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Senior education profile calendar

The senior education profile Calendar provides key dates about the issuing of Senior Statements, the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), the Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA) and Tertiary Entrance Statement.

The calendar also includes due dates for student data submission by Schools, Registered Training Organisations and recognised Learning Providers.

2010

Date	Description
January
11	Final date for applications to verify information recorded on the 2009 Senior Statements, Statements of Results, Queensland Certificates of Education (QCEs), Queensland Certificates of Individual Achievement (QCIAs), and Tertiary Entrance Statements Senior External Examination: closing date for applications for revaluations and script inspections
27	School year commences
February
1	Requests for random sampling of Recognised Studies sent out
5	Final date for advice from providers on student requests for information concerning Year 12 certification and results, SAIs, OPs and FPs for 2009 Schools submit Form A1: Agreement for QCEs, QCIAs, Senior Statements and Tertiary Entrance Statements to be issued
12	Monitoring meetings: Wide Bay
15–19	Monitoring meetings: all other districts (except Wide Bay, Mackay and Rockhampton)
19	Senior External Examination: closing date for schools to respond to QSA memo requesting the number of students intending to nominate as external examination candidates
22	Monitoring meetings: Mackay and Rockhampton SDCS: school enrolment data due (including identified eligible QCIA students)
26	Last day for school amendments
March
5	Final date for amendments to 2009 QCEs, Senior Statements, Statements of Results, QCIAs, Tertiary Entrance Statements, VET Certificates and Statements of Attainment printed by QSA
8	Final date for students who completed Year 12 in 2009 to be enrolled as repeat students for purposes of OP calculation for 2010
29	SDCS: school data submission 1 due, including Years 10, 11 & 12 VET data (including identified eligible QCIA students)
31	Last day QSA prints amended Senior Statements, Statements of Results, QCIAs, Tertiary Entrance Statements, VET Certificate and Statements of Attainment
April
1	End of Term 1 QCS Test: closing date for private-entry candidate nominations
2–9	Easter weekend and mid-semester vacation
12	Term 2 commences
30	Senior External Examination: closing date for examination nominations from secondary school students
May
4	SDCS: school data submission 1, version 2 due, including updated Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data
5	Schedule of moderation meetings for schools offering study area specifications commences
21	QCS Test: closing date for special consideration applications QCS Test: closing date for late private-entry candidate nominations
26	Schedule of moderation meetings for schools offering study area specifications completed
28	QCIA eligibility form and curriculum plans due at QSA head office
June
8	SDCS: school data submission 2 due, including updated Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data Monitoring submissions for French, German and Indonesian Extension subjects due at QSA head office
18	Monitoring submissions for Music Extension (Performance), English Extension (Literature), due at QSA managing district offices
24	Monitoring meetings for French, German and Indonesian Extension subjects
25	End of Term 2
29	SDCS: Last day for schools to complete SDCS data submission for mid-year certification, including VET from schools which are RTOs Final date for non-school RTOs to submit VET data via the State Training Agency Clearinghouse (STAC) or RABS for mid-year certification Last day for non-school providers of recognised studies to provide results to QSA via RABS for mid-year certification Last day for schools to submit VET Competency Completion Reports 1 & 2 (using Competency Completion Online System) and Leaner/Employer Survey Reports (using SMART software) to QSA (based on 2009 data/surveys)
July
9	Senior External Examination: official closing date for all examination nominations (late fee payable from 10 July to 31 August)
12	Term 3 commences
19	SDCS: school data submission 2, version 2 due, including updated Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data (schools to enter provisional results and generate Forms S1 for students who have left)
26–29	Monitoring meetings for Music Extension (Performance), English Extension (Literature)
30	Mid-year certification - QCEs and Statements of Results issued for eligible students
August
3	Final date for all school RTO VET registration applications for 2011 Schools to ensure that student provisional statements and eligibility reports are checked
10	Provisional statements and eligibility reports for Year 12 cohort (based on July data) posted to schools' secure website - schools and students to check
2–20	QCIA district verification meetings
16	SDCS: school data submission 2, version 3 due, including updated Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data
30	Final date for applications to verify information recorded on the 2010 mid-year Queensland Certificates of Education (QCEs) and Statements of Results
31	Senior External Examination: final date for late nominations, and closing date for applications for variations to examination conditions Administration of QCS Test: Paper 1: Writing Task (am), Paper 2: Multiple Choice I (pm)
September
1	Administration of QCS Test: Paper 3: Short Response (am), Paper 4: Multiple Choice II (pm)
13	SDCS: school data submission 2, version 4 due, including updated Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data
17	End of Term 3 Last day for submission of evidence of learning for a Workplace, Community or Self-directed Learning Project from Year 12 students Last day for submission of applications for QCE credit transfer for interstate and international courses of study for Year 12 students
October
4	Term 4 commences
5	Verification submissions for Year 12 due at QSA district offices
11	SDCS: school data submission 3 due, including updated Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data and QCIA data imported from QCIA Editor Schools submit Form A13: Agreement to publish SAIs
12	Verification submissions for Music Extension (Performance), French, German and Indonesian Extension subjects due at QSA district offices
15	Verification submissions for English Extension (Literature) due at QSA district offices
18	Verification meetings: all districts (all subjects except Extension subjects) Senior External Examination: examination period begins
18–19	State review of provisional Queensland Certificates of Individual Achievement
21–22	October Provisional Statements and eligibility reports for Year 11 and 12 cohorts posted to schools' secure website - schools and students to check
22	Verification of Extension Music
25	Verification of Extension English
29	End of consultation period with district review panels following verification, except for Extension subjects in Music, English, French, German and Indonesian
November
8–11	State review panel comparability meetings Verification of Extension French, German and Indonesian Schools to access final student provisional statements and eligibility reports from the secure website
16	Senior External Examination: examination period ends
17	End of consultation period with state review panels for small and intermediate subject-groups
19	Finishing day for Year 12 students End of consultation period with state review panels for large subject-groups
22	Subject-group checking begins SDCS: school data submission 4 due, including updated Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data, and updated QCIA data and Forms R6 for small and intermediate subject-groups
24	Schools publish SAIs
25	SDCS: school data submission 5 due, including Forms R6 for large subject-groups Last day for school RTOs to submit Years 10, 11 and 12 VET data to QSA via SDCS data submission 5 Last day for school to provide QCIA data to QSA via SDCS Last day for schools to provide results for recognised school studies via SDCS Last day for International Baccalaureate schools to provide results for incomplete IB studies via SDCS Last day for RTOs to submit Year 12 VET data via STAC Last day for RTOs to submit Year 12 data via RABS
December
2	Last day for non-school providers of recognised studies to provide results to QSA via RABS
4	Submissions for Year 11 monitoring 2010 due at QSA district offices
6	Complete pre-production checks of QCIA Subject-group checking ends Last day for all RTOs to provide submit Years 10 and 11 VET data for 2009 (to DETA STAC and/or QSA via SDCS final amendments or RABS (as appropriate)) SDCS: final amendment data and associated forms due before QSA database closes for printing of Year 12 Student Education Profiles for 2010
10	End of school year
17	QCEs, Senior Statements, Statements of Results, QCIAs and Tertiary Entrance Statements posted
January 2011
10	Final date for applications to verify information recorded on the 2010 Senior Statements, Statements of Results, Queensland Certificates of Education (QCEs), Queensland Certificates of Individual Achievement (QCIAs), and Tertiary Entrance Statements Senior External Examination: closing date for applications for revaluations and script inspections
24	School year commences

Last updated: 2 December 2009