If some problem such as sickness or accident prevents a child from taking the test or from doing his or her best, contact the Selective High School and Opportunity Placement Unit for an illness/misadventure form or download the form Illness/misadventure form (pdf 22kb) as soon as possible.

The completed form should be returned to the Unit within 14 days of the test. You should include evidence to support a misadventure claim where possible. You must include a medical certificate if the child was sick or else the selection committee will not be able to consider your claim.

Generally it is better to take the test where possible and make an illness/misadventure claim than to miss the test. All claims for consideration based on illness, must be made through the illness/misadventure process.

Although there is an appeals process which occurs later in the year after the outcome is known, appeals based on illness will be considered only in exceptional circumstances.

Students who miss out on the test for unavoidable reasons such as illness may be considered on their moderated school assessment scores at the discretion of the selection committee. Where neither test scores nor school assessment scores which can be moderated are available, applicants may be considered on the basis of any alternative evidence presented in requested attachments included with the application such as school reports. In some cases applicants will be invited to use the interstate/overseas application procedure.  Interstate and overseas report of academic merit (pdf 284kb).