WACE Year 12 ATAR subjects

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) writes the Year 12 ATAR course syllabuses and sets and marks the ATAR course examinations — written papers from late October to mid November (28 October to 19 November in 2026) and practical examinations from late September. ATARMAxxing is independent and not affiliated with the SCSA; our materials are original resources written to those public syllabuses.

In a course with a written examination only, the examination mark is averaged 50/50 with your moderated school mark to give the combined mark that TISC scales; where a course also has a practical examination, each component is combined 50/50 and the two are then weighted as the syllabus states. The school mark is itself moderated against the examination results before combining, so the examination shapes both halves of the combined mark.

ATAR courses are the WACE courses with an ATAR course examination that can produce a scaled score for TISC. Each is studied as Units 3 and 4 in Year 12, and every student enrolled in Units 3 and 4 of an ATAR course must sit its examination. General courses sit an Externally Set Task instead and cannot contribute to an ATAR, which is why every hub here is an ATAR course.