The page has the 2025 VCE examination timetable, and a link (carefully concealed in the first sentence) to VCAA examination rules and a link to the materials and equipment authorised for use in the GAT and VCE written examinations.
VCE, VET and VCAL entry point. A good place to start to access details of a particular subject, past examinations etc. Also includes a link to a promo for the new Chief Executive Officer.
"VCE Exams Navigator should be read by all students presenting for 2025 VCE external assessments".
A structured comprehensive list of the specific items a candidate may take to each examination.
VTAC is not a government body—it is funded by participating institutions, by processing fees paid by applicants and income from advertisers making indirect use of students' email addresses. It provides a thorough coverage of the tertiary enrolment mechanism and manages the enrolment process.
Information on grade distribution for the Graded Assessments (GAs) for each Unit 3 and 4 sequence with graded assessment, in graphic and tabular form. A study that has less than 5 total enrolments will not be published due to privacy concerns. The statistical reports are grouped in alphabetical order by study.
About interaction between the student and the ATAR process. Includes information about ATAR with headings such as "How is the ATAR calculated?"
This VTAC guide explains: what the ATAR is: what the ATAR isn’t: how the ATAR is calculated: what scaling is and why we do it: what your aggregate is: rules and restrictions regarding study combinations for how your aggregate is calculated, and how your aggregate becomes your ATAR.
The entry point for finding out about the GAT.
Find out about VCE study options, how you'll be assessed, understanding your study scores, and preparing for university, TAFE or the workforce. Get advice on VCE and VCE VM subject options, VCE VET programs, preparing for exams, the exam timetable, health and wellbeing, and more. If you're an adult returning to study, find out how you can study the VCE, choose subjects, prepare for exams, and achieve your senior secondary certificate.
Disclaimer: VCE-Circus has no qualifications or significant experience in the areas covered here. The organizations are listed here because they have received favourable comment on social and/or traditional media. Most of the description material is a direct copy/paste from the relevant website and should be viewed in that light.
ArtofSmart is a private company that provides tutoring (at a price) for year 12 students. It also presents a page (free access) "some strategies to help you identify when you are approaching the dreaded VCE burnout stage and how to prevent it from sweeping you off your feet!"
Help for people who are experiencing or using family violence or who need support with the care and wellbeing of children and young people. Sometimes things at home or in a relationship are not OK, or families are worried about the wellbeing of their children. Orange Door staff listen and help you to get the support you need, quickly and easily. It’s free and you don’t need a referral.
Beyond Blue offers three base options for those seeking help:- talk to a counsellor by phone 24/7, connect with others online forums, work with a mental health coach. Beyond Blue also offers a broad range of opportunities for volunteer work.
Concerned about your drinking or drug use? Directline provides free and confidential 24/7 counselling qualified counsellors by phone or online.⊄ Directline provides information, support and referral for the client, family members and others.
Headspace adopts a different approach from other mental health organizations. There are headspace centres across Australian (about 44 in Victoria). Headspace writes "whether you need information or someone to talk to – we’ll set you up with expert support". Headspace offers phone or online support for people who cannot access a centre.
Kids Help Line is available 24/7. Don't let the name discourage you, Kids Help Line uses the term 'kids' broadly. Support material is categorized into three groups, "Kids 5-12", "Teens 13-17" and "Young Adults 18-25" and support material is different for each group. The topics in the "Teens" group include "All about respect", "Feeling sad and depression", "Why am I anxious?", "How to manage anxiety", "Why do I freak out when I’m stressed?", "Your brain when you're anxious".
The introduction reads "We are a national charity providing all Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. We exist so that no person in Australia has to face their darkest moments alone". Topics presented on the entry page are, "I'm feeling suicidal", "I'm worried about someone" and "Tools, Techniques & Stories"
The introduction reads "Suicide Call Back Service is a free nationwide service providing 24/7 phone and online counselling to people affected by suicide". Articles introduced on the entry page are "Feeling suicidal – Making a safety plan", "Mental Health – Signs of a toxic relationship", "Worried about someone – Learn about suicide warning signs".
