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2024
February
05
Schools: Registration of Year 12 students for Senior External Examinations (SEEs) begins
Duration:
86 days.
End date:
30 Apr
Senior External Examination (SEE): Registrations open for adult students
Duration:
147 days.
End date:
30 Jun
April
15
Schools: Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application begins
Duration:
7 days.
End date:
22 Apr
Schools: Begin recording QCIA Statements of Achievement and Statements of Participation for students with 2024 exit year via Student Management
Duration:
89 days.
End date:
12 Jul
Schools: CIA First Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics begins
Duration:
33 days.
End date:
17 May
22
Schools: Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application concludes
26
QCAA: Confirmation meetings begin
Duration:
2 days.
End date:
27 Apr
27
QCAA: Confirmation meetings conclude
30
Schools: Final date for Senior External Examination (SEE) registrations for Year 12 students
May
13
QCAA: Endorsement application opens for submission of the first two internal assessments for General and Applied (Essential) 2025 completion year subjects
Duration:
82 days.
End date:
02 Aug
14
QCAA: Release of confirmation decisions for first internal assessment (excluding compressed curriculum cohorts) begins via the Confirmation application
17
Schools: CIA First Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics concludes
20
Schools: CIA Second Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics begins
Duration:
33 days.
End date:
21 Jun
29
Schools: Final date for refund applications for Year 12 students registered for Senior External Examination (SEE)
June
04
Schools: Opt-in confirmation — Provisional marks for the second internal assessment for General and General (Extension) subjects (excluding compressed curriculum cohorts) due via Student Management
11
Schools: Opt-in confirmation — Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application begins
Duration:
7 days.
End date:
17 Jun
QCAA: Opt-in confirmation — Publishes required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application
17
Schools: Opt-in confirmation — Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application concludes
19
Schools: Final date for upload of samples for Applied (Essential) subject quality assurance meetings
21
End of Term 2
Schools: CIA Second Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics concludes
Recognised study providers and higher education providers: Updated enrolment and results for current students due
Non-school RTOs: Final date to provide results to QCAA for mid-year certification
Recognised study providers and higher education providers: Final date to provide results to QCAA for mid-year certification
Schools: Final date for schools to submit applications for AARA for Year 12 students completing Senior External Examination (SEE)
28
Schools: Final date for External Assessment variation to venue applications
30
Senior External Examination (SEE): Final date for registrations for adult students
School RTOs: Quality Indicator Reports due in the VET application
July
04
QCAA: Opt-in confirmation meetings begin
Duration:
2 days.
End date:
05 Jul
05
QCAA: Opt-in confirmation meetings conclude
08
Start of Term 3
09
Schools: Applied (Essential) subjects quality assurance meetings begin
Duration:
21 days.
End date:
29 Jul
12
Schools: QCIA verification submissions due to QCAA
Schools: Final date to record QCIA Statements of Achievement and Statements of Participation via Student Management
16
QCAA: Release of opt-in confirmation decisions begins via the Confirmation application
19
QCAA: Mid-year certification — SEPs issued for eligible students (Post-school and Northern Hemisphere students only)
22
Schools: Results entry opens for Units 1 and 2 for Applied and General subjects with a 2024 start year
24
QCAA: QCIA verification meeting
Duration:
2 days.
End date:
25 Jul
25
QCAA: QCIA verification meeting concludes
29
Schools: Applied (Essential) subjects quality assurance meetings conclude
Senior External Examination (SEE): Final date for refund applications for adult candidates
August
02
Schools: Final date to submit the first two internal assessments for General and General (Extension) 2025 completion year subjects (Application 1) via the Endorsement application
Schools: Final date to submit the first internal assessment for Applied (Essential) 2025 completion year subjects (Application 1) via the Endorsement application
05
Alternative Learning Centres: CIA Ancillary Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics begins
Duration:
33 days.
End date:
06 Sep
09
QCAA: Finalised QCIA verification feedback released to schools via email to the Principal's delegate
10
QCAA: Endorsement meeting
Duration:
2 days.
End date:
11 Aug
11
QCAA: Endorsement meeting concludes
12
Schools: QCIA adviser consultation with schools begins
Duration:
12 days.
End date:
23 Aug
13
Schools: Compressed curriculum cohorts — Provisional marks for first internal assessments for General subjects due via Student Management
Schools: Provisional marks for all remaining internal assessments for General and General (Extension) subjects (excluding compressed cohorts) due in Student Management
16
QCAA: Endorsement decisions for Application 1 published via the Endorsement application
Schools: Endorsement application opens for the submission of Application 2
Duration:
17 days.
End date:
02 Sep
20
Schools: Consultations for non-endorsed assessment instruments from Application 1 begins
Duration:
9 days.
End date:
28 Aug
Schools: Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application begins
Duration:
7 days.
End date:
26 Aug
QCAA: Publish required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application
23
Senior External Examination (SEE): Final date for adult applications for AARA
Schools: QCIA adviser consultation with schools concludes
26
Schools: Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application concludes
Senior External Examination: Schools provide students with (SEE 1 Spoken assessment) stimulus files and assessment instrument for Chinese SEE, Indonesian SEE, Korean SEE and Vietnamese SEE
Duration:
43 days.
End date:
07 Oct
28
Schools: Consultations for non-endorsed assessment instruments for Application 1 concludes
29
Senior External Examination (SEE): Closing date for applications for Variation to Venue
30
QCAA: Confirmation meetings begin
Duration:
2 days.
