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2010 Secondary Education Statistics (Years 10, 11 and 12)

ISSN 1445-5552

The Council provides information each year on the participation and achievement of students in Years 10, 11 and 12 who are studying Curriculum Council-approved subjects, courses or programs.

The 2010 statistics below are based on information provided by both government and non-government schools.  They are also inclusive of students who: 

  • have completed at least one subject and were awarded a grade of achievement
  • have completed course units
  • have completed endorsed programs, and
  • successfully completed units of competency.

© Curriculum Council, Western Australia, 2010.

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Covering page
Table of contents
Section 1 - General
Certification of senior secondary schooling achievement in 2010
Upper secondary schools and student information
Table 1.1 & Figure 1.1 and Table 1.2 & Figure 1.2 Schools with students enrolled in upper secondary subjects/WACE courses by school sector
Table 1.3 Year 12 students who completed wholly school assessed subjects and WACE course units only, 1-3 TEE subjects/WACE examination courses and 4 or more TEE subjects/WACE examination courses
Table 1.4 Composition of Year 12 cohorts, 2009 - 2010
Table 1.5 Combinations of Year 11 and Year 12 subjects and courses completed in 2010  - not produced
Certification and Western Australian Certification of Education
Table 1.6 'Typical' school students achieving a WACE in 2010
Table 1.7 Number of exhibitions and awards granted in 2010 
Fee paying overseas students
Table 1.8 & Figure 1.3 Number of full fee paying students in Year 11 and Year 12
Table 1.9  Number of full fee paying students achieving a WACE in 2010

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

Table 1.10 Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students achieving a WACE, 2009 - 2010
  Raising of school leaving age information
Table 1.11 Participation of students born in 1993 (17 years old in 2010) and 1994 (16 years old in 2010) in school and in non-school programs, 2010
Section 2 - Year 11 Course Statistics
Table 2.1 Number of schools offering courses to Year 11 students by school type, 2010
Table 2.2 Number and percentage of Year 11 students awarded grades for course units by sex, 2010
Section 3 - Year 12 Course Statistics
Table 3.1 Number of schools offering courses to Year 12 students by school type, 2010
Table 3.2 Number and percentage of Year 12 students awarded grades for course units by sex, 2010
Section 4 - WACE Examinations
Explanation of how school marks and WACE examination marks are used in the calculation of WACE course scores
Table 4.1 Candidates sitting the TEE/WACE examination in each subject/course 2007 - 2010
Table 4.2 2010 Table 4.2 Candidates in each TEE subject-WACE examination course, shown as persentage of total candidature, 2006-2010
Table 4.3 Full and part-time enrolments in tertiary admissions,entrance subject/WACE course exams, 1985-2010
Table 4.4 2010 Table 4.4 Age of students enrolled in subjects-course by enrolment type and sex, 2010
Table 4.5 Private candidature and absent private candidates in TEE Subject/WACE Course exams, 2009-2010
Table 4.6 and 4.7 Background candidates in TEE subjects, 2006-2010 and Numer of TEE subject/WACE course exams sat by candidates, 2007-2010 
Table 4.8 Enrolments, absentees and non-examination candidates in each TEE subject/WACE course exam, 2010
Table 4.9 Anomalous/irregular performers, 2009-2010
Table 4.10 Subject/course absentee and anomalous/irregular performer rate
Examinations Information
Table 4.11 Summary statistics on examination papers
Table 4.12 Moderated school assessments and raw examination marks for WACE courses
Table 4.13 Combined and scaled marks for TEE subjects/WACE course exams
Table 4.14 Relationship between raw exam marks and standardised exam marks, for TEE subject/WACE course exams
Table 4.15 Relationship between combined marks and scaled marks for WACE course exams
Table 4.16 Subject loading, 2009-2010
Table 4.17 Ranges of WACE course scores in WACE course examinations, 2010
Table 4.19 Age of overseas students enrolled in WACE course exams
Table 4.20 Overseas students sitting for a specific number of TEE subjects/WACE course exams, 2006-2010
Table 4.21 Overseas students sitting the TEE/WACE course exams, 2006-2010
Table 4.22 Enrolments, absentees and non-examination overseas students in each WACE course exam
Section 5 - Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Endorsed Programs
Table 5.1 Students using unit equivalents to achieve a WACE 2010
Tables 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4  VET and WPL school numbers 2010
Tables 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5 and 5.5.6 VET UoC participation 2010
Tables 5.6, 5.7 and 5.8 VET and WPL student numbers 2010
Table 5.9 Successful completions of units of competency integrated in curriculum Council courses, by sex, 2010
Table 5.10 Successful completions of units of competency studied in addition to Curriculum Council courses (VET credit transfer), by sex, 2010
Table 5.11 Number of students who achieved at least on VET unit of competency by WACE delivery type 2010
Table 5.12 Number of students who achieved at least one qualification 2010
Table 5.13 Number of VET unit equivalents achieved by students 2010
Table 5.14 Registered Training Organisations offering VET UoCs to students who completed at least one VET UoC 2010
Tables 5.15, 5.16 and 5.17 Endorsed Program achievement school numbers 2010
Tables 5.18, 5.19 and 5.20 Endorsed Program achievement student numbers 2010
Table 5.21 Achievement of Workplace Learning endorsed programs 2010
Table 5.22 Number of endorsed program unit equivalents achieved by students 2010
Table 5.23 Number of schools and Y10 students who completed endorsed programs 2010
Table 5.24 Number of schools and Y11 students who completed endorsed programs 2010
Table 5.25 Number of schools and number of Year 12 students who completed endorsed programs by program provider, program and school type 2010
Table 5.26 Number of students who achieved an endorsed program, by sex, 2010
Section 6 - Secondary Student Progression and Retention Rates - Selected Years
Table 6.1 Years 7 to 12 full-time secondary students, 1988-2010
Table 6.2 Progression rates for students in Years 8 to 12, 1988-2010
Table 6.3 Apparent full-time students retention rates in Years 8 to 12, 1988-2010
Section 7 - Year 10 Student Statistics
Table 7.1 Number of schools offering courses to Year 10 students by school type, 2010
Table 7.2 Number and percentage of Year 10 students awarded grades for course units by sex, 2010
Appendix 1 - Intercorrelations Among Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) subjects 
Humanities/Social Sciences WACE courses
Quantitative/Sciences WACE courses
Humanities/Social Sciences and quantitative/Sciences WACE courses

 

 

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