Editing Comprehensive school (section)

== Australia ==
{{see also|Education in Australia}}
When the first comprehensive schools appeared in the 1950s, the [[Government of Australia|Australian Government]] started to transition to comprehensive schooling which has been expanding and improving ever since. Prior to the transition into comprehensive schooling systems, primary and secondary state schools regularly measured students' academic merit based on their performance in public examinations.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Barcan|first=Alan|date=2007|title=Comprehensive Secondary Schools in Australia: a View from Newcastle, New South Wales|url=http://www.erpjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ERPV34-1_Barcan-A.-2007.-Comprehensive-secondary-schools.pdf|journal=Education Research and Perspectives, University of Newcastle, NSW|volume=34|pages=136–178|access-date=24 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101014025/http://www.erpjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ERPV34-1_Barcan-A.-2007.-Comprehensive-secondary-schools.pdf|archive-date=1 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The state of [[Western Australia]] was the first to replace selective school systems, then [[Queensland]], and finally [[South Australia]] and [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Bill 2008|last=Harrington|first=Marylin|journal=Bills Digest|publisher=Social Policy Section|year=2008|issn=1328-8091|location=National Curriculum|pages=1–19}}</ref>

The Australian education system is organised through three compulsory school types. Students commence their education in Primary school, which runs for seven or eight years, starting at kindergarten through to Year 6 or 7. The next is Secondary school which runs for three or four years, from Year 7 or 8 to Year 10. Finally, Senior Secondary school which runs for two years, completing Years 11 and 12.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/english/australian-education/education-system|title=Education system overview|last=Technology|first=Elcom|website=studyinaustralia.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2017-10-24|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930200146/https://www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/english/australian-education/education-system|url-status=dead}}</ref> Each school tier follows a comprehensive curriculum that is categorised into sequences for each Year-level. The Year-level follows specific sequence content and achievement for each subject, which can be interrelated through cross-curricula.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/|title=F-10 curriculum|website=australiancurriculum.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref> In order for students to complete and graduate each tier-level of schooling, they need to complete the subject sequences of content and achievement. Once students have completed Year 12, they may choose to enter into [[Tertiary education in Australia|Tertiary education]]. The two-tier Tertiary education system in Australia includes both [[higher education]] (i.e.: university, college, other institutions) and [[vocational education]] and training (VET). Higher education works off of the [[Australian Qualifications Framework]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/education-and-training/higher-education|title=Higher education {{!}} australia.gov.au|last=Agency|first=Digital Transformation|website=australia.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref> and prepares Australians for an academic route that may take them into the theoretical and philosophical lenses of their career options.