Parent & Carers

A Message From The Department of Education 

You need reading, writing and maths skills for everyday life after school. This is why you are required to demonstrate a minimum standard of literacy and numeracy to receive the Higher School Certificate (HSC) from 2020.

To make sure you have the basics right, and show you meet the minimum standard, you need to pass short online tests of everyday reading, writing and maths skills.

The tests will be available to take at school up to twice a year in Year 10, Year 11 or Year 12, and even after the HSC. 

Sample questions and answers are available online, as well as practise tests and advice from students who have completed the tests.

Your school will help you decide when you are ready to take each test.

You do not need to sit the reading, writing or numeracy online test(s) if you achieved Band 8 or above in the respective 2017 Year 9 NAPLAN test(s).

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Some students with disabilities will be eligible for extra provisions for the online tests, or an exemption. Talk to your teachers to determine whether you are eligible for provisions. A Disability Provisions, Exemptions and Appeals policy is available on the NESA website.

FOR MORE INFORMATION 

Contact our Deputy Principal or visit the link here.