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
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.

		Intro	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
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.

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