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Senior secondary Australian Curriculum

Since 2010, Australia has been moving toward a national framework for schooling aimed at raising education standards and achieving nationally consistent curriculum, assessment and reporting.

The QSA, and Queensland's school sectors — Education Queensland, Queensland Catholic Education Commission, and Independent Schools Queensland — have provided the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) with advice and feedback during the development of the first 14 senior secondary Australian Curriculum subjects.

Development

On 7 December 2012, the Australian education ministers approved the content descriptions and achievement standards for the first 14 senior secondary Australian Curriculum subjects as the basis for state courses.

The 14 Australian Curriculum senior secondary subjects are:

4 English courses:

4 Mathematics courses:

4 Science courses:

2 History courses:

Implementation in Queensland

States and territories are responsible for the structure and organisation of their senior secondary courses and for determining how they will integrate the Australian Curriculum content and achievement standards into their courses.

Queensland schools are to continue to use the current QSA syllabuses until the revised syllabuses based on the Australian Curriculum are available. See memo 074/12.

The senior curriculum landscape

The Senior curriculum landscape paper provides an overview of the known and anticipated alignment of current QSA syllabuses with the Australian Curriculum senior courses. It notes specific issues for each learning area, giving some considerations for the future.

Further information

Last updated: 25 November 2011