Official notice
Changes to ACE Rules concerning malpractice
NESA has made changes to the ACE Rules concerning malpractice.
- Effective
- Immediately
- Reference
- NESA 34/25
Who needs to read this?
- Principals
- Deputy principals
- Assistant principals
- Secondary teachers
- Curriculum coordinators
- HSC coordinators
- HSC minimum standard online test coordinators
- Staff in charge of Schools Online entries
- Secondary students
NESA has made changes to the ACE Rules concerning malpractice. Changes affect the following ACE Rule themes:
A summary of the changes for each of the above ACE Rules themes can be found in the ACE Record of Changes.
Changes apply to:
- Year 12 students commencing HSC courses from Term 4, 2025
- Year 11 students commencing Preliminary courses from Term 1, 2026
- Year 11 students studying under a compressed curriculum model and commencing their Preliminary courses from Week 6, Term 4 of 2025
- students sitting HSC minimum standard tests from Term 1, 2026.
To support schools’ understanding and application of the changes, NESA has developed Actions for schools: Changes to Malpractice ACE Rules.
Notice information
- Topic
- Curriculum, HSC, Record of School Achievement
- Stages
- Stage 5 (Years 9 and 10), Stage 6 (Years 11 and 12)