South-west students are reeling and teachers furious after VCE results were leaked five days early.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Brauer’s year 12 coordinator Paul McFadden said he was angry that subject results and ATAR scores were accessible to more than 2000 Victorian students ahead of Monday’s planned release.
“The thing that bugs me the most is on Monday – here at school – we’ve got teachers and a careers counsellor available all day so the kids can come in and talk and get support if they need it,” Mr McFadden said.
“Some of these poor kids who have accessed their results (Wednesday) night, have none of that.”
Mr McFadden said hearing the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) and the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) were blaming an “external provider” for the leak was frustrating.
“I wish I could use that excuse (when I make mistakes),” he said.
Mr McFadden said the damage was already done.
“It’s not as cut and dry as just getting results early,” he said. “For two years they are waiting for this moment and there’s a prepared support network in place and that’s just been taken away.”
Brauer College graduate Rhiannon Glover said she didn’t believe her fellow year 12s when it was revealed through social media that results were accessible online.
Ms Glover, 18, said she was surprised to find that she was one of more than 2000 students able to view their subject results and ATAR.
“I just thought, ‘oh my God’,” she said. “Someone’s going to get in trouble.”
Even though she was “happy” with her marks, Ms Glover said it was unfair that others were now forced to wait until Monday.
“If I didn’t have it, I’d be annoyed,” she said.
Another Brauer College student Ellie Wilson said the leak was obviously a “big mistake”.
“We are held up to standards all year and they just broke theirs” she said.
VTAC and VCAA released a joint statement on Wednesday night, apologising to all VCE students "for any confusion, anxiety or upset caused by this incident”.
Education officials have announced a “probe” into the cause of the leak, which occurred just weeks after VTAC threatened to penalise schools prematurely released results.
Opposition education spokesman Nick Wakeling said the early release revealed an education system in chaos.
“This is a bigger stuff up then the census,” he said.