School Certificate credential

The School Certificate credential contains a School Certificate Testamur and a Record of Achievement.

1. School Certificate Testamur

Click on either image for a larger view of the front or reverse side of the Testamur.

2. Record of Achievement

Click on either image for a larger view of the front or reverse side of the Record of Achievement which shows all Stage 5 (Years 9 and 10) courses and School Certificate tests completed. It includes, where appropriate:

• the Stage 5 courses that a student has completed and the grade (A-E) awarded by the student's school for each course. The Course Performance Descriptors describe typical performance by students in each grade at the end of Stage 5

• the results achieved by the student in the School Certificate tests. For each test the mark awarded (out of a possible 100) is shown. Except in the case of the Computing Skills test, the band achieved is also reported. Band 1 is the lowest band and band 6 is the highest. See the knowledge and skills typically demonstrated by students in each test band, and recent performance data

• the mandatory requirements in Languages, Technology (Mandatory), Music, Visual Arts, and Personal Development, Health and Physical Education. Mandatory requirements are reported as 'Completed', or, where they have not been met, as 'Not Completed'

• a statement as to whether the student is eligible for the School Certificate.

Life Skills

Where students undertake a course based on Life Skills outcomes and content, achievement in the course is reported as 'Completed' on the Record of Achievement, with the annotation ‘See Profile of Student Achievement’. The Profile of Student Achievement provides details of the specific Life Skills syllabus outcomes achieved.

Click on the image below for a larger view of examples of a Record of Achievement and a Profile of Student Achievement for a student studying a full program of courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content.