Senior Schooling Options

The new Senior Phase of Learning provides young people with more options and flexibility for completing Years 11 and 12, or their equivalent.

During this time young people can mix and match a range of learning options including:

programs undertaken at school
vocational education and training at TAFE or with another registered training organisation
university subjects
an apprenticeship or traineeship (including school-based apprenticeships and traineeships)
employment skills development programs .

The Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) will replace the Senior Certificate from 2008. Students who completed Year 12 in 2008 will be the first to be eligible to receive the QCE.

The QCE is a broad-based senior schooling qualification that recognises senior school subjects and nationally recognised vocational training, as well as some workplace, university and community learning.

It will be awarded to students that achieve a significant amount of learning including literacy and numeracy (at the required standard), usually at the end of Year 12.

The QCE will provide students with a broad base from which to move into further education or training, and will be better able to signal the range of their capabilities to employers.

All students, regardless of whether or not they have achieved a QCE, will receive a Senior Statement at the end of Year 12.

To find out more about the QCE visit the Queensland Studies Authority

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