ACPE’s Entry Pathways

The ACPE Early Entry program is aimed at assessing potential HSC graduates based on your Year 11 results and predictive scores. This does not remove the requirement for completion of the HSC but merely provides you with an indication of your eligibility pending completion of the HSC results.

Eligibility and requirements
The Early Entry program is open to current domestic and international Year 12 students studying in Australia. A preliminary assessment on your eligibility will be made based on your performance in relevant Year 11 subjects. Any potential offers are conditional upon completing the HSC.

You are expected to have completed at least 4 Category A subjects in Year 11 and 12 studies including English and one of the following subjects if you are considering:

• a Health Science degree: Mathematic; PDPHE; Business Studies; Biology; Chemistry; Earth and Environmental Science; Physics and Investigating Science.
• a dance degree: Dance.

You can be considered for all courses except for the Bachelor of Education (PHE) and the Bachelor of Dance Education.

The Priority Entry pathway is a non-ATAR based admission program to an ACPE course based on HSC Year 12 results.

Eligibility and requirements
This is open to both domestic and international Year 12 students studying in Australia. You will be assessed on your performance in relevant Year 12 subjects. This applies to all courses including Education degrees.

You are expected to have completed at least 4 Category A subjects in Year 11 and 12 studies including English and one of the following subjects if you are considering:

• a Health Science degree: Mathematic; PDPHE; Business Studies; Biology; Chemistry; Earth and Environmental Science; Physics and Investigating Science.
• a dance degree: Dance.
• an education degree: meeting NESA subject requirements (three Band 5 in HSC subjects including English) and passing the teaching questionnaire.

The Schools Recommendation scheme is an early entry program for admission to degrees based on Year 11 results and ratings assigned by the school.

Eligibility and requirements
The Schools Recommendation Scheme is open to domestic Year 12 students and International Baccalaureate students studying in Australia.

You will be assessed based on the school’s ratings of your aptitude, abilities and performance in different areas of study and Year 11 results. You can apply for all ACPE courses for unconditional offers. However, for the Bachelor of Education (PHE) and the Bachelor of Dance Education the offers are conditional upon meeting NESA subject requirements in your final Year 12 results and ATAR.

Students who are completing Year 12 at Big Picture Learning schools are eligible for entry based on the Big Picture Learning Pathway. Big Picture Education Australia and Participating high schools offer students a parallel portfolio based pathway from Year 9-10 onwards as an alternative to the HSC. This pathway recognises the need for some learners to work on areas of interest in a more self-directed way and to develop a broad range of capabilities. This is assessed via the Australian Qualifications Framework and the Australian Core Skills Framework on the basis of their subject interest. These students are highly passionate about what they are doing and highly motivated to learn and achieve.

Eligibility and requirements
If you have completed a Big Picture Education Portfolio and Year 12 at a Big Picture School, you may be eligible for admission on the basis of your Portfolio, International Big Picture Learning Credentials (IBPLC) and a recommendation from your school principal.

Courses
You can apply for all courses except the Bachelor of Education (PHE) and the Bachelor of Dance Education.