Non-school providers

All non-school providers intending to deliver senior secondary courses leading to VCE and VCAL qualifications must comply with the associated minimum standards for registration and the conditions set by the VCAA (Education and Training Reform Regulations 2017, Schedule 8).

Authorisation advice and process

Non-school providers seeking authorisation to deliver the VCE and/or the VCAL courses must be authorised by the VCAA.

Providers must apply for authorisation and registration concurrently.

Non-school providers are authorised for a period of five years and must apply for re-authorisation and re-registration at the end of this period.

If a provider wishes to expand their course offering in this period, they must apply for authorisation to do so.

Visit the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) to find out more.

Authorisation timeline

This table displays authorisation timeline
Date	Activity
February/March 2022	VRQA and VCAA briefing session for all applying non-school providers.
30 March 2022	Authorisation applications due to the VCAA.
April/May 2022	VCAA assesses evidence for compliance. If further evidence is required, the VCAA will assist the provider to submit one resubmission.
31 July 2022	VCAA notify VRQA of provider authorisations.

Evidence requirements

All providers applying to deliver the VCE or VCAL must provide evidence to demonstrate their capacity to deliver the curriculum and assessment of the relevant course.

Additionally, providers need to provide evidence to demonstrate their capacity to manage the administrative requirements associated with the delivery of the relevant course.

Non-school providers must complete the application form and use the following templates when developing their application:

Application form for authorisation to deliver senior secondary courses. This form is currently being updated for 2022.

VCE

Curriculum requirements

VCE study curriculum and assessment plans (These plans are currently being updated for 2022)
The curriculum and assessment plan documents (for each VCE study) contain both an 'Assessment task plan' and a 'Curriculum delivery plan'.

VET program advice (docx - 84.13kb)