend a free webinar on 27 November or 2 December about the 2025 CIA topics and objectives.

Student Management application

Free Student Management webinars are available if you’re new to the app or want a refresher about key dates and processes. Register via the links below:

• Orientation for new users (2 December, 23 January and 19 February)
• Setting up and enrolling students for 2025 subjects and short courses (23 January)
• Recording results for Unit 1 and Unit 2 of General and Applied subjects and Short Courses (24 January, 5 February and 10 February)

VET assessment system

School leaders, RTO managers, trainers and assessors won't want to miss Part 2 of our free webinar series about the VET assessment system and related templates (on 26 November).

The QCAA is recruiting for the following roles:

Principal Project Officer (A07 fixed term temporary full-time): Applications close 26 November. See SmartJobs for more information and to apply.

Principal Project Officer, Kindergarten (A07 fixed term temporary full-time): Applications close 28 November. See SmartJobs for more information and to apply.

The Senior Education Profile (SEP) calendar lists the key dates for endorsement, assessment, confirmation, data submission and certification. The key dates for November and December are:

21 November

Final date for:

• schools to record 2024 Short Course results in Student Management
• non-school RTOs to submit VET data via STAC or in Student Management for students exiting in 2024
• recognised studies and higher education providers to submit results in Student Management for students exiting in 2024
• International Baccalaureate (IB) schools to provide results in Student Management for partially completed IB studies
• schools to record Unit 3 and 4 IA and final results for Applied and Applied (Essential) subjects in Student Management for students exiting in 2024
• school RTOs to record all 2024 VET enrolment and results data in Student Management
• schools to record results for Unit 1 and Unit 2 (for students exiting in 2024) in QCAA subjects with 2025 completion year
• schools to record results for Unit 1 and 2 (compressed curriculum cohorts) for 2024.

26 November

• QCAA contacts schools about QCIA statements (if required)

29 November

• Final date for QCAA to amend data in Student Management on behalf of schools, for students exiting in 2024
• Final data for QCAA requested amendments to QCIA statements recorded in Student Management
• QCAA to advise schools with RTO registration expiring to renew or withdraw their registration
• Final date for schools to view QCE eligibility screens in Student Management (until 11 December)

11 December

• Schools can view final subject results for Year 12 students via Student Management and the Analytical Dashboard
• Schools can view Senior External Examination (SEE) results for Year 12 students via Student Management

Students can access final subject results and Senior Education Profiles (SEPs) via the Student Portal on the myQCE website

If you’ve moved schools, remember to update your details and transfer your QCAA Portal account. To find out more, visit our website.