Editing Perth (section)

=== Primary and secondary ===
[[File:Perth Modern School, 2015 01.jpg|thumb|[[Perth Modern School]], Perth's first [[State school|public high school]]]]
Students may attend either public schools, run by the state government's [[Department of Education (Western Australia)|Department of Education]], or private schools, usually associated with a religion, or engage in home schooling.

The [[Western Australian Certificate of Education]] (WACE) is the credential given to students who have completed Years 11 and 12 of their secondary schooling.<ref>{{cite web|title=WACE requirements and certification|url=http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/Senior_Secondary/The_WACE/WACE_Requirements|publisher=Government of Western Australia|access-date=6 December 2013|author=School Curriculum and Standards Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528092129/http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/Senior_Secondary/The_WACE/WACE_Requirements|archive-date=28 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012 the minimum requirements for students to receive their WACE changed{{how|date=July 2015}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=WACE Requirements 2012 and Beyond |url=http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/Senior_Secondary/The_WACE/WACE_Requirements/WACE_Requirements_2012 |publisher=School Curriculum and Standards Authority |access-date=19 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513011823/http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/Senior_Secondary/The_WACE/WACE_Requirements/WACE_Requirements_2012 |archive-date=13 May 2013 }}</ref>