Identity
In Year 10 students complete their Australian Curriculum and may elect transitionary subjects aligned to the senior curriculum. This transitionary year is recognised in students progressing to wearing the senior school uniform. Year 12 students add their school tie in recognition of their final year of schooling. For curriculum descitptors in the senior years of schooling refer to the links under curriculum.
Pathways
Our school has a near 100% retention rate of students completing their secondary schooling to the end of Year 12. Post-school destinations of our students to tertiary education, futher training or employment, and academic outcomes such as OP scores in previous years and success in the new senior and ATAR system are amongst the highest in the State.
Management
The
Senior Schooling department at Cavendish Road State High School manages the
opportunities and pathways available to students throughout their senior years.
Some students may be invited to participate in accelerated programs and a number of senior subjects studied in Year 11 and 12 have guaranteed entry arrangements with tertiary institutions. The senior schooling department quality assures and oversees such things as:
Senior Curriculum
Senior subject selection
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Senior Certificate
Work Experience
School based apprenticeships/traineeships
Student Education and Training Plans (SETP)
QCE
The QCE is Queensland’s senior school qualification,
which is awarded to eligible students usually at the end of Year 12. Every
young Queenslander must be registered with the QCAA during the year before the
young person's compulsory participation phase begins to be able to bank subject credits. Generally, schools will
register young people in Year 10.
Learning options and requirement
Our school offers a boad range of QCAA subjects with a focus on academic courses of study for which study credit is banked into students' learning accounts. The QCE offers flexibility in what is learnt, as well
as where and when learning occurs. Students have a wide range of learning
options; these can include senior school subjects, vocational education and
training, workplace and community learning, as well as university subject’s
undertaken while at school.
Vocational studies are selective and while Certifciate 2 courses may be appropriate for some students, courses that provide rigour and value with a focus upon Certificate 3 and Diploma course offerings to assist students achieve post-school pathways are preferred.
To be awarded a QCE, students must have at least 20
credits in the required pattern banked in their learning accounts, and fulfil literacy and numeracy requirements.
For further information please see the QCAA website.
Student Education & Traing Plans
These plans are mandatory requirement for evry young person "learning or earning" since 2006. The plan is a road map and not a pre-requisite and is a means of expectation of students having post-school aspirations. Students are however required to consider their future possible pathways and their means of achieving it. Careers and tertiary planning resources support the creation of these plans. A senior education and training plan (SETP) plan helps
students structure their learning around their abilities, interests and
ambitions. As part of the planning process, students think about their future,
consider their abilities and investigate their options for careers and further
education. The plan is finalised by the end of Year 10. The set
plan is self-reviewed periodically to monitor the student's progress. It can be
updated at any time.
Monitoring progress - learning accounts
Students are assisted in making application to open a learning account with the QCAA. The learning account records details of learning and
results of any completed studies and partial credits if applicable. Students are able to access their learning
account through the student connect website.
Awarding a QCE
It is our school goal to ensure all students bank sufficient credits to be awarded a QCE at the end of Year 12. Our school consistently achieves a 100% success rate. Students who do not meet the QCE requirements at the end of Year 12 can
continue to work towards their certificate - their learning account remains
open, regardless of their age (however, depending on the student's age in year 12, credits expire after 9 years or the student turns 26 years of age).
The QCAA
will award a QCE in the following July or December, once a person becomes
eligible. All students who finish Year 12 receive a transcript
of their learning account in the form of a senior statement, which is issued in
December.
After finishing Year 12 students who become eligible
for the award of a QCE will receive a statement of results. A statement of
results is a cumulative transcript of their learning account. These will be
issued every July and December.
QCIA Information (PDF, 315KB)
New Queensland Certifice of Education (QCE) System
Queensland introduced a new QCE system starting with Year 11 students in 2019 with the first cohort graduating in 2020. The
changes give students the skills they need for success in work and life in
the future and broader access to tertiary studies with the inclusion of many vocational courses contributing to ATAR scores.
Key features include:
- new and redeveloped QCAA senior syllabuses, and external assessment in most senior subjects. The weighting of external exams to final results varies with Maths and Science subjects attracting a 50% weighting to exams and 25% weighting to all other QCAA syllabus subjects
- new quality assurance processes to strengthen the quality and comparability of school-based assessment
- changes to QCE eligibility requirements
- the introduction of the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).
New
Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) system
New ATAR
(Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) system.
Learning
account login for Year 11 & 12 students