special provisions

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Students and parents who believe the Special Provisions Policy [pdf] might apply to their situation should contact the school SACE Coordinator. The Coordinator has the information and experience to understand special needs in the context of each student's subject pattern of studies.

Relevant SSABSA publications that can be viewed on this website include:

Special Provisions in Curriculum and Assessment Policy [pdf]
Student Fact Sheet - Special Provisions in Curriculum and Assessment [pdf]
Information Sheets (extracted from the SACE Operations Manual). These information sheets explain the categories of special provisions in curriculum and assessment
Application forms

Note: Some files above are in pdf format. To view and print these files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded from Adobe Systems.

SSABSA policy allows eligible students to demonstrate their knowledge and capability in different ways. This Special Provisions Policy [pdf] covers students who, for example, are disadvantaged by some form of disability which makes the required assessment difficult.

The policy does not provide additional marks or points to students, but offers alternative strategies assisting students to demonstrate what they have learnt.

The same academic and skill requirements and standards apply to all students whether or not they have a disability. The objective of assessment support is to accommodate the student's functional differences caused by the disability.

The thrust of the policy is an understanding that SSABSA assesses performance against the stated learning outcomes of each Curriculum Statement.

SSABSA's approach is to view each student's situation as unique, and acknowledge that special arrangements suitable for one person may not necessarily apply to another.

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