Student Learning

Student Reports - Scope for Flexibility

The key features detailed on the Mandated components of the report card format page are mandatory. Elements that can be customized to suit schools’ needs are detailed below.

On both primary school and secondary school report cards schools can choose to:

  • add school designs and logos
  • add additional text boxes and pages
  • delete signature boxes
  • include the sections ‘what John has achieved’, ‘areas for improvement and future learning’ and ‘attendance’, but leave blank any other sections if they are formally reported on in portfolios
  • delete the section ‘What the schools will do…’ or write ‘not applicable’ in this section for any students who are moving to a new school in the following semester.

On secondary report cards, schools can choose to:

  • add a summary page as well as subject pages
  • include, for domains formally assessed by more than one teacher:
    • only the rating assigned for the domain for each subject
    • only an overall rating on a summary page
    • both the rating assigned for each subject on the relevant subject pages, and the overall rating on a summary page
  • delete the sections ‘what the school can to do to support student’s learning’ and ‘what you can do to support student’s learning’ from subject pages, if this information is provided on a summary page.

On primary report cards, schools can choose to:

  • delete the graphic and replace A-E ratings with a different way of describing achievement against the standards for students in Prep. Schools should note, however, that scores should still be entered into the software for the purposes of reporting to the system and to generate hollow dots in the following year
  • include subject pages with or without the sections ‘what the school can to do to support student’s learning’ and ‘what you can do to support student’s learning’ as long as this information is provided on the summary page
  • include a personal learning goals page
  • delete the section ‘student comment’ for Years Prep to 2
  • delete the section ‘student comment’ if a personal learning goals page is included.