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18 September 2019 Senior secondary Number: 050/19
Final submission of Forms R6 and associated materials
Purpose
To inform schools about arrangements for the return of certification materials: Forms R6 and Forms R7.
Background
At the end of each year, schools provide the QCAA with data for the preparation of:
• Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE)
• Queensland Certificates of Individual Achievement (QCIA)
• Senior Statements
• Tertiary Entrance Statements.
Schools are required to:
• send Forms R6 for all Authority subjects with an exiting cohort, and any associated Forms R7
• submit the files via the QCAA’s SDCS website www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/sdcs.
Schools are not required to send Forms R12 for Authority-registered subjects, but must retain copies of the Forms R12 for internal and external review processes.
What you need to do
1. Send hard copy materials to the QCAA in the supplied Express Post envelope as outlined in the table on the next page.
2. Upload SDCS data submission 4 and 5 via the QCAA SDCS website at www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/sdcs by the due dates.
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Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
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Final submission of Forms R6 and associated materials Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority 18 September 2019 Page 2 of 2
Submission type To arrive at the QCAA no later
than To be included in the Express Post
envelope Data submission 4 12 noon
Monday 18 November 2019 • subject summary reports
• class list reports for each small and intermediate Authority subject group
• Forms R6 and any relevant Forms R7 for small and intermediate Authority subject groups with class lists attached.
Data submission 5 10 am
Thursday 21 November 2019 • subject summary reports
• batch validation
• Forms R6 and any relevant Forms R7 for large Authority subject groups
Express Post envelopes can be posted:
• over the counter at a post office or
• in the gold Express Post street boxes (i.e. do not post in red street posting boxes).
Alternatively, the QCAA reception accepts personal deliveries between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm and is located on Level 7 at 154 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane.
Note: The timelines for data processing are extremely tight and we ask that schools comply with the due dates. Schools that fail to meet the due dates may not have their students’ results processed by the dates advertised on the QCAA’s Senior Education Profile (SEP) calendar www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/sep-calendar.
Finding out more
For more information about the final submission for Forms R6 and associated materials, please contact:
• Client Services at [email protected], or phone 3864 0278 for information about the preparation and submission of data submissions 4 and 5
• Quality Assurance Unit at [email protected], or telephone 3864 0375 for information about the moderation process and the Forms R6 and R7.
Jacqueline Wilton
Director, Curriculum Services Division
