School reports

Introduction

This guide has information on primary year reports, middle year reports, senior secondary reports, reports and students with special needs.


Primary years reports

This page has information about your child's primary school reports.

All Northern Territory government schools report to parents at least twice a year at the end of each semester for primary school students.

Reports have a standard format and grades through all stages of schooling.

Your child's report provides clear information on your child's progress and achievement in English, mathematics and for all other areas of learning taught and assessed that semester.

Talk to your child's teacher if you are concerned about your child's results.

Other student reports

As well as the end of semester reports, schools may choose to use a variety of other methods to report to you about your child's progress.

These could include portfolios of student work, feedback from in-class assessments or projects, emails, commercial assessment results, parent interviews, student-led conferences, open-days and many other forms.

National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)

If your child is in Year 3 or Year 5 and has participated in the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests you will receive a report on their literacy and numeracy achievement.

Read more about NAPLAN.


Middle years reports

This page has information on your child's school reports during middle years.

You will receive your child's report at least twice a year at the end of each semester for middle years. Reports follow a standard format which is common throughout all stages of schooling.

Student reports provide clear information on your child's progress and achievement each semester in English, mathematics and for all other areas of learning taught and assessed that semester.

Talk to your child's teacher if you are concerned about your child's results.

Other student reports

As well as the end of semester reports, schools may choose to use a variety of other methods to report to you about your child's progress.

These could include portfolios of student work, feedback from in-class assessments or projects, emails, commercial assessment results, parent interviews, student-led conferences, open-days and many other forms.

National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) Reports

Literacy and numeracy skills are assessed through the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy tests (NAPLAN) in Year 7 and Year 9.

If your child is in Year 7 and Year 9 and has participated in the NAPLAN tests you will get an individual report with their results.

Read more about NAPLAN.


Senior secondary reports

This page has information on school reports and records of achievement for senior secondary students.

Year 10 reports

In Year 10 your child studies the Australian curriculum and prepares for the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET), which they follow in Year 11 and 12. 

Your child will continue to receive a report at the end of each Semester. 

Talk to your child's teacher if you are concerned about your child's results.

Year 11 record of achievement

When your child is in Year 11 your child will receive a record of achievement. This is a detailed cumulative record of studies undertaken at Stage 1 of the NTCET.

It is an interim record that shows your child's results to date in NTCET studies.

Talk to your child's teacher if you are concerned about your child's results.

Year 12 results

On completion of Year 12 your child will receive all of the following:

  • a Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET) on satisfactory completion of the certificate requirements
  • a record of achievement listing all results including Stage 1, Stage 2, vocational education and training and community learning.

Read more about Year 12 results.

Read more about the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training.


Special needs student reports

If your child has special learning needs and has an education adjustment plan (EAP), you can choose not to receive A to E grades in the end-of-semester report from their school.

Reporting decisions are documented in the EAP.

You can choose to receive an:

  • A to E report
  • EAP report on student progress against goals
  • EAP report with both A to E grades and goals.

You can talk to you child's teacher or principal if you want more information about EAPs and reporting to check the best option for your child.

Talk to your child's teacher if you are concerned about their results.

For more information about students with disability, go to the Department of Education website.