SACE ATAR, scaling & study tools (SA, 2026)
The SACE is South Australia's senior certificate — and the same qualification, as the NTCET, in the Northern Territory. Your ATAR is calculated by SATAC from your best 90 credits of scaled Stage 2 results, and NT students sit the identical external exams. These pages explain how that works, why SA (unlike NSW, QLD and WA) publishes no per-subject scaling table, and when the 2026 exams and results fall.
- How the SACE ATAR is calculatedYour university aggregate from the best 90 credits, the three 20-credit subjects plus flexible option, and how SATAC turns it into an ATAR for SA and the NT.
- SACE scaling — and why there's no SA scaling tableHow SACE scaling actually works, and why SATAC — unlike UAC, QTAC and TISC — publishes no per-subject scaled scores. What that means for choosing subjects.
- SACE exam timetable 2026When the 2026 SACE and NTCET written exams run (2–13 November), the SA vs NT session times, and where to find the official per-subject timetable.
- SACE results & ATAR release 2026When your SACE results and SATAC ATAR come out (mid-December, via SACE Students Online), how to get them, and what happens next.
- NTCET (Northern Territory)How the NTCET works for NT students — the same SACE subjects and exams, NT session times, and how SATAC calculates the NT ATAR.
Other states: VCE (VIC) · HSC (NSW) · QCE (QLD) · WACE (WA)
For South Australia students. The SACE ATAR is computed by SATAC from SACE Board results — a different system to the other states, so every figure here isSouth Australia-specific.