The exit assessment provision is designed to provide a record of recognised achievement for students who leave school in the second half of the year or who have made a subject adjustment after enrolments have closed as a result of counselling. This achievement is reported on the Record of Achievement as 10 credits and ‘granted’.

Schools are responsible for entering exit assessment into Schools Online for students who have withdrawn from any full-year (20-credit) Stage 2 subject after their enrolment has been recorded on the SACE Board database. Following the Stage 2 enrolment cutoff in August, schools must identify such students using the ‘W’ (withdrawn) facility on the results sheets in Schools Online.

Before exit assessment is entered in Schools Online, each subject teacher must verify that the students have satisfactorily completed approximately half the program and assessment (i.e. achieved a C grade or better for Community Studies and/or a C– or better for all other Stage 2 subjects) outlined in the learning and assessment plan.  

Evidence of student learning that validates the exit assessment must be retained in the school for 12 months for SACE Board auditing purposes.

Schools can follow the steps in the Entry of Exit Assessment Quick Step Guide [PDF 1.2MB] to enter exit assessments into Schools Online.

Teachers should note that there is no straightforward division of Stage 2 subject outlines into halves, and therefore a recognised exit assessment will be recorded as ‘granted’ and not as a grade. 

Subsequent re-enrolment in and completion of the same subject in another year will cancel the recognition granted for that subject. 

Students with a recognised exit assessment in a Stage 2 English subject may count 10 credits towards the literacy requirement of the SACE. 

Students with a recognised exit assessment in a Stage 2 Mathematics subject may count 10 credits to meet the numeracy requirement of the SACE. 

Students with a recognised exit assessment in a Stage 2 Board-accredited subject may count 10 credits towards the requirement for 60 credits at C– or better at Stage 2.