NESA has published clarified ACE Rules on the NSW Curriculum website. Stay up to date with the clarified ACE Rules by visiting this website.
The clarified rules come into effect from 14 October 2024. Schools must not implement the clarified rules before this date. Schools must use the current ACE Rules on Loading... until 14 October 2024.
To learn more about how NESA has clarified the ACE Rules, refer to the information sheets.
Students accelerating into a course(s)
Updated 08 Oct 2023
This rule has been updated to reflect the name of the new Mathematics K–10 syllabus, and arrangements for 2024. This update will support schools to make accurate decisions about students accelerating into Stage 5 courses, including Mathematics.
NESA is authorised under sections 6(1)(j), 10, 94, and 95 of the Education Act 1990 (NSW) to:
- provide opportunities to children with special abilities
- exercise functions in connection with the school curriculum, the RoSA, and the HSC.
About students accelerating into courses
- Acceleration occurs when individual students access a course(s) that is beyond their chronological stage of schooling. Decisions about students accelerating into a course(s) must be made on an individual case-by-case basis.
- Students accelerating into a course(s) must satisfactorily complete the preceding course(s) in less than the stated indicative time. A student may also be considered for acceleration if there is no related course1 in the student’s chronological stage of schooling and the student has demonstrated ability and readiness to undertake the course.
- NESA allows students to accelerate into one course, a number of courses, or all courses (grade advancement).
- Students who accelerate into a Stage 5 or Stage 6 course may begin to accumulate results towards the award of the RoSA or HSC.
Footnotes
Where there is no NESA course or where the school is unable to offer the related course in that stage of schooling.