VCE help
Work out which VCE program you're actually in, jump straight to your subject, and find VCAA's own free resources. Nothing on this page needs an account.
Which VCE are you actually doing?
"VCE help" covers two different problems. One is "I need notes for a subject I'm already enrolled in." The other is "I don't actually know what program I'm in, or whether it leads to an ATAR." Getting the second one wrong matters more, so it comes first.
VCE
Scored. Produces an ATAR.
Most subjects run Units 1 to 4. Units 3 and 4 are assessed through School-assessed Coursework and, for most subjects, an external exam. Study scores run 0 to 50 and are scaled into your ATAR: your English-group subject plus your next best three, plus 10% each of up to two more.
VCE Vocational Major
Unscored. No ATAR.
A two-year applied-learning program inside the VCE, built from Literacy, Numeracy, Work Related Skills and Personal Development Skills, plus VET and usually structured workplace learning. There are no study scores and no external exams, so VM does not produce an ATAR. You still receive a VCE, the VCE (Vocational Major), and the pathway is apprenticeships, traineeships, TAFE and further vocational study, with university reachable later through a TAFE or diploma pathway.
VCE VET
Sometimes scored.
Vocational training taken alongside the VCE or VM, in areas like Business, IT, Sport and Recreation or Health. Some VET Unit 3 and 4 sequences are scored and count towards an ATAR the same as any other subject; others are unscored. VET and VM are not the same program, and doing VET does not automatically mean you're doing VM.
You can do a mix of scored VCE and VM units. Getting an ATAR still needs at least four study scores, including an English-group subject, so a mixed timetable only produces one if it meets that. If you're doing at least one scored Unit 3 and 4 sequence you'll also sit the General Achievement Test . It doesn't appear on an ATAR and it isn't something you study for; it checks that your school's assessments and the exam results line up, and it's a backup if you miss an exam through illness or misadventure.
Not sure which program you're actually enrolled in, or thinking about switching? That's a school decision with real timing limits. Ask your VCE or careers coordinator, and see VCAA's own page on the Vocational Major and Youth Central's plain-language guide, both linked below.
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Standard VCE
Languages
VCE VET
VCE VM
Unscored, no ATAR. See "Which VCE are you actually doing?" above.
VCAA's own free resources
VCAA, the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, publishes its own resources for free. Worth knowing about before paying for anything.
- VCAA Student Resources : past exam papers, official study designs and program information, in one place.
- How VCE Units 3 and 4 are assessed : VCAA's own explanation of School-assessed Coursework, exams and who marks what.
- About the VCE Vocational Major : VCAA's page on what VM is, what it's built from, and that it doesn't produce an ATAR.
- The General Achievement Test : what the GAT checks, who has to sit it, and what it is not used for.
- VTAC : the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre. ATAR calculations, course preferences and scholarships live here, not with VCAA.
For a plain-language explanation of VCE, the Vocational Major and the Victorian Pathways Certificate side by side, Youth Central's guide to VCE VM is written for students, not schools. If you're asking on behalf of a school rather than a student, StudyDesign AI has a page for that.
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