Years 11–12 Life Skills courses provide options for students with disability who cannot access the regular course outcomes, particularly students with an intellectual disability.

Stage 6 Life Skills courses are Board Developed courses. Students can study them to meet the requirements for the HSC award. Schools enter the student in the appropriate course(s) via Schools Online (Administration). They do this when HSC entries are made.

Each Life Skills course includes a:

2-unit Year 11 course (120 hours)
2-unit Year 12 course (120 hours)

except Stage 6 Studies of Religion I Life Skills which is a 1-unit course of 60 hours of study in each year.

There are no external examinations for Life Skills courses. They cannot be used in the calculation of a student's Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).

Life Skills courses satisfactorily completed in Year 12 are reported on the HSC Record of Achievement with the notation ‘Refer to Profile of Student Achievement’. An assessment mark is not reported for these courses.

Students studying one or more Life Skills courses may accumulate courses towards Year 11 or Year 12. There is no time restriction on the accumulation of courses towards Year 11. Students may take up to five years to accumulate courses towards Year 12.

From 2020, students will need a minimum standard of literacy and numeracy to receive the HSC. Students undertaking Life Skills courses in Year 12 may be exempt from the minimum standard.

For more information, including sample credentials, go to Higher School Certificate and the ACE website.

Irrawang HS Preliminary HSC Change of Course Form (Year 11)

Irrawang High School