Overview
- About 140 Year 12 students learned Augustus instead of Julius Caesar, with the error surfacing days before the external exam.
- The QCAA says schools were told of the 2025 topic more than a year in advance and has confirmed only nine schools were affected after checking all 172 that teach the subject.
- Affected schools