Year 12 exam timetables 2026
Every published 2026 exam date we hold — 162 sittings across 150 subjects across 6 curricula, with start times, paper lengths and a link to each board's official timetable. Open your state below.
VCE exam timetable 2026
Victoria · VCAA · 32 sittings across 29 subjects · Tue 27 October 2026 – Tue 17 November 2026
Units 3 & 4 written examinations, with reading time included in the stated length.
HSC exam timetable 2026
New South Wales · NESA · 32 sittings across 30 subjects · Tue 13 October 2026 – Thu 5 November 2026
HSC written examinations. Several courses sit two papers on separate days.
QCE exam timetable 2026
Queensland · QCAA · 34 sittings across 27 subjects · Mon 26 October 2026 – Fri 13 November 2026
External assessments. Many start times are set by each school rather than centrally published.
WACE exam timetable 2026
Western Australia · SCSA · 25 sittings across 25 subjects · Wed 28 October 2026 – Tuesday 17 November 2026
ATAR course written examinations, sat from late October to mid November, with reading time included in the stated length.
SACE exam timetable 2026
South Australia · SACE Board · 18 sittings across 18 subjects · Mon 2 November 2026 – Friday 13 November 2026
Stage 2 external examinations, sat on paper or as e-exams in early to mid November.
TCE exam timetable 2026
Tasmania · TASC · 21 sittings across 21 subjects · Mon 9 November 2026 – Thursday 19 November 2026
Level 3 external written examinations, sat over nine days in November, with 15 minutes of preparation time before each.
Common questions
When are the 2026 Year 12 exams in Australia?
Each state runs its own timetable on a similar schedule, during October and November 2026; dates differ by course. Victoria's VCE examinations, the NSW HSC examinations and Queensland's QCE external assessments all have their own published dates, subject by subject — open the page for your state below. Each board publishes the authoritative timetable and can change it.
Do all subjects sit their exam on the same day?
No. Every subject has its own date and start time, and some subjects sit more than one paper on separate days — a technology-free paper and a technology-active paper in mathematics, for example. That is why a per-subject timetable matters more than the exam window: the gap between your first and last paper decides how you should plan revision.
Where does this timetable come from?
The dates are read from each board's own published timetable — VCAA, NESA, QCAA, SCSA, the SACE Board and TASC — and republished here subject by subject, with each row stating how confident we are in it and linking the official source. The board's version is the authoritative one. ATARMAxxing is an independent study platform and is not affiliated with any of them.
What to do with the dates
Work backwards from your first paper. Then spend the time on full timed papers rather than re-reading: every official past paper is indexed by topic and free, and every subject hub adds 20 more written to the current study design, each with a mark-by-mark answer guide.