The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) issues the Record of School Achievement (RoSA) to eligible students who leave school before completing the Higher School Certificate (HSC).
The RoSA is a cumulative credential, meaning it contains a student’s record of academic achievement up until the date they leave school. This could be between the end of Year 10 or up until and including some results from Year 12.
The RoSA records completed Stage 5 (Year 10) and Preliminary Stage 6 (Year 11) courses and grades, HSC (Year 12) results, and where applicable participation in any uncompleted Preliminary Stage 6 courses or HSC courses.
The RoSA is useful to students leaving school prior to the HSC because they can show it to potential employers or places of further learning.
To be eligible for a RoSA, students must have:
Completed the mandatory curriculum requirements for Years 7 to 10.
Attended a government school, an accredited non-government school or a recognised school outside NSW.
Completed courses of study that satisfy Education Standards’ curriculum and assessment requirements for the RoSA.
Complied with the requirements from the Education Act
Schools are responsible for requesting a RoSA through the enrolments section in Schools Online. Once this has been completed, we will send a PDF of the RoSA to student’s Student Online account. Students cannot directly request a RoSA themselves.
Schools are able to generate an eRecord and check the student’s course information is correctly recorded. This online eRecord can be used as an interim result report until the formal RoSA credential is delivered to the student’s Students Online account.
At any time, all students in Years 11 and 12 can access an online eRecord to provide potential employers when seeking casual work via their Students Online account.
Students who remain at school to complete their HSC will not receive a RoSA.