Curriculum requirements
Updated 12 Jun 2024
NESA has made minor changes to Rule 5.1.2 to improve the clarity of the timetabling requirements for schools.
These changes include deleting the phrase “not split over a number of years” from paragraph 9.g and 9.h. to more accurately reflect the timetabling options available to schools for Visual Arts and Music.
NESA has also provided contact information for schools enquiring about students who may not have met the mandatory curriculum requirements for Year 10.
Sections 11 and 94 of the Education Act 1990 (NSW) set out the curriculum requirements and eligibility requirements for the award of the RoSA.
Sections 12, 95 and 95A of the Education Act 1990 (NSW) set out the curriculum requirements and eligibility requirements for the award of the HSC.
Meeting mandatory curriculum requirements
- NESA develops or endorses all courses that contribute towards the RoSA or HSC.
- NESA develops and makes available syllabuses across all years of schooling:
- Loading (Early Stage 1 – Stage 5), and
- Loading (Stage 6).
- NESA syllabuses indicate the number of hours of study that students typically need to achieve the outcomes of the course.
- Years 7–10 courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content and Stage 6 Life Skills courses provide a curriculum pathway to the RoSA and/or HSC for students with intellectual disability.
- Schools must:
- teach the current NSW syllabus for each course, and
- ensure that the outcomes of all the courses are programmed, and
- timetable each course for the indicative number of hours.