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Achieve Your Best – ATAR Revision Programs for Senior Students

If you are doing your ATAR, these revision programs can help you to get your best result. 

ATAR is important

Despite being able to apply for an early offer from 3 June, final ATAR results are still important as:

  • early offers are conditional on ATAR results.
  • final offers are made on actual rather than estimated ATAR results. 
  • academic scholarships are usually based on ATAR results. 

Local Revision Programs

  • Your school newsletter will identify revision programs or additional support that your school will be offering. 
  • You can often find semi retired teachers, who have been expert advisors on exam content and style, who are available as tutors. Ask at your front office if they have a list of available tutors. 
  • Some of the best revision programs are offered by subject specialists who advise on the style and subjects of the exams. Ask your specialist ATAR teachers if there will be an official ATAR Exam Information session on their subject.

ECU Free ATAR Revision – September

ECU’s free ATAR revision sessions are on during end of third term holidays.They are available online and on campus.

Each ATAR revision session comprises a four-hour seminar covering:

  • The year 12 syllabus
  • Exam techniques and revision tips
  • Question and answer session
  • A copy of revision notes

 The Year 12 Subjects for 2025 include:

Physics

Mathematics Specialist

Mathematics Methods

Maths Applications

2024 Papers

Online Session Link

Human Biology

Computer Science

Chemistry

Biology

Revision Seminar Slides

English

 

  

 

For more information go HERE.

Private Providers

Several organizations specialize in tutoring students in preparation for ATAR exams. This is a comprehensive list of those available in WA. 

Academic Task Force    Academic Group     Academic Associates

Academic Task Force Holiday Revision Courses are designed specifically for students looking to revise ATAR course content and practice exam-style questions in preparation for exams.

Students will increase their understanding, receive fresh insights and gain intensive revision of their subject during this short course. Each subject is taught by a  highly qualified and vaccinated ATAR teacher with a strong background in marking and writing exams to increase their performance.

  • All Saints’ College School
  • Churchlands Senior High School
  • Perth Modern School
  • Online

MasterMind

Master Classes are one hour sessions conducted once a week in term time. Each week they reteach, revise and reinforce the topics and areas of study that the students are dealing with in their classes at school.

Masterclasses offer students

  •  Ongoing academic support
  • More confidence at school
  • A better chance of success in assessments
  • Individualised help solving specific problems
  • Small group classes

Classes are available at:

  • Ashdale
  • Mt Lawley
  • Christ Church Grammar
  • Hale

Find details and enrol HERE. 

ReviseOnline

ReviseOnline offers specifically designed multiple choice, short answer and extended response questions in a range of Year 11 and 12 courses which match the format of ATAR exams.

Once you submit a completed test or exam you’re provided with ATAR-standard sample responses and can evaluate your answers against a fully-worked marking key. All our courses are up to date and WACE specific, so each question you complete is improving your exam skills and ultimately boosting your ATAR!

Check out the courses HERE.

The Exam Experts

Nailing the ATAR and getting the results you are hoping for isn’t necessarily about being the smartest kid in the class. It’s about being well-prepared, knowing what to focus on and understanding what questions are most likely to come up in the exams and how to answer them.

With the help of T.E.E. Consultants’ July holiday intensive exam revision program, Year 12 students can access ten hours of additional teaching per subject, to truly understand the course curriculum and perform better in exam conditions.

Students are invited to enrol in up to five subjects in Week One of the July holiday period. Country students can access heavily discounted, full board accommodation packages which offer safe, secure, supervised accommodation on-site for regional students who enrol in at least three subjects.

Courses are run at UWA and at Murdoch.

Check their programs HERE.

InTuition

At InTuition, each student undertakes an assessment and programs are customized to meet their needs. Tutors are qualified teachers or experts in their fields. 

The office is based in Osborne Park.

You can find their programs HERE.

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Your ATAR Game Plan: Simple Steps to Achieve Your Best

Your big dream might be something as broad as “I want to have an amazing life.” And that’s a great place to start.

No matter how ambitious your vision is, turning it into reality takes a clear, step-by-step plan. If you’re working towards a strong ATAR score, that plan becomes even more important—it’s the bridge between where you are now and where you want to go.

SMART Goals

While big-picture dreams give you direction, SMART goals help you focus. SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. They break your vision into practical, manageable steps—so instead of just dreaming big, you’re taking real action to get there.

Example of a SMART goal: I will improve my English result by 10% next term by asking my teacher, each week, for feedback and advice about what to work on next.

You can do SMART goals for each subject. 

SWOT Analysis

Once you have your SMART goals, do a SWOT analysis. The SWOT will help you to understand your capacity to improve your score.

Brainstorm your ideas. Have a friend help you for more ideas, or you can just do it alone.

