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Notice to Schools 185 –
13 December 2023

2023 Senior Secondary Completion and Achievement Information

Principals/directors and all senior secondary administrators and teachers

Senior Secondary Completion and Achievement Information for 2023 is now available.

With the introduction of the VCE Vocational Major (VM) and the Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC), the VCAA has adopted 9 new data points and updated 4 existing data points to its annually published school-level data. These changes reflect the varied pathways available for senior secondary students to complete their secondary school education in Victoria.

New and updated datapoints will report on a wider range of school programs, student cohorts and student achievements, inclusive of the VCE VM, the VPC, Higher Education studies (HES), School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBATs) and Northern Hemisphere Timetable (NHT) delivery.

Notably, the data reported for ‘Percentage of satisfactory VCE completions’ is now inclusive of the VCE VM cohort. Due to this change, the datapoint is not comparable to previous years.

New datapoints include:

  • Number of students awarded the VCE Vocational Major (VM)
  • Number of students awarded the Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC)
  • Enrolment(s) in VCE Vocational Major (VM) unit(s)
  • Enrolment(s) in the Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC)
  • Enrolments in Northern Hemisphere Timetable (NHT) delivery at Units 3 and 4 level
  • Number of Higher Education studies (HES) with enrolments
  • Number of students enrolled in a Higher Education study (HES)
  • Percentage of Higher Education studies (HES) completed
  • Number of students enrolled in a School-based Apprenticeship or Traineeship (SBAT)

Updated datapoints include:

Datapoint prior to 2023 Datapoint for 2023Update
Number of VCE studies at unit 3-4 level taken up by studentsNumber of VCE and VCE Vocational Major (VM) studies at Units 3 and 4 level with enrolmentsFigure inclusive of VCE VM studies
Number of students enrolled in at least one VCE unit at level 3-4Number of students enrolled in at least one VCE or VCE Vocational Major (VM) study at Units 3 and 4 levelFigure inclusive of students enrolled in VCE VM studies
Number of students enrolled in VCALNumber of students enrolled in the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) at Intermediate level (2023 only)Figure inclusive of Intermediate VCAL enrolments only
Percentage of satisfactory VCE completionsPercentage of satisfactory VCE completionsFigure inclusive of VCE VM cohort

 

Refer to the 2023 SSCAI reference guide for further detailed descriptions of each datapoint.

Action

Principals/directors, please share this information with all senior secondary staff members.

Critical dates

N/A

More information

Senior Secondary Certificate Reform
email: vcaa.seniorsecondaryreform@education.vic.gov.au