WACE
Meet the WA students who won the state’s top education awards
In total, 4092 awards were awarded to 3722 students, with Perth Modern School, Christ Church Grammar School, Hale School, Rossmoyne Senior High School and Willetton Senior High School students featuring heavily.
- by Holly Thompson
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‘I couldn’t believe it’: WA students react to their ATAR scores
Thousands of WA students have logged on to check their results, with some choosing to film the experience to capture their reaction to the score they have been working towards for years.
- by Holly Thompson
This ATAR question was so difficult, the average WA student scored just 35 per cent
Mathematics expert and lecturer at Murdoch University Dr Brendan Florio said it was a “discriminator question” that set the top students apart.
- by Holly Thompson
The 2024 honour roll: WA students with the highest ATARs revealed
For 18 WA students, opening their results held an additional surprise – a perfect score of 99.95. Here’s how they found out.
- by Holly Thompson
WA’s ATAR results revealed for class of ’24
A total of 9992 students achieved an ATAR this year, with 18 of them receiving the ‘perfect score’ – all the same gender for the first time.
- by Holly Thompson
WA’s year 12’s are finished with school, but have they learned enough?
WA students are leaving high school without bridging the gap between the classroom and the workplace, experts say. So what needs to change?
- by Holly Thompson
The youngest WA students tackling the ATAR revealed
A select group of West Australian students are challenging themselves by taking on the content included in ATAR courses before they reach year 12.
- by Holly Thompson
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Education
WA school system to be overhauled in face of plummeting graduate numbers
The government has made an announcement after revelations the number of WA public students doing year 12 had seen the country’s most dramatic drop over a decade.
- by Holly Thompson
‘A major issue’: Too many WA students dropping out after Year 11
Education Minister Tony Buti said he believed the conditions students must meet to gain their WA Certificate of Education were too onerous.
- by Holly Thompson
The ATAR subjects being abandoned in WA (and the ones that are skyrocketing)
Niche year 12 ATAR courses are gaining popularity in Western Australia, while core subjects are declining – but one course has bucked this trend.
- by Holly Thompson
WA schools give year 12 students a grand send-off as ATAR exams loom
Both private and public schools across the state organised for students to relax and have fun, before many go on to sit their final exams.
- by Holly Thompson
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