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Key dates

2026

February
02	Senior External Examination (SEE): Registrations open for adult students Duration: 88 days. End date: 30 Apr Schools: Registration of Year 12 students for Senior External Examinations (SEEs) begins Duration: 88 days. End date: 30 Apr
March
18	QCAA: Endorsement intervention commences for non-endorsed assessment Duration: 10 days. End date: 27 Mar
20	Schools: Senior Secondary Certification agreement for 2026 due via the Student Management app
27	Schools: Endorsement intervention for non-endorsed tasks concludes School RTOs: VET student enrolment records due in the Student Management app
31	School RTOs: Annual Declaration of Compliance form due to the QCAA
April
02	End of Term 1 Schools: Final date for QCIA curriculum plans to be completed and approved in the Student Management app for students exiting in 2027
20	Schools: CIA First Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics begins Duration: 33 days. End date: 22 May Start of Term 2 Schools: Begin recording QCIA Statements of Achievement and Statements of Participation for students with 2026 exit year via the Student Management app Duration: 101 days. End date: 29 Jul
21	Schools: Provisional marks for first internal assessment in General and General (Extension) subjects (excluding compressed curriculum cohorts) due in the Student Management app
28	QCAA: Confirmation event 1 — Publishes required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app Schools: Confirmation event 1 — Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app begins [Duration: 7 days. End date: 05 May] Duration: 7 days. End date: 05 May
30	Schools: Final date for Senior External Examination (SEE) registrations for Year 12 students Senior External Examination (SEE): Final date for registrations for adult students
May
05	Schools: Confirmation event 1 — Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app concludes
11	QCAA: Endorsement app opens for submission of the first two internal assessments for General and first internal instrument for Applied (Essential) 2027 completion year subjects Duration: 89 days. End date: 07 Aug
12	QCAA: Confirmation event 1 — Review period begins Duration: 8 days. End date: 19 May
18	Schools: CIA Second Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics begins Duration: 33 days. End date: 19 Jun
19	QCAA: Confirmation event 1 — Review period concludes
22	Schools: CIA First Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics concludes
26	QCAA: Confirmation event 1 — Release of confirmation decisions for first internal assessment (excluding compressed curriculum cohorts) begins via the Confirmation app
27	Schools: Applied QA app opens for teacher registration and submission upload for Applied (Essential) and scheduled Applied subject quality assurance meetings Duration: 29 days. End date: 24 Jun
30	Schools: Final date for refund applications for Year 12 students registered for Senior External Examination (SEE) Senior External Examination (SEE): Final date for refund applications for adult candidates
31	Schools: Final date for schools to submit applications for AARA for Year 12 students completing Senior External Examination (SEE)
June
09	Schools: Confirmation event 2 (Opt-in confirmation) — Provisional marks for the second internal assessment for General and General (Extension) subjects (excluding compressed curriculum cohorts) due via the Student Management app
16	QCAA: Confirmation event 2 — Publishes required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app Schools: Confirmation event 2 — Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app begins [Duration: 8 days. End date: 23 Jun] Duration: 8 days. End date: 23 Jun
19	Schools: CIA Second Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics concludes
23	Schools: Confirmation event 2 — Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app concludes
24	Schools: Final date for submission upload for Applied (Essential) and scheduled Applied subject quality assurance meetings via the Applied QA app
26	Recognised study providers and higher education providers: Updated enrolment and results for all current students due End of Term 2 Recognised study providers and higher education providers: Final date to provide results to QCAA for mid-year certification School RTOs: Ensure enrolments and results in the Student Management app are correct for any superseded VET at the end of its transition period Non-school RTOs: Final date to provide results to QCAA for mid-year certification
30	School RTOs: Quality Indicator Reports due in the VET app
July
09	QCAA: Confirmation event 2 — Review period begins Duration: 7 days. End date: 15 Jul
13	Schools: Results entry opens in the Student Management app for Units 1 and 2 for Applied and General subjects with a 2026 start year Start of Term 3
15	QCAA: Confirmation event 2 — Review period concludes
16	Schools: Applied (Essential) and scheduled Applied subjects quality assurance meetings begin Duration: 22 days. End date: 06 Aug
17	QCAA: Mid-year certification — SEPs issued for eligible students (Post-school and Northern Hemisphere students only)
