Health and Movement Science course numbers

New Course Numbers from 2025

Schools are required to submit entries in Schools Online for the award of the Higher School Certificate and the Record of School Achievement. To ensure student enrolment details are accurate, schools need to use the correct course number.

Health and Movement Science 11–12

The course numbers have been published for Health and Movement Science 11–12.

For students entering Year 11 in 2025:

• The new Health and Movement Science 11–12 Syllabus replaces the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Stage 6 Syllabus. These cannot be studied together.
• The new Health and Movement Science Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus replaces the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus. These cannot be studied together.

The table below provides the courses and their numbers. Links to new syllabuses on the NSW Curriculum website are provided, which include assessment information and support materials.

Compressed curriculum and acceleration in 2025

Schools delivering a compressed curriculum model for Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Stage 6 to be assessed in the 2025 HSC exam must follow all HSC requirements detailed in ACE 13.2 Compressed Curriculum. More information is available.

Schools will need to enrol students studying Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Stage 6 in a compressed curriculum model in 2025 into the preliminary component – 11300 PDHPE (2 units – Preliminary) or 16620 PDHPE Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary). Please contact records@nesa.nsw.edu.au to support this enrolment.

If an accelerated student completes the HSC for the existing course in 2025, should they attempt the new course within the five-year accumulation period, the latest attempt will void the previous result for the Higher School Certificate.

New ACE rules and courses

Rules and procedures regarding course entries for Preliminary and HSC courses can be found at ACE 3.3 Course entries, changes and exclusions. An information sheet has been published to help schools understand the clarifications in this group of new ACE rules. Clarifications relate to preliminary and HSC course commencement, course eligibility, course entries, changes and exclusions.
 

Contact

For enquiries related to curriculum and syllabus implementation please contact Curriculum on (02) 9367 8333 or by email at curriculum@nesa.nsw.edu.au

For enquiries related to student entries please contact Student Records on (02) 9367 8001 or by email at records@nesa.nsw.edu.au