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2026

August
31	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
September
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

Last updated:: 3 October 2025

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