Syllabus Review

Consultation is an important part of the Authority's curriculum and assessment development and review process.

Teachers and stakeholders are invited to participate in the Authority's consultation process on the Years 11 and 12 Drama General and Music General course syllabuses. You are encouraged to review the syllabuses and then complete the syllabus review consultation survey.

The draft syllabuses for Years 11 and 12 Drama General are available to download below.

The draft syllabuses for Years 11 and 12 Music General are available to download below.

Syllabus Review

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (the Authority) is the statutory authority responsible for the development and accreditation of courses and the standards, assessment and certification of student achievement.

The Authority gathers a range of information through monitoring the implementation of its courses. This involves:

  • analysis of enrolment and completion data
  • consideration of issues identified in school moderation processes
  • analysis of trends in external assessment results
  • interaction with teachers and liaison with subject associations that contribute practitioner views
  • input from the Authority’s Curriculum Advisory Committees (CACs), key stakeholders and representative groups
  • outcomes of focus groups or consultation meetings.

The information gathered during this monitoring period, provides the basis for the Authority to identify courses to be reviewed. The review of a course may result in no change, minor, moderate or major revisions to the course syllabus/es.

Current syllabus review

The Authority's regular syllabus review processes continue in 2026. Work will be finalised on the ATAR Languages and the General Arts courses, and the General Framework for Languages that commenced in 2024.

Work will continue on the following senior secondary courses where the syllabus review process began in 2025:

  • Year 11 and 12 Aviation ATAR
  • Year 11 and 12 English ATAR
  • Year 11 and 12 Materials Design and Technology ATAR
  • Year 11 and 12 Aviation General
  • Year 11 and 12 English General
  • Year 11 and 12 Materials Design and Technology General.

Updates about the review of these course syllabuses will be communicated via the Authority's 7to12 Circular. Further information is also available on the relevant course page.

As part of the Authority’s WACE Refreshment work, the information in the Years 11 and 12 syllabuses relating to course Rationales and aims and the statements about General capabilities have been reviewed for all Years 11 and 12 ATAR and General courses. This information is available in What’s changing: Rationale and aims and What’s changing: General capabilities documents for these courses. These documents for all courses will be available on the course pages in due course.