Examples of electronic HSC monitoring practices demonstrating how to streamline administrative processes.

• HSC monitoring – Microsoft Forms
• HSC monitoring – SharePoint and automated flow
• HSC monitoring – Google workspaces

To minimise the time spent searching for the relevant HSC monitoring files to upload, set up folder structures that support the HSC monitoring processes required by your school.

Refer to the current HSC monitoring advice document for more detail about the maintenance of records and what evidence must be kept.

A sample folder and file structure can be seen in Saving HSC monitoring information (PDF 510 KB).

• Why monitor Higher School Certificate (HSC) delivery?
• What documents do I need to keep?
• Procedures for assessment

The following checklists support schools in reviewing their procedures for Stage 6 school-based assessment. Schools must have procedures communicated to students and procedures for staff to follow.

• HSC student assessment procedures checklist (DOCX 4.4 MB)
• HSC school-based (teacher) assessment procedures checklist (DOCX 4.4 MB)

Malpractice is any dishonest behaviour and/or attempt to gain an unfair advantage over other students, or knowingly assist other students to engage in malpractice.

Throughout the assessment process, the highest standard of scholarship is required to ensure the integrity of the HSC credential. Schools are required to develop a malpractice procedure as part of their school-based assessment procedures.

The 2027 Preventing and managing malpractice in Stage 6 school-based assessment (DOCX 3.6 MB) document outlines actions schools can take to prevent and manage suspected incidences of malpractice.

What is indicative time?

Indicative time is the time expected for a student to achieve the outcomes and complete the content of the course. The indicative time for a course is therefore directly related to that course's aim and outcomes (ACE 5.1.4).

Each Stage 6 syllabus published by NESA specifies indicative course time. A unit of study comprises 60 hours indicative time in each of the Preliminary and HSC courses (ACE 5.1.4). Indicative time is 120 hours per 2 unit course.

Do schools need to timetable indicative time?

Schools must timetable the indicative hours specified in all Preliminary and HSC course syllabuses. Sixty hours per unit is the time required for a ‘typical student’ to achieve course outcomes. Any variation from the indicative hours must be justified by a clearly identified, unique feature of the student cohort in a specific course. This should be evidenced and retained through HSC monitoring procedures.

HSC courses cannot begin before Day 1, Term 4 of Year 11. If indicative time requires that the Preliminary course continues into Term 4 of Year 11, schools must only begin their HSC courses when the indicative hours requirement is met. Indicative time should be accurately reflected in the scope and sequence for each course.

Can alternative supervision count towards indicative time?

Students who are supervised by a teacher who is not their regular teacher (in lessons such as study periods, library lessons or student academic support programs) can meet indicative time if they:

• are mandatory for students and attendance is recorded and monitored for each lesson
• are effectively organised to provide a quality learning environment
• are part of the documented teaching program
• include work provided or outlined and completion monitored by the class teacher.

School documentation should also show that students and parents and carers were consulted in the process of developing the program and the expectations for attendance and participation.