 

Turn Ideas into Action: A USED Analysis is your plan for ATAR success

Once you’ve completed your SWOT analysis you’re ready to take the next step: turning insight into action.

How to Do a USED Analysis

Set aside 10 focused minutes. Look at each point in your SWOT and ask yourself:

  • How can I Use my strengths to support my ATAR goals?
    Maybe you’re naturally organised or confident in a particular subject—how can you build on that?

  • What do I need to Stop doing that’s holding me back?
    Are procrastination or poor time management dragging your results down?

  • What opportunities can I Exploit?
    Are there extra tutorials, mentoring, study groups, or resources available that you haven’t tapped into yet?

  • How can I Deny or reduce the impact of threats?
    Is stress, burnout, or a lack of support threatening your progress? What strategies or supports can help?

Example USED Analysis for an ATAR Student

At the end of your USED analysis, your ideas are a list of actions. These actions are your key to success. By undertaking these actions, you will achieve your goal.

Success Planning

Your USED analysis has given you a list of tasks that will lead you to your goal. Work with your list:

  1. Choose the task that you want to do first. 

  2. Figure out WHEN you are going to do the first task.

  3. When will it be finished?

  4. How will you know you have done it successfully?

  5. Create your plan for four actions that you want to do first.

Congratulations – you have your plan

You are now well on the way to achieving your best possible ATAR score. You have your plan. You know what to do.

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Year 10 Subject Selections for Year 11

Parents and students get REALLY STRESSED about subject selections for Year 11.Cat

Time to RELAX.

Help is at hand.

Before you start, know that only one in four university students get a place through the ATAR pathway.

A report from the Mitchell Institute identified that 26% of university students got their place via an ATAR pathway. Mitchell Report

STEP 1 Get SCASA

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCASA) is THE mob that makes up the rules about WACE.  The first place to find information about Year 11 and 12 is in the official Year 10 Information Handbook which SCASA puts out.

Handbook 2019

If you can’t find the information you need or if you are unclear on anything contact them at info@scsa.wa.edu.au.

STEP 2 Hear Your Dream

You need to have some idea about what career direction you would like to take.

Career VoyageMany schools have the Career Voyage program that will help you to nail down a career direction for the near future. If you don’t have access to Career Voyage at school you can do the quiz at a Jobs and Skills Centre.

I have done this Coggle brain storm of a bunch of places you can check out to narrow down what you like.

Coggle - Hear Your Dream

Email me Bev.J@infocus-careers.com.au if you would like access to the Coggle map so that you can just click on the links.

STEP 3 Do You Want to do ATAR??Lockers

For years ATAR results were the short cut that universities used to choose their students. Things are changing. Competition between universities has heated up and they are looking at many alternative pathways that:

  • enable more students to go to university
  • ensure students don’t fail when they get there.

Universities are looking for alternative pathways more than schools and parents.

READ ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA HERE.

TAFE has always been flexible with its pathways to learning than universities and there is a huge range of possible pathways offered.

Job Prospects for Young Job Seekers

Last year the Career Development Association put on a webinar delivered by Ivan Neville, from the Commonwealth Department of Employment. He said….you really need to get a year 12 qualification, or equivalent, to get a job…..

Statistics 1

But there isn’t much difference in employment outcomes between a degree (3.6%) and a Cert III (4.1%).

The opening of university entry to a wider audience had resulted in a shift towards degrees and away from vocational education since 2008.

Statistics 3

There are now stronger job outcomes for apprentices and trainees than people with degrees.

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Statistics 4

Step 4 Check Course PRE-REQUISITES

There are lots of courses that have RECOMMENDED subjects, but not so many have definite PRE-REQUISITES that MUST be done as a WACE subject in order to get into a course. University 2022

There are lots of pathways into further study and your WACE pathway is just one of them.

The most direct pathway is however, to take subjects that the universities are looking for. So, once you have narrowed down a career direction to take, check out the TISC University Admissions Handbook. It identifies what WACE subjects you should take to keep your options open.

OLNA

The Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA) is the minimum WACE requirement reading, writing and numeracy. It is usually done in 10 but there are more opportunities to sit the Assessment in Year 11 and 12 and even AFTER Year 12.

Prospective TAFE students who do not meet these standards can:

  1. sit a TAFE Admissions literacy and/or numeracy test administered by Training Sector Services;
  2. be referred to a TAFE college for a Learning Area Assessment; or
  3. enrol in a course that does not have literacy or numeracy requirements, including foundation skills, equity courses and Certificate I

 

Step 5 Contact Your Career Advisor

Tap into the knowledge and experience of your career advisor.

If you don’t have access to a specialist career advisor at your school, go to a TAFE college Jobs and Skills Centre or private careers consultant to be sure your next step is the right one.

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