End date:
31 Aug
31
QCAA: Confirmation meetings conclude
September
02
Schools: Final date to submit Endorsement Application 2 submission in the Endorsement application
06
Schools: Final date to action QCIA verification feedback
Alternative Learning Centres: CIA Ancillary Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics concludes
11
QCAA: Release of confirmation decisions begins via the Confirmation application
13
Schools: Principal-reported AARA notification for external assessment in General, General (Extension) and General (SEE) subjects due
Schools: AARA applications for alternative format papers for CIA First Phase (Essential English and Essential Mathematics) for 2025 due
School RTOs: Must record a verified Unique Student Identifier (USI) in Student Management for each student enrolled in VET with the school RTO only
School RTOs: Check VET student records in Student Management are correct for any qualifications or units of competency that may have reached the end of their transition period
Schools: Final date for applications for credit towards the QCE and relaxation of completed Core requirements for Year 12 transfer students
Schools: Must record an IB ID in Student Management for each student exiting in 2024 and enrolled in International Baccalaureate (IB) subjects
End of Term 3
QCAA: Endorsement decisions for Application 2 finalised via Endorsement application
30
Start of Term 4
(Date TBC) Senior External Examination (SEE): Oral assessment for SEE language subjects (CCAFL languages)
October
01
QCAA: Endorsement Intervention commences for non-endorsed assessment
Duration:
10 days.
End date:
11 Oct
Schools: Compressed curriculum cohorts – Provisional marks for all remaining internal assessment for General and General (Extension) subjects due via Student Management
03
QCAA: Compressed curriculum cohorts — Publish required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application
Schools: Compressed curriculum cohorts — Upload required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application
Duration:
2 days.
End date:
04 Oct
04
Schools: Compressed curriculum cohorts – Upload required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation application concludes
08
Senior External Examination (SEE) period commences for Chinese SEE, Indonesian SEE, Korean SEE and Vietnamese SEE
Duration:
37 days.
End date:
13 Nov
11
Schools: AARA applications due for existing long-term and chronic conditions for students enrolled in subjects with a 2025 completion year
QCAA: Endorsement Intervention for non-endorsed assessment concludes
14
Schools: Student enrolments in QCAA General (Extension) and Compressed curriculum subject offerings with completion year 2025 due in Student Management
17
QCAA: QCIA State review meetings commence
Duration:
2 days.
End date:
18 Oct
18
QCAA: QCIA State review meetings concludes
21
External assessment block for General and General (Extension) subjects commences
Duration:
23 days.
End date:
12 Nov
QCAA: Endorsement application opens for submission of the remaining internal assessments for General and Applied (Essential) 2025 completion year subjects
Duration:
106 days.
End date:
03 Feb
25
QCAA: QCIA State Review feedback released to schools via email to the Principal's delegate
November
11
Schools: Final date to provide results for interstate VET
12
External assessment — General and General (Extension) subjects ends
13
Senior External Examination (SEE) period ends
15
Schools: Final date to action QCIA state review feedback
Final school day for Year 12 students
21
Recognised studies and Higher education providers: Final date to submit results for students exiting in 2024 in Student Management
Schools: Final date for recording Unit 3 and 4 IA and Final results for Applied and Applied (Essential) subjects with 2024 completion year in Student Management
Schools: Final date for recording 2024 Short Course results in Student Management
Schools and other learning providers: Student Management closes for 2024 data entry and reopens on 2 January 2025 (except QCIA)
Non-school RTOs: Final date to submit VET data via STAC or in Student Management for students exiting in 2024
International Baccalaureate (IB) schools: Final date to provide results for partially completed IB studies in Student Management
School RTOs: Final date to record all 2024 VET enrolment and results data in Student Management
Schools: Final date to enter Year 12 QCIA Statements of Achievement and Participation in Student Management
Schools: For students exiting in 2024 - final date to record results for Unit 1 and Unit 2 in QCAA subjects with 2025 completion year in Student Management (2025 exiting students due 21 Feb 2025)
26
QCAA: Schools are contacted, if required, about QCIA statements
Duration:
2 days.
End date:
27 Nov
29
Schools: Final date to view QCE eligibility screens for individual students in Student Management until 13 December
Schools: Final date for QCAA to amend data on behalf of schools in Student Management for students exiting in 2024
Schools: Final date for QCAA requested amendments to QCIA statements recorded in Student Management
School RTOs: QCAA will advise any schools with registration as an RTO expiring in the next calendar year to submit an application to renew registration as an RTO or to withdraw registration as an RTO
December
13
Schools: Senior External Examination (SEE) results for Year 12 students released via Student Management
End of Term 4
Schools: Final subject results for Year 12 students are released via Student Management and Analytical Dashboard
Students: Final subject results and SEPs released via Student Portal
24
QCAA office compulsory closure
Duration:
10 days.
End date:
02 Jan
2025
January
02
QCAA office reopens
Student Management application re-opens for entry of data for students exiting in 2025 and beyond
13
Final date for applications for 2024 reassessments and script inspections for external assessments (EAs) and Senior External Examinations (SEEs)
Final date for applications for verification of information recorded on the 2024 Senior Statements, QCEs and QCIAs
28
Start of Term 1, 2025 school year
February
03
Schools: Final date to submit remaining assessment instrument/s for 2025 completion year subjects (Application 1) via the Endorsement application
21
Schools: Final date for recording results for 2024 Short course subject offerings (for students exiting 2025 and beyond) in Student Management
Schools: Final date for recording Unit 1 and 2 results for Applied, Applied (Essential) and General subjects in subject offerings with start year 2024 in Student Management
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