YoDAA provides drug and alcohol advice for “Young People”, “Families and Caregivers”, “Schools” and “Workers”. The Young People section provides information about how drugs and alcohol can affect young people. YoDAA is a safe place for people to look at their substance use and the supports that are available to them.
This Department of Health page carries a table of mental health services which presents a broader range of telephone and online services than the list above. In total the site is very comprehensive and covers many private and community health related issues.
A healthy VCE directed forum with a range of content – if you are not aware of it, then check it out.
Notes supplied on Psychology, General Maths, Health and Human Development units. Prices range from $5 to $5 a set. The notes arrive in a digital format.
Notes using a nonstandard approach to learning for business and English subjects. Currently (05/07/2025) the notes are free.
"Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations.
PhET sims are ... [a] game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery."
This quotation from the webpage is a fair description.
Chloe is Cool is a Google Drive site that holds an impressive collection of a various documents classified by subject. A large proportion of the 1/2 and 3/4 VCE subjects are listed. The documents have been obtained from a number of sources and cover both administrative and curriculum material.
"EquEd, (is) your go-to hub for free online tutoring and comprehensive study notes. Crafted by dedicated past students, our mission is to empower future students with the tools they need for academic success." – EquEd home page. EquEd currently publishes course content material for VCE mathematics, chemistry and physics (05/07/2025). It's a sign-in deal.
This website contains a summary of material, relevant videos and worksheets with solutions including VCAA exam questions for VCE Physics Units 1-4 for the current study design. The content on this website is intended to be used alongside the textbooks. [paraphrased from site introduction]
This site is directed to VCE Unit 3/4 Physics students who are following the 2024-2027 study design. WiM is the only VCE Physics platform with everything you need, all in one place. Students learn the VCE Physics content through notes, videos, practise questions, full solutions and more. [Paraphrased from site entry page]
Flashcards, memory maps and quizzes for Australian ATAR students. Covers HSC, VCE, QCE, WACE, SACE, TCE and ACT SSC curriculum for Year 11 and Year 12. The sample memory maps posted on Reddit r/vce/ were excellent.
The oPhysics website is a collection of interactive physics simulations. There is no shortage of really good stuff on this site and the effective drop down menu system helps you find it.
Speaking about himself Maffsguru writes "Just a guy who wants to make Maths engaging, entertaining, educational and fun. Delivering VCE lessons to those who want to do well." Really good stuff in video presentation format, well indexed. A no arrogance bloke.
"This website is designed to provide students and teachers notes, videos, questions, and interactives on content for Victorian Curriculum Mathematics.
Simply use the dropdown tabs to access the content year level or subject you are looking for. Note that the Year F-10 notes are sorted by the Victorian Curriculum levels."
The site is well structured and has excellent content.
Clandestinely study the maths and physics that you somehow missed. An excellent resource.
"We are a non-profit with the mission of connecting the world with free, peer-to-peer tutoring." "Get math homework help, join small SAT® prep groups, and more–100% free for students and teachers." This site got a good rap on the VCE Subreddit.
Has VCE Math Methods practice examinations available as PDFs and a Math Methods practice examination available as an online quiz. Some stuff you need to subscribe to but the online quizzes are free. The quizzes are systematically arranged and would be an excellent learning or revision aid.
Comprehensive material directed VCE Mathematical Methods – explanatory videos, practice questions, cheat sheets .... Some material is free, other material you sign up for.
A practice site for VCE Methods students built by maths tutor in Victoria. It’s mostly practice‑focused. It has lots of free quizzes, a free full practice exam PDF and questions aligned with VCAA. [the author] "made it mainly so students could get unlimited practice without having to pay huge sums, and so teachers/parents could point students somewhere simple and clean."
Practical Engineering is all about infrastructure and the human-made world around us. It is hosted, written, and produced by civil engineer, Grady Hillhouse. A viewing of a couple of the Practical Engineering videos showed good work.
"We offer free exams, trial exams, summary sheets, worksheets and other resources to help high school students with their exams.
itute.com resources are developed by an experienced and qualified practising teacher who is expert in the Victorian curriculum maths and physics subjects at all year levels."
