Allocating and submitting Stage 5 grades

Last updated: 16 October 2024

NESA is authorised under sections 20A and 94 of the Education Act 1990 (NSW) to:

determine whether candidates for the award of the RoSA have participated in, and satisfactorily completed courses of study developed or endorsed by the Board
prepare and distribute to schools information relating to other forms of assessment for the RoSA.

2.3.1 Submitting grades to NESA

Stage 5 courses

Schools must have policies and procedures for determining grades that will be submitted to NESA. The policies and procedures must include:
1. an assessment plan for every 100-hour or 200-hour graded Stage 5 course (except for courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content, or Loading )1, and
2. procedures for determining grades, and
3. procedures for retaining student work samples.

NESA’s Loading indicate the outcomes and content that students may be assessed on.
Schools must maintain a record of grades allocated to students for any 100-hour or 200-hour course completed in Year 9.
Teachers must:
1. give students the opportunity to demonstrate their full range of achievement relative to the Loading or Course Performance Descriptors, and
2. at the completion of the 100-hour or 200-hour course and using all available evidence of student achievement in the course, make a valid judgement to determine a grade for each student that best matches their achievement at the end of the course with an achievement description of the Loading or Course Performance Descriptor.

Schools must:
1. submit an A to E grade to NESA for every student entered into a 100-hour or 200-hour graded Stage 5 course (except courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content or Loading ), based on the available evidence of student achievement in the course, by the due date outlined in the Loading , and
2. submit an A to E grade for students assigned an ‘N’ for their achievement in a 100-hour or 200-hour course. This is the grade that will be awarded to the student if they successfully appeal against the ‘N’ determination.

Schools must:
1. generate a Confirmation of Grading report, and
2. check the Confirmation of Grading report prior to the principal’s certification process.

Please contact Quality in Credentialling by email at grademonitoring@nesa.nsw.edu.au.