NAPLAN

NAPLAN 2026

The NAPLAN test window for 2026 is open from Wednesday 13 March - Monday 25 March. Our timetable for the children sitting the Naplan tests is as follows:

We have set aside Thursday 14 March - Thursday 21 March  as our ‘catch-up’ days for tests.  These catch-up sessions are for children who were absent during the scheduled test times.  

We have purchased headphones for the children to use during the NAPLAN tests. These will be used during class sessions beyond NAPLAN.

 Headphones serve two vital purposes:

1. To block out the ambient noise during the tests
2. Some of the items on the tests have audio accompanying the questions and students need to listen for the prompts

Adjustments, exemptions and withdrawals

Adjustments can be provided for students with a disability to enable them to access the tests equitably.  You can speak to your child’s classroom teacher or Maria about these adjustments. 

Students in the following categories may be considered for formal exemption from the testing program:

• Students with significant intellectual disability and/or those with significant co-existing conditions that severely limit their capacity to participate in the tests. This is decided after the principal, student and the relevant parent/carer have consulted and agreed that the student is not able to access the tests, even with adjustments.
• Students with a language background other than English, who arrived from overseas and have been attending school in Australia for less than a year before the test, are given the opportunity to participate in testing, but may be exempted.

Students may be withdrawn from the testing program by their parent/carer. This is a matter for consideration by individual parents/carers in consultation with their child’s school.

Withdrawals are intended to address issues such as religious beliefs and philosophical objections to testing.

If you do not wish your child to sit the NAPLAN assessments, please contact Maria Sedunary or your child’s classroom teacher.

More Information for parents

• Download the 2026 Parent Information Sheet (English)
• Download a simplified Parent Information Sheet (English)
• Download the 2026 Parent Information Sheet in a different language
• To see the look and feel of the tests and types of questions, visit the online assessment Public demonstration site. Find past NAPLAN paper tests and answers on the ACARA website.

Maria, Learning and Teaching Leader