Looking ahead: HSC results will be issued online, by email and via SMS from 6am on Tuesday, December 17.
HSC written exams, first held in 1967, will start on Thursday, October 17 with a compulsory English paper, and finish on Monday, November 11 with papers for Design and Technology and Textiles and Design.
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NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) acting chief executive officer, Paul Martin, said scheduling the 18 days of HSC exams is a complex logistical exercise involving around 77,000 students, 123 exams and 750 locations.
"The timetable is designed to provide a schedule which is as fair and equitable as possible to ensure all students get the opportunity to do their best in their written exams," Mr Martin said.
HSC fact sheet
- HSC Music, Dance and Drama practical exams and 53 oral language exams were held in Aug and Sept.
- 123 HSC written examinations totalling around 350 hours are scheduled from October 17 to November 11.
- HSC exams will be held across NSW in over 750 exam centres staffed by over 7500 supervisors and presiding officers.
- Around 330 students will sit HSC exams overseas.
- 96 exam committees and 300 members developed 123 exam papers.
- Each exam will be reviewed at least six times and checked a further three times at minimum before more than 700,000 exam papers are printed.
- More than 5500 markers will work in eight marking centres and from home.
Source: educationstandards.nsw.edu.au
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