Record of changes

NESA has made changes for disability provisions and appeals for students sitting HSC exams from 2026 and students eligible to lodge early applications for HSC exam provisions.

NESA has renamed the program to HSC exam provisions and appeals.

NESA has made changes to Rule 6.1.4 to:

• indicate that schools may, but are not required to, include new evidence in school appeals (see paragraph 15)
• note that NESA, where possible, will advise schools of appeals decisions within 21 calendar days (see paragraph 16).

No changes have been made to HSC minimum standard disability provisions.

Updated

• The HSC English prescriptions 2027–2028 have been extended to 2030.
  Found in: HSC English prescriptions 2027–2030 document on all applicable English 11–12 Syllabus overviews and Teaching and learning tabs
• Publication details and item listings for some prescribed texts have been updated to reflect available editions and to clarify items in collections.
  Found in: HSC English prescriptions 2027–2030 downloadable

Updated

• Course component in Year 11 and Year 12 amended to align with ACE rule 2.1.2 (25) - ‘Skills in responding to texts and communication of ideas appropriate to audience, purpose and context across modes’.
  Found in: English Standard 11–12 (2024) – Loading , English Advanced 11–12 (2024) –  Loading , English EAL/D 11–12 (2024) – Loading 

Updated

• The first sections of the outcome codes have been updated from ‘CT’ to ‘CMT’ to avoid duplication of codes with Computing Technology 7–10 (2022).
  Found in: All outcomes of Communication Technology 7–10 (2025)

Updated

• Content point was amended for clarity. The amended content point is as follows:
  Examine cardiovascular disease, cancer and ONE other condition in Australia using Australia’s Health and other health reports
  Found in: Year 12, Loading .

Updated

The Diversity of learners and Aboriginal Education content previously found in the ‘About the curriculum’ section can now be found at Loading .

Introduced

• Links to the new Loading  and Loading  pages at Loading .

Found in:

• Main navigation bar

Updated

• ISBN for Mrs Dalloway (WOOLF, Virginia) was updated to an available edition.
  Found in: Loading 

Introduced

• The new 'View side-by-side' feature was introduced to allow users to view syllabus content from different pages side-by-side on the same screen.
• The ‘View side-by-side' feature is available from the Loading  and within all syllabus pages.
• The ‘View side-by-side' shortcut icon is available for related Life Skills content in all relevant syllabus pages.

Removed 

• The ‘Custom syllabus view’ page.
• ‘Edit view’ removed from syllabus banners.

Found in:

• Loading 
• Loading 
• Loading 

Updated

• Wording accompanying school-developed option was updated to clarify expectations for selected content.
  Found in: Options: Loading 

Updated

• Wording accompanying school-developed option was updated to clarify expectations for selected content.
  Found in: Options: School-developed option