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Rules and Procedures Guide 2025
6. Results
6.1 Getting your HSC results
In December, your HSC results will be available in Students Online and sent to you by email and SMS.
Your RoA or RoSA will list each HSC course you completed and the corresponding results. For Board Developed Courses with an external HSC exam, the results will report your achievement against standards that clearly describe your level of knowledge, skills and understanding.
VET courses will refer to ‘Vocational documentation’. Life Skills courses will refer to ‘Profile of Student Achievement’.
NESA will provide your full credentials and VET qualifications as free PDF documents in Students Online in the Certificates/eRecord section until 30 June the year after you leave school. You can print your credentials and VET qualifications directly from these PDFs or apply for a printed copy from NESA for a small fee: see HSC results services for students, in Students Online. If you are eligible for the HSC, you will receive a hard copy testamur by mail in January.
VET qualifications (Certificate and Transcript, or Statement of Attainment) will only be available through Students Online for VET courses delivered by a school system RTO. Where a VET course has been delivered by TAFE NSW or another provider, the VET qualification will be available from that RTO.
6.2 Understanding different course records
Your RoA and RoSA will list your completed courses and results for Year 11 and Year 10 on separate pages.
The following table explains the results and records you will receive for your courses:
| Course type | Results and records |
|---|---|
| Board Developed Course | For most courses, you will receive:
The HSC mark is the rounded average of your exam mark and assessment mark. You will also receive a performance band. |
| Board Developed Course with an optional HSC exam | For English Studies and Mathematics Standard 1 you will receive a grade (A to E) for your school-based assessment. If you do the optional HSC exam for the course, you will receive an exam mark. The HSC mark and performance band are based on the exam mark only. For VET courses, all course names and unit values will be listed. You will receive an exam mark for any VET exams you complete. The HSC mark and performance band are based on the exam mark only. You will also receive an AQF VET Certificate and Transcript, or a Statement of Attainment for your achieved units of competency. |
| Board Developed Course with Life Skills content and outcomes | The course name and unit value will be listed if you completed the course. You will also receive a Profile of Student Achievement listing your achieved outcomes. |
| VET Board Endorsed Course | All course names and unit values will be listed. For your achieved units of competency, you will also receive:
|
| Board Endorsed Course (other than VET courses) | Your assessment mark is the unmoderated mark that your school or provider submitted. This mark cannot be compared with marks for similar courses at other schools. |
| Course studied with an outside tutor | Your result will be reported as an exam mark and an HSC mark. Your assessment mark will only be listed if you lodged an illness or misadventure application, which was upheld. |
6.3 Getting course reports or a RoSA
Course reports for each Board Developed HSC course will be available in Students Online. These reports will show you:
- the performance bands
- what a typical student knows and can do at each achievement level
- a graph of the mark distribution for the course.
Students will receive a course report for English Studies, Mathematics Standard 1 or a VET Industry Curriculum Framework course only if they have sat for the optional exam.
If you are not eligible for an HSC and are leaving school, you may still receive a RoSA. Your RoSA will show your grades in all the Year 10, 11 and 12 courses that you completed.
If you are not eligible for a RoSA, you will receive a Transcript of Study listing your completed courses and results, and the courses you were studying at the time you left school.
6.4 Finding out your ATAR
For information about your ATAR or UAC PIN, visit UAC or call (02) 9752 0200.
The ATAR is provided directly to students from UAC. It will not appear in Students Online.