The 2014 Year 10 and 11 subject grades have been published by the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES).

A to E grades are awarded by schools to each student who completes a Stage 5 or Preliminary course, except Life Skills and VET courses. Stage 5 courses are usually completed in Year 10, and Preliminary courses are usually completed in Year 11.

BOSTES President Tom Alegounarias, said the A to E grades compare students’ achievements across the entire state, as a student will be awarded the same grade for the same achievement regardless of where they are studying in NSW.

2014 distribution of grades awarded, across all courses, to the 89 385 Year 10 students:

2014 distribution of grades awarded, across all courses, to the 86 251 Year 11 students:

Students were able to access their individual grades on Students Online, the BOSTES website for senior secondary students, late last year.

“The grades are awarded by schools for students’ work over the year and are monitored by BOSTES for quality assurance and state-wide consistency before they are finalised and released to students. Classroom teachers compare their students’ work with work samples published by BOSTES.

“Last year, for the first time, Stage 5 and Preliminary course grades were included on each student’s HSC Record of Achievement. Students who leave school before the HSC, will have their grades included on their Record of School Achievement (RoSA),” Mr Alegounarias said.

For the list of grades by course:

Year 11: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ebos/static/CPDSC_2014_11.html
Year 10: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ebos/static/CPDSC_2014_10.html

For information on grades: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/rosa/grades/

The 2013 grades distribution was: