ATAR Pathway

This pathway is for direct university entrance and is dependent on a student’s final ATAR score at the end of Year 12.

RELIGION AND LIFE COURSE SELECTION                   

Either Religion and Life ATAR or Religion and Life General.

ENGLISH COURSE SELECTION:                                             

Either English ATAR or Literature ATAR.

Students must have achieved NAPLAN Band 8 or OLNA Category 3 in Reading and Writing

MATHEMATICS COURSE SELECTION                            

Not required but recommended.

Students who have failed to achieve Band 8 in the NAPLAN Numeracy component will be required to enrol in Foundation Mathematics.                        

CERTIFICATE COURSE REQUIREMENT                            

A Certificate II Course (or higher) is required to be completed in full if a student is studying a Foundation Course in Maths or English in Year 12. For students not studying Foundation Courses Certificate Courses are not compulsory but are available for students to select.

FURTHER SELECTIONS

Students choices must include a minimum of four ATAR courses. The College preference is to study five or six ATAR subjects for this pathway (one of these subjects must be List B subject). List A and List B course can be found here with links to learning areas pages and more information on courses.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION/WORKPLACE LEARNING

Not applicable to this Pathway.

murdoch flexitrack high

Not applicable to this Pathway in Year 11. It is an option in Year 12 after review of Year 11 progress.

NOTRE DAME UNIPATH

Not applicable to this Pathway in Year 11. It is an option in Year 12 after review of Year 11 progress.

WACE REQUIREMENTS

All pathways must adhere to the conditions outlined by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority for the completion of the Western Australia Certificate of Education. Information relating to these conditions can be found HERE.