Exams and assessment

Cromer Campus

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Teachers observe students' work in class and also formally assess a student's achievement based on the outcomes described in the syllabus.

As a parent or carer, you’ll receive a written report twice a year. It gives you a clear picture of your child’s achievements – what they know and can do.

In Years 7 to 10, we use the common grade scale in reporting. In Year 11, we use the Preliminary grade scale.

Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses are assessed on achievement of competencies.

Find out more at NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)

Assessment

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We provide detailed information to students about what we expect from them throughout the year and how their work will be assessed. Students have a number of formal assessments throughout their schooling.

Assessment booklets

These booklets give students, parents and caregivers information about the Assessment Policy, tasks and schedules.

Assessment Tasks

Students are expected to attempt all assessment tasks and be present for all other learning experiences.

Students who complete all aspects of the assessment task and submit it on or before the due date are eligible for the full mark allocated for the task. Students who fail to submit an assessment task by the due date or to attend an assessment task at school will be given zero if they have no valid reason.

Assessment tasks must be handed to the teacher concerned by 3.00 pm unless the teacher has specified a different time. Failure to do so will result in a mark of zero being awarded and a N-Award warning letter being issued.

Exams

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Year 7 - 10 yearly examinations 2025

★ Monday 24/11/25 (week 7) to Friday 20/6/25 (week 8) ★

Examinations will be held in the Gym and in rooms A107, A108, A109, A110.

Disability Provisions will be held in A111.

Students will be informed of any variations to session times or locations if required.

Be on time. Late arrivals are a distraction to other candidates and will be noted in the Examination Log.
You will be asked to move into the examination rooms so you are seated 10 minutes before the examination is due to start.
There is SILENCE once you have entered the room.
You will be asked to place your bags around the perimeter of the examination room .
Mobile phones or any other electronic devices must be turned off and in your bag in accordance with Department of Education policy.
No food will be permitted in the examination rooms.

Attendance

You are expected to attend all scheduled examinations for your year group. You are expected to remain in the examination room to complete and review your examination responses until the end of the examination.

Equipment

Bring all necessary equipment for each examination – preferably BLACK pens, pencils, rulers. Clear plastic pencil cases or zip lock bags and water bottles only are permitted in examination rooms. Borrowing items during an examination is an unnecessary distraction to other candidates and will not be permitted.

Reading time

All written examinations have 5 minutes reading time except English which has 10 minutes. No talking or writing in this period.

Students who disrupt others during the examination may receive a zero award and will be subject to the school’s disciplinary policy.

Plagiarism / cheating

In accordance with the DoE’s All My Own Work policy, students who plagiarise or cheat during the examination may receive a zero award.

Uniform

You are to wear school uniform. Students who are out of uniform will be recorded in the Examination Log and will be subject to the school’s disciplinary policy.

Toilet breaks

Leaving the examination room during the examination for a toilet break is not encouraged. Time leaving and returning will be recorded in the Examination Log.

Non-attendance, illness, accident and misadventure

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Students who are unable to attend an Assessment Task or to submit an assessment task by the due date but who have a valid reason (e.g. sickness) may be given an opportunity to do the task or an equivalent task at a later date.

If you do not attend or are unable to attend due to sickness/illness, your parent or carer must ring the school on the morning of the examination. Failure to do so may result in a zero result in the missed examination may receive a zero award.

In exceptional circumstances it may be necessary to give an estimate mark. These students will need to follow the DoE Illness, Accident or Misadventure Procedures.

If the application is granted these students will be eligible for the full mark allocated to the task.

For sickness a doctor’s certificate is required.

Other Information

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National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) – reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and numeracy tests for students in Years 7 and 9. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) holds the tests in May each year. Results and student reports are released in August.
Validation of Assessment for Learning and Individual Development (VALID) – online diagnostic science assessments for students in Year 8. Some schools also choose to sit the tests in Year 10.
The Record of School Achievement (RoSA) is awarded to eligible students who leave school before completing their Higher School Certificate. The RoSA records a student’s grades between the end of Year 10 and when they leave school.
The Higher School Certificate (HSC) is an internationally recognised qualification awarded to students who successfully complete Years 11 and 12 in NSW.
Some students may apply for placement in a selective high school. For more information, visit selective high schools and opportunity classes.