Understanding your WACE results and ATAR (2026)

For the full December and January timeline (offer rounds and preference deadlines), see WACE results day, TISC early offers and preferences.

Who sends you what?

You log in to the SCSA student portal with your WA student number (WASN). You log in to TISC with your TISC number, which is also printed on your UAAL.

What SCSA reports

SCSA runs the WACE and sets and marks the ATAR course exams. For each Year 12 ATAR course, SCSA's reporting can include your school grade (A to E), your school mark, your moderated school mark, your exam mark and your combined score. For courses with a practical exam, written and practical marks are reported separately.

• WASSA (Western Australian Statement of Student Achievement). Issued to every Year 12 student. It lists the courses, certificates and programs you completed in Years 11 and 12.
• WACE. Issued if you met the WACE requirements.
• ATAR course reports. For each ATAR course you sat, a report showing how you performed relative to everyone else who did the course, as a position on a graph.

Since 2025, SCSA also applies a C grade equivalent for a Year 12 ATAR course pair of units where you got a D grade from your school but reached a written mark cut point of about 40 (moderated school mark or exam mark). This helps with WACE requirements; it does not change your ATAR.

How your course mark is built

TISC's Marks adjustment process explains the steps:

1. Moderation. SCSA moderates your school's raw marks against the exam, so a moderated 67 means the same at every school. Your rank within your school class does not change.
2. Combined mark. Your moderated school mark and raw exam mark (both out of 100) are averaged. For courses with a practical exam, written and practical combined marks are then mixed in the proportion the syllabus sets.
3. Standardisation. Each course's combined marks are adjusted to a common shape, so a hard or easy exam paper does not distort results.
4. Scaling. TISC's Average Marks Scaling produces the scaled score used in your ATAR.

What is on your UAAL?

The UAAL is the document universities care about. It is available to Year 12 students with a scaled score in at least one Year 12 course. It shows:

• Course data: your scaled score in each WACE course (past years only if they count in your ATAR).
• Your ATAR. A rank, not a mark. An ATAR of 70.00 means you did as well as or better than 70% of the WA Year 12 school leaver age population. ATARs below 30 are not reported.
• ATAR/Selection Rank. If a university gives you adjustments (for example through an access pathway), your higher selection rank for that university is shown. Otherwise your selection rank is your ATAR.
• Eligibility for university courses. A message from each university about whether you meet its general requirements. This is not an offer, and it does not cover prerequisites for a specific course.
• WACE achievement and each university's Competence in English result.
• A QR code and serial number so your results can be verified.

You can download your UAAL free from the TISC website until Sunday 28 February 2027, the last day TISC's calendar lists for logging in with your 2026 details. An official printed UAAL or ATAR Certificate costs $35 for the first copy and $20 for extra copies in the same order.

What's in the ATAR and what isn't?

In: your best four ATAR course scaled scores, plus 10% of your Mathematics Methods scaled score, 10% of your Mathematics Specialist scaled score and 10% of your best language (LOTE) scaled score, if you have them. The maximum TEA is 430. The full method, with TISC's 2025 TEA-to-ATAR table, is in how the WACE ATAR is calculated, and you can model it with the WACE ATAR calculator.

Not in: General and Foundation courses, VET certificates, your school grades on their own, and any course beyond your best four (except the 10% bonuses). You need at least four scaled scores to get an ATAR.

What should I check first on 20 December?

1. Your ATAR and, for each university, your selection rank.
2. Competence in English and WACE achievement, which most standard entry needs.
3. Your preferences. The main round preference deadline is 11.59 pm the same day.

If something looks wrong, see WACE results checks, reviews and appeals. If your ATAR is lower than you hoped, see WACE ATAR lower than expected. For the day itself, read how to handle results day, and use the uni course finder or the WACE calculators while you weigh up preferences.