Senior years of schooling

​This website is your gateway to senior schooling information which may be helpful to Queensland students.

• Senior secondary certificate
  Queensland's school-based senior schooling qualification, which is awarded to eligible students at the end of Year 12. To receive a QCE, students must achieve the set amount of learning, in the set standard, in a set pattern, while meeting literacy and numeracy requirements.
  
• Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA)
  The QCIA recognises and reports the achievements of students whose learning is part of an individual learning program. It provides eligible students with a summary of their skills and knowledge which can then be presented to employers or training providers.
• Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) system (QCAA website)
  Queensland’s senior assessment system that combines school-based assessment with external assessment. Further information is available on the QCAA website.
  
• Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA)
  The QCAA is a statutory body established under the Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014. QCAA is responsible for curriculum development, assessment and certification.
  
• Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC)
  QTAC is the tertiary application service for Queensland. The QTAC website provides information about the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), the standard pathway to tertiary study for Queensland Year 12s.
  
• School to work
  This website provides information for principals, teachers and employers on state schools' policies and programs for work experience, vocational placements and industry placement for VET teachers.
  
• Vocational Education and Training in schools (VETiS)
  This website provides information about VET in Schools programs, including school-based apprenticeships and traineeships.
• Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (Training Division)
  This website focuses on working with industry to build a world-class education and training system to skill Queenslanders.
  
• Queensland Skills Gateway
  This website allows Queenslanders to search and browse vocational education and training information including courses available, training providers, government funding and career pathways.
• Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment
  The Department of Education is responsible for national policies and programs that help Australians access quality and affordable early child care and childhood education, school education, higher education, skills and training, international education and research.
• National Careers Institute (NCI)
  The Australian Government ​Department of Employment and Workplace Relations ​website provides authoritative and accurate careers information and support to young people irrespective of their age or career stage.