This is the assurance that the work produced by a student is their own.

What is an Authenticity Declaration for?

Students work must be their own. In the first term of each year, students are required to sign an authenticity declaration which states all work submitted will be their own.

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There is a process we follow if a student’s work is deemed to be not fully their own. If the outcome upholds the concern after investigating, the student will be awarded a not achieved and will not be able to resit that standard.

Students will be awarded a not achieved grade if:

• There is evidence that they have copied work from another student

• They allowed another student access and potentially copy their work

• Information has been copied from other sources without correctly citing their work 

• They received undue assistance from family, friends, a tutor or a reader-writer 

• There is evidence that AI or assistive technology have been used in a way that compromises the work as being authentically theirs.

You will be required to sign a Student Authenticity Statement at the beginning of each year. This will be stored in a file by the Principal’s Nominee. 

Any work found not to be the student’s own work will result in a ‘not achieved’ grade.

Misconduct

Misconduct, which may include cheating, copying another student’s work, or allowing another student to copy your work will mean no credits will be gained. The student/s involved will also forfeit any opportunity to be reassessed in that Achievement Standard/Unit Standard and the matter will be treated as a serious discipline issue.