There is some good hassle free directly applicable stuff there, well worth the look.
"ATAR Notes aims to increase the accessibility of top-quality free study materials to students across Australia."
I haven't looked at the ATAR material in detail, but indications are promising.
It's a comprehensive sign-up, login, deal.
"In addition to the considerable content offered to Maths and Physics students upon this website,
I have invested significant time and energy into the delivery of educational videos via my new product Juddy productions."
Another useful site, try the "Resources" tab to see what is available – for example the site provides some model unit 3/4 posters.
"One topic at a time. We divide all the official VCE and QCE subjects into topics and give you past VCAA or QCAA exam questions, exam reports, sample answers, notes and videos."
It's a good concept which offers limited free access. If you want full access you need to pay a non trivial yearly fee.
Openstax provide an extensive range of free online text books covering many disciplines including mathematics and physics. Although they are not directed to VCE subjects, when evaluated on a topic for topic basis they provide excellent support.
Leslie Lamport did pioneering work in the field of distributed systems, where multiple components on different networks coordinate to achieve a common objective. Since then he has done innovative work in computer science. In this 8 minute video he does a walkthrough of program and computer development. Excellent background material for someone thinking about a career in those areas.
A 263 page PDF document by Brian Heinold, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Mount St. Mary’s University. The document starts from installation and progressively moves forward from there, you could stop at whatever level suits you.
"OnlineGDB is an online compiler and debugger tool for C, C++, Python, Java, PHP, Ruby, Perl, C#, OCaml, VB, Swift, Pascal, Fortran, Haskell, Objective-C, Assembly, HTML, CSS, JS, SQLite, Prolog. Code, Compile, Run and Debug online." It certainly worked well for the moderately complex C program I tried.
Although the main game for Tutorialspoint is enrolling people in online courses there is free material available (including (where applicable) online simulators/compilers) for SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Java, C, C++, PHP, Scala, C#, Tailwind CSS, Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB and PL/SQ.
GeeksforGeeks offers a large quantity of potentially useful information about many aspects of programming in an extensive range of programming languages. I have found the material helpful and accurate, though some commentators on social media sites complain of mixed quality which they attribute to the use of multiple sources of material by GeeksforGeeks.
The about Anki reads: "Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it's a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn".
Quizlet approach is, you selected the subject and subject area and Quizlet provides the questions and answers. It's free, but you need to provide some detail about yourself and sign up.
Received honourable mention on the VCE sub-edit Reddit. The site introduction reads "Make flashcards in your notes. Cut study time in half. Use evidence-based memory techniques to create flashcards that resurface at the best time for retention, right within your notes".
From the FAQs: "Whenever you come across information you want to remember, just type it into Save All. Save All will turn the information into quizzes. Come back to Save All whenever you have a few minutes to complete your quizzes. By answering the quizzes the information gets reinforced so that you'll remember it over the long term".
If considering a degree based career there can be potential benefits in attending university open days for career planning, perhaps even in year 9 or 10, well before entering into VCE subject selection.
The single page VCE-Circus document, open_days.pdf, provides details of open days for Victorian university campuses. It would be advisable to check these dates closer to the scheduled time. Most universities encourage visitors to register before attending an open day, this would seem to be a sound action, a history of interest could prove to be an aid to enrolment in marginal situations.
Take the opportunity to extract as much information about the university as you can while you're there. Topics could include: available courses, prerequisites, entry alternatives, bridging programs, options within a course, assessment methods, options for further study, scholarships, potential career paths, on campus/off campus balance, club and societies, transport, accommodation, ... Also there is a good chance that current students will be officially or incidentally available, they could provide an opportunity for a realistic evaluation of day to day life at the university.
The idea is that you tick a lot of boxes and it returns career recommendations. I have no idea to what extent it works (or doesn't) but it does draw attention to items that may be relevant to your choice of career path.
Actually if you wish to pursue this approach there is no shortage of opportunities – just do a web search for "career test free".
A PDF document that provides several approaches to help you decide if an engineering career is for you.