Queensland school leavers receive first ATAR results after a difficult year of the coronavirus pandemic

Thousands of Queensland year 12 graduates are eagerly awaiting the results of their final year of schooling this morning, with the cohort the first in the state to receive Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) scores.

The grade dubbed the “guinea pig cohort” was the first to experience year 7 at secondary school and had many traditional graduating events adapted to suit coronavirus safety measures.

The class of 2020 was the first full cohort to attend prep, the first year 7s at high school,…