Curriculum to Year 10 in Western Australia
The Pre-primary to Year 10 Western Australian curriculum provides a coherent and comprehensive set of prescribed content and achievement standards which schools will use to plan student learning programs, assess student progress and report to parents.
The Pre-primary to Year 10 Western Australian curriculum is available within the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline.
Senior secondary subjects and courses in WA
The Year 11 and 12 curriculum is taught as courses. Students choose a range of courses to meet the requirements for a WACE.
Students choose from a range of courses to meet the requirements for the WACE. The courses are divided into List A and List B. List A includes The Arts, languages and social sciences. List B includes mathematics, science and technology. English courses are found in List A. Health and Physical Education courses are found in List B.
Courses and programs
Students can choose their courses from a range of course and program types.
There are five course types. ATAR, General, VET industry specific and Foundation courses contribute to the WACE. There are also Preliminary courses. Preliminary courses do not contribute to the WACE.
Endorsed programs and VET qualifications can also be studied in Year 11 and Year 12 and can contribute to a WACE.
Information about the senior secondary courses and programs in WA is available on the Authority website.
Vocational Learning and VET in WA
There are two ways that VET can contribute towards the WACE
- VET industry specific courses are Authority-developed WACE courses where a full nationally recognised qualification is delivered and assessed according to industry specific standards with mandatory workplace learning included. Achievement of these qualifications will contribute towards the WACE as course units.
- VET credit transfer in the WACE refers to any nationally endorsed qualification or nationally recognised accredited course that is used by a student to contribute towards their WACE.
Information about VET in WA is available on the Authority website.