21	QCAA: Release of Confirmation event 2 decisions begins via the Confirmation app
29	Schools: Final date to record QCIA Statements of Achievement and Statements of Participation via the Student Management app Schools: QCIA verification submissions due to QCAA
August
05	QCAA: QCIA verification meeting Duration: 2 days. End date: 06 Aug
06	QCAA: QCIA verification meeting concludes Schools: Applied (Essential) and scheduled Applied subjects quality assurance meetings conclude
07	Schools: Final date to submit the first two internal assessments for General and the first internal assessment for Applied (Essential) 2027 completion year subjects (Application 1) via the Endorsement app
10	Alternative Learning Centres: CIA Ancillary Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics begins Duration: 36 days. End date: 14 Sep
14	Schools: Commence actioning the QCIA verification feedback Duration: 19 days. End date: 01 Sep QCAA: Finalised QCIA verification feedback released to schools via email to the Principal's delegate
15	QCAA: Endorsement meeting Event 1 Duration: 2 days. End date: 16 Aug
16	QCAA: Endorsement meeting Event 1 concludes
17	Schools: QCIA adviser consultation with schools begins Duration: 12 days. End date: 28 Aug
18	Schools: Compressed curriculum cohorts — Provisional marks for first internal assessments for General subjects due via the Student Management app Schools: Provisional marks for all remaining internal assessments for General and General (Extension) subjects (excluding compressed cohorts) due in the Student Management app
21	QCAA: Endorsement decisions commence being released for Application 1 via the Endorsement app Schools: Endorsement app opens for the submission of Application 2 Duration: 17 days. End date: 07 Sep
25	Schools: Confirmation event 3 — Upload of required samples for all remaining internal assessments for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app begins Duration: 7 days. End date: 31 Aug Schools: Confirmation event 3 — Compressed curriculum cohorts upload of required samples for first intenal assessments via the Confirmation app begins Duration: 7 days. End date: 31 Aug Schools: Consultations for non-endorsed assessment instruments from Application 1 begins Duration: 8 days. End date: 01 Sep QCAA: Confirmation event 3 — Compressed curriculum cohorts required samples for first internal assessments for General and General (Extension) subjects are published via the Confirmation app QCAA: Confirmation event 3 — Publish required samples for all remaining internal assessments for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app
28	Schools: QCIA adviser consultation with schools concludes
31	Schools: Confirmation event 3 — Compressed curriculum cohorts upload of required samples for first intenal assessments via the Confirmation app concludes Senior External Examination (SEE): Schools provide students with (SEE 1 Spoken assessment) stimulus files and assessment instrument for Chinese SEE, Indonesian SEE, Korean SEE and Vietnamese SEE Duration: 37 days. End date: 06 Oct Senior External Examination (SEE): Closing date for applications for Variation to Venue Schools: Final date for External Assessment variation to venue applications Schools: Confirmation event 3 — Upload of required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app concludes
September
01	Schools: Consultations for non-endorsed assessment instruments from Application 1 concludes Schools: Final date to action QCIA verification feedback
02	QCAA: Confirmation event 3 — Review period begins Duration: 8 days. End date: 09 Sep
07	Schools: Final date for submission of Endorsement Application 2 in the Endorsement app
09	QCAA: Confirmation event 3 — Review period concludes
14	Alternative Learning Centres: CIA Ancillary Phase for Essential English and Essential Mathematics concludes
15	QCAA: Confirmation event 3 — Release of confirmation decisions begins via the Confirmation app
18	End of Term 3 Schools: Final date for applications for credit towards the QCE and relaxation of completed Core requirements for Year 12 transfer students Schools: Ensure International Baccalaureate (IB) ID is recorded in the Student Management app for all students enrolled in IB subjects Schools: AARA applications due for existing long-term and chronic conditions for students enrolled in subjects with a 2027 completion year Schools: Principal-reported AARA notification for external assessment in General, General (Extension) and General (SEE) subjects due School RTOs: Must record a verified Unique Student Identifier (USI) in the Student Management app for each student enrolled in VET with the school RTO only QCAA: Endorsement decisions for Application 2 finalised via Endorsement app Schools: AARA applications for alternative format papers for CIA First Phase (Essential English and Essential Mathematics) for 2027 due School RTOs: Check VET student records in the Student Management app are correct for any qualifications or units of competency that may have reached the end of their transition period
28	(Date TBC) Senior External Examination (SEE): Oral assessment for SEE language subjects (CCAFL languages)
