Congratulation to the class of 2021
As you may have seen on our Facebook feed, our Year 12 class of 2021 achieved some excellent results under the new QCE system. This is the second year of the ATAR in Queensland and the first where students have submitted all three pieces of internal assessment (in 2020, one piece of assessment was removed due to Covid disruptions). Students’ results in the external exams were particularly pleasing with 46 A grades being awarded for individual subjects, which equates to 23% of the total grades awarded. The new QCE system recognises Certificate III and Certificate IV courses in the ATAR calculation, so these courses are becoming more attractive to students on both academic and vocational pathways. Of the 44 Year 12 students, 12 completed one or more certificate courses and three completed a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship. FCAC offers 8 certificate courses as part of the Secondary School curriculum. The majority of students were offered a place in one of their chosen courses at Queensland universities, with the most popular study area being Health. The most popular universities that students applied to were The University of Queensland and our local university, The University of the Sunshine Coast. UQ
USC
QUT
CQU
TAFE
JCU Griffith 4% 4% TAFE 8%
Griffith
JCU
Health
Science
Humanities
Education
Architecture
Engineering
4%
UQ 29%
CQU 9%
9%
Creative Arts
5% 27%
9%
QUT 17% USC 29%
23%
23%
Source: QTAC for schools, 28 January 2022 I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the class of 2021 on their achievements and wish them every success for the future. By Roz Nicholls Director of Teaching and Learning 7-12 Page 6
