NSW Department of Education provides data on Preliminary (Year 11) and HSC (Year 12) course entries in New South Wales government schools from 2012 to 2025. The dataset includes entries by course name, gender, and study units, with separate listings for Life Skills courses designed for students with intellectual disabilities. Data is sourced from the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Use Cases
- Analyze gender participation trends across different HSC subjects based on gender data.
- Track the popularity of standard versus extension courses over time based on course unit values.
- Monitor enrolment patterns in Life Skills courses for students with intellectual disabilities.
- Study the impact of flexible HSC pathways, including acceleration and part-time traineeships, on course selection.
Strengths
- Covers a 14-year time span from 2012 to 2025.
- Includes separate data for Life Skills courses, providing a view on inclusive education.
- Data is provided by the authoritative NSW Education Standards Authority.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, being limited to NSW government schools.
Provenance
- Source
- NSW Education Standards Authority
- Time Range
- 2012-2025
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-17 18:43:09.887592; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- New South Wales, Australia (government schools)