October
06	Start of Term 4
07	Schools: Compressed curriculum cohorts – Provisional marks for all remaining internal assessment for General and General (Extension) subjects due via the Student Management app QCAA: Endorsement Intervention commences for non-endorsed assessment Duration: 9 days. End date: 16 Oct
08	QCAA: Confirmation event 4 — Compressed curriculum cohorts required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects published via the Confirmation app Schools: Confirmation event 4 — Compressed curriculum cohorts — Upload required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app commences Duration: 2 days. End date: 09 Oct
09	Schools: Confirmation event 4 — Compressed curriculum cohorts upload required samples for General and General (Extension) subjects via the Confirmation app concludes Schools: QCIA State Review submissions (Draft Certificates) due to QCAA
12	Senior External Examination (SEE) period commences for Chinese SEE, Indonesian SEE, Korean SEE and Vietnamese SEE Duration: 38 days. End date: 18 Nov
15	QCAA: QCIA State review meeting
16	QCAA: Endorsement Intervention for non-endorsed assessment concludes
19	Schools: Student enrolments in QCAA General (Extension) and Compressed curriculum subject offerings with completion year 2027 due in the Student Management app QCAA: Endorsement app opens for submission of the remaining internal assessments for General and Applied (Essential) 2027 completion year subjects Duration: 110 days. End date: 05 Feb
23	QCAA: QCIA State Review feedback released to schools via email to the Principal's delegate Schools: Commence actioning QCIA state review feedback Duration: 22 days. End date: 13 Nov
26	External assessment block for General and General (Extension) subjects commences Duration: 24 days. End date: 18 Nov
November
09	Schools: Final date to provide results for interstate VET
13	Schools: Final date to action QCIA state review feedback
17	External assessment — General and General (Extension) subjects ends
18	Senior External Examination (SEE) period ends
20	Final school day for Year 12 students
26	Recognised studies and Higher education providers: Final date to submit results for students exiting in 2026 in the Student Management app Schools: For students exiting in 2026 - final date to record results for Unit 1 and Unit 2 in QCAA subjects with 2027 completion year in the Student Management app (students exiting in 2027 and later due 19 Feb 2027) Schools and other learning providers: Student Management app closes for 2026 data entry at 11.59pm and reopens on 4 January 2027 (except QCIA) Schools: Final date for recording Unit 3 and 4 IA and Final results for Applied and Applied (Essential) subjects with 2026 completion year in the Student Management app School RTOs: Final date to record all 2026 VET enrolment and results data in the Student Management app International Baccalaureate (IB) schools: Final date to provide results for partially completed IB studies in the Student Management app Schools: Final date for recording 2026 Short Course results in the Student Management app for ALL students regardless of exit year Non-school RTOs: Final date to submit VET data via STAC or in the Student Management app for students exiting in 2026
27	School RTOs: QCAA will advise any schools with RTO registration expiring in the next calendar year to submit an application to renew registration as an RTO or to withdraw registration as an RTO QCAA: Schools are contacted, if required, about QCIA statements Duration: 6 days. End date: 02 Dec
December
02	Schools: Final date for QCAA requested amendments to QCIA statements recorded in the Student Management app
03	Schools: Final date for QCAA to amend data on behalf of schools in the Student Management app for students exiting in 2026 Schools: Final date to view QCE eligibility screens for individual students in the Student Management app until 16 December
11	End of Term 4
16	Schools: Final subject results for Year 12 students are released via the Student Management and Analytical Dashboard apps Students: Final subject results and SEPs released via Student Portal Schools: Senior External Examination (SEE) results for Year 12 students released via the Student Management app
24	QCAA office compulsory closure Duration: 12 days. End date: 04 Jan

2027

January
04	QCAA office reopens Student Management app re-opens for entry of data for students exiting in 2027 and beyond
13	Final date for applications for verification of information recorded on the 2026 Senior Statements, QCEs and QCIAs Final date for applications for 2026 reassessments and script inspections for external assessments (EAs) and Senior External Examinations (SEEs)
27	Start of Term 1, 2027 school year
February
05	Schools: Final date to submit remaining assessment instrument/s for 2027 completion year subjects (Application 1) via the Endorsement app
19	Schools: Final date for recording Unit 1 and 2 results for Applied, Applied (Essential) and General subjects in subject offerings with start year 2026 in the Student Management app

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