Arabic ATAR Year 11 and Year 12 syllabus for teaching in Year 11 from 2026 – briefing

Contact
Coral Ryan (08) 9273 6743
Coral.Ryan@scsa.wa.edu.au

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) is conducting an online briefing to outline the teaching requirements of the new Arabic ATAR Year 11 and Year 12 syllabus for implementation in Year 11 from 2026. The session will be held on Thursday, 11 December 2025 from 4.00–5.00 pm.

The briefing is intended for schools offering the new Arabic ATAR course for Year 11 in 2026 and will focus on:

• introducing the Arabic ATAR syllabus borrowed from the New South Wales Education Authority (NESA)
• implementing a combined Year 11 and Year 12 syllabus
• meeting the course requirements
• developing a shared understanding of assessment requirements.

It is important to note that the new Arabic ATAR syllabus, borrowed from NESA, is a combined Year 11 and 12 syllabus, which will be implemented in Year 11 in 2026 and in Year 12 in 2027. Students enrolled in the Arabic ATAR course in Year 12 in 2026 will continue to use the current Arabic ATAR Year 11 and Year 12 syllabus based on the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority course.

To register for the briefing, email Languages@scsa.wa.edu.au with your name, school/organisation and email address by Tuesday, 9 December 2025.

Note: the Authority will use Webex as the delivery platform for the briefing. Registrants will need to download the application prior to the meeting to participate.

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Literature text lists for Years 11 and 12 for 2026

Contact
Gerard Morris (08) 9273 6742
Gerard.Morris@scsa.wa.edu.au

The Literature ATAR course text lists for Years 11 and 12 for 2026 are available on the School Curriculum and Standards Authority website. The Literature ATAR text lists are prescribed for Year 12 and recommended for Year 11.

The text list document, titled ATAR Year 11–12 Prescribed Text Lists is available at https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/syllabus-and-support-materials/english/literature.

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2026 Small Group Moderation briefings

Contact
Nick Ognenis (08) 9273 6354
Nick.Ognenis@scsa.wa.edu.au

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) is offering online Small Group Moderation briefings in February 2026. The briefings will assist senior secondary teachers who are delivering ATAR Year 12 syllabuses that require their school to take part in the small group moderation process.

Where a school has an estimated number of fewer than six ATAR course examination candidates in a particular ATAR course, it must become involved in a small group moderation partnership to increase the combined group size to six or more students for that pair of units.

The briefings will be held on:

• Wednesday, 4 February 2026: 3.30–4.30 pm
• Thursday, 5 February 2026: 3.30–4.30 pm
• Tuesday, 10 February 2026: 3.30–4.30 pm.

Registration and further information can be located on the Authority website at https://scsa.wa.edu.au/news-and-events/all-events/small-group-moderation-seminar-2026.

Note: the Authority will use Webex as the delivery platform for the briefings. Registrants will need to download the application prior to the meeting to participate.

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Recording of enrolment and achievement of VET units of competency (delivered through VET credit transfer) or VET qualifications – Year 9 students, 2026

Contact
Sarah King (08) 9273 6391
VETinfo@scsa.wa.edu.au

Permission must be obtained from the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) by Thursday, 11 December 2025 if schools wish to have a student’s Year 9 achievements in vocational education and training (VET) units of competency (delivered through VET credit transfer)/VET qualifications recorded towards their Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE).

The application form for the Recording of enrolment and achievement of VET units of competency (delivered through VET credit transfer)/VET qualifications – Year 9 students, 2026 is available on the Authority website under the ‘Achievements’ accordion at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/forms/forms.

Schools should apply only if the studies for these students are part of a longer‑term program where:

• students are in remote community schools where learning programs relate directly to the local industry, or
• students are accessing VET as part of an individual education program (IEP)

and

• a valid opportunity has been presented which supports an ongoing and coherent training pathway.

Completed application forms must be emailed to VETinfo@scsa.wa.edu.au by Thursday, 11 December 2025.

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Introduction to Student Information Records System (SIRS)

Contact
Tim Colliander (08) 9273 6386
Timothy.Colliander@scsa.wa.edu.au

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) is conducting Introduction to Student Information Records Systems (SIRS) information/training sessions in January 2026. The sessions are aimed at new and existing SIRS users in schools.

The sessions will cover the basic operations and functions of SIRS, including SIRS administration, managing SIRS user accounts and provider member information.

Focus topics include:

• logging in to SIRS
• administering SIRS – including managing SIRS user accounts and provider member information
• uploading various files – including checking and verifying data transfers
• understanding common errors
• generating and finding commonly used reports
• accessing assistance with local databases
• requesting assistance from the Programs and Data team.

Ideally, two staff members should attend: the clerical staff member responsible for maintaining the changes on the school database and the Deputy or Associate Principal.

There will be two sessions conducted in‑person at the Authority offices and two online. These are repeated sessions; participants only need to attend one. It is recommended that those attending the in‑person training, who have a SIRS login account, bring their own device to login to their school’s SIRS account during the sessions.

Date and times for the in‑person sessions

Tuesday, 20 January 2026:

• 9.30–11.30 am
• 1.00–3.00 pm.

Date and times for the online sessions

Thursday, 22 January 2026:

• 9.30–11.30 am
• 1.00–3.00 pm.

Register at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/news-and-events/all-events/introduction-to-student-information-records-system-sirs. Further details will be supplied to participants once registered.

Registrations close Thursday, 15 January 2026.

Note: the Authority will use Teams as the delivery platform for the online training session. Registrants will need to download the application prior to their training session to participate.

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Registration of students in SIRS in 2026 and requesting Western Australian student numbers

Contact
Data Services (08) 9273 6352
dataservices@scsa.wa.edu.au

All student registrations for Years 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 12 must be uploaded to the Student Information Records System (SIRS) by Thursday, 12 February 2026.

Student Registration and Demographic (SRDG) files must be uploaded before this deadline to ensure there are no delays in processing student data for the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), and to ensure student details are available for the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA).

Note: after Thursday, 12 February 2026, it may not be possible for school data to be transferred to the NAPLAN platform in bulk, and schools may need to enter students into the NAPLAN platform manually.

It is important for schools to verify that all students have a Western Australian student number (WASN) prior to uploading SRGDG files to SIRS.

Instructions on how to search for a WASN are available in Section 4.3 of the Data Procedures Manual available at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/data-procedures-manual.

For new students commencing in 2026 who do not have a WASN, schools should request a new number beginning in January 2026.

Note: the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) does not issue numbers for pre‑Kindergarten students.

Further information about student registrations for 2026 is available in the November edition of this Circular at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/kto6-circulars/edition-10-november-2025.

Further information about requesting student numbers is available in the September edition of this Circular at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/kto6-circulars/edition-8-september-2025.

All important dates related to the collection of data by the Authority are available in the 2026 Activities Schedule at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/publications/activities-schedule.

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The School Curriculum and Standards Authority scheduled website maintenance – January 2026

Contact
Jo Merrey (08) 9273 6348
Jo.Merrey@scsa.wa.edu.au

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority website will be undergoing scheduled maintenance in January 2026.

The maintenance is scheduled for one week beginning, Monday, 12 January 2026. The website may experience some delays in loading during this time, but service interruptions are expected to be minimal.

Thank you for your patience during the maintenance period.

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