Schools Recommendation Schemes

How your school rates you

SRS applications are closed.

Use the information on this page for general reference only. Details will be updated when applications open again on 5 Apr 2023.

Areas of study

Your school will rate you in 10 areas of study, which are split into two sub-groups:

Performance in Year 12

Your school will rate you according to their assessment of your performance in the subjects below:

  • Agriculture
  • Creative Arts
  • English/Humanities/Social Sciences
  • Languages
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Technology.

Suitability for tertiary study

Your school will rate you according to their assessment of your ability to undertake tertiary study in the fields below:

  • Commerce
  • Education
  • Health.

Aptitudes

Your school will also rate you according to their assessment of your:

  • capacity for abstract thought and analysis
  • ability to organise ideas and articulate a position orally and in written form
  • ability to work and learn independently
  • motivation to achieve long-term goals
  • capacity for tertiary study.

Each institution also has specific SRS selection criteria.