How your HSC works

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1. How your HSC works
2. Step 1 – Getting ready
3. Step 2 – We’re ready for you
4. Step 3 – The people, the papers, the processes
5. Step 4 – Your school assessment marks
6. Step 5 – The exams
7. Step 6 – Marking
8. Step 7 – Moderating assessment marks
9. Step 8 – Judges apply the standards
10. Step 9 – Finally: your results

You’re about to take your first step into your first HSC classroom as a Year 12 student. There were many other steps that led to this moment, but this is the beginning of your last year at school, the end of a journey that began in Kindergarten.

The year ahead will be sometimes exciting, sometimes challenging, sometimes sheer hard work. At the end of it all, however, you will have earned one of the world’s most respected secondary school credentials, the NSW Higher School Certificate.

The public respect for the HSC exists for two reasons: the integrity of students like you, and the immense number of quality controls managed by the Board of Studies NSW and your school.

You probably want to know what happens next, right?

• Step 1 – Getting ready
• Step 2 – We’re ready for you
• Step 3 – The people, the papers, the processes
• Step 4 – Your school assessment marks
• Step 5 – The exams
• Step 6 – Marking
• Step 7 – Moderating assessment marks
• Step 8 – Judges apply the standards
• Step 9 – Finally: your results

Useful links

• 2012 HSC Rules and Procedures Guide
• The complete list of HSC syllabuses
• Past HSC examination papers and Notes from the Marking Centres
• Links to useful HSC assessment documents and policies
• Useful HSC information for employers
• HSC Advisory Bulletin 2011