ICAS year levels and exam papers
Subjects by year level
Find out which subjects are available for which year levels, and which countries.
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Digital Technologies |
Science |
Spelling Bee |
Writing |
English |
Mathematics |
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| Australia1 |
Years 2 to 7 |
Years 2 to 12 |
Years 2 to 7 |
Years 3 to 12 |
Years 2 to 12 |
Years 2 to 12 |
| Indonesia |
Years 3 to 8 |
Years 3 to 12 |
Years 3 to 8 |
Years 4 to 12 |
Years 3 to 12 |
Years 3 to 12 |
| Malaysia |
Standard 2 to Form 1 |
Standard 2 to Upper 6 |
– |
Standard 3 to Upper 6 |
Standard 2 to Upper 6 |
Standard 2 to Upper 6 |
| New Zealand / Pacific2 |
Years 3 to 8 |
Years 3 to 13 |
Years 3 to 8 |
Years 4 to 13 |
Years 3 to 13 |
Years 3 to 13 |
| Singapore |
Primary 2 to 6 |
Primary 2 to Secondary 4 & 5 |
– |
Primary 2 to Secondary 4 & 5 |
Primary 2 to Secondary 4 & 5 |
Primary 2 to Secondary 4 & 5 |
| Sri Lanka |
Grades 2 to 7 |
Grades 2 to 12 |
Grades 2 to 7 |
Grades 3 to 12 |
Grades 2 to 12 |
Grades 2 to 12 |
1. All international schools registered have an 8-digit school code starting with 46 and should sit the papers according to the Australian year levels.
2. Pacific Region: Papua New Guinea and Fiji.
Exam papers by year level
Find out which exam papers correspond to which year levels.
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| Paper |
Intro |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
| Australia1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
Year 12 |
| Indonesia |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
Year 12 |
N/A |
| Malaysia |
Standard 2 |
Standard 3 |
Standard 4 |
Standard 5 |
Standard 6 |
Form 1 |
Form 2 |
Form 3 |
Form 4 |
Form 5 & Lower 6 |
Upper 6 |
| New Zealand / Pacific2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
Year 12 |
Year 13 |
| Singapore |
– |
Primary 2 |
Primary 3 |
Primary 4 |
Primary 5 |
Primary 6 |
Secondary 1 |
Secondary 2 |
Secondary 3 |
Secondary 4 & 5 |
N/A |
| Sri Lanka |
Grade 2 |
Grade 3 |
Grade 4 |
Grade 5 |
Grade 6 |
Grade 7 |
Grade 8 |
Grade 9 |
Grade 10 |
Grade 11 |
Grade 12 |
| Hong Kong |
– |
Primary 3 |
Primary 4 |
Primary 5 |
Primary 6 |
Form 1 |
Form 2 |
Form 3 |
Form 4 |
Form 5 |
N/A |
1. All international schools registered have an 8-digit school code starting with 46 and should sit the papers according to the Australian year levels.
2. Pacific Region: Papua New Guinea and Fiji.
Number of questions and test times
Find out how many questions are in each subject and paper, and how long the tests are.
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Intro |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
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| Digital Technologies | Questions | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Time | 30m | 30m | 30m | 35m | 35m | 40m | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Science | Questions | 30 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Time | 45m | 45m | 45m | 55m | 55m | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr | |
| Spelling Bee | Questions | 35 | 40 | 45 | 45 | 50 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Time | 40m | 40m | 40m | 40m | 40m | 40m | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Writing | Questions | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Time | – | 35m | 35m | 35m | 35m | 35m | 35m | 35m | 35m | 35m | 35m | |
| English | Questions | 35 | 45 | 45 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 55 |
| Time | 35m | 45m | 45m | 50m | 50m | 55m | 55m | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr | |
| Mathematics | Questions | 30 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Time | 35m | 45m | 45m | 45m | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr | 1hr |
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ICAS tests by Australian year level
Discover the skills and subjects that students are tested on for each year level.
Not in Australia? Click here to see the year levels for your region. You can also view the corresponding exam papers by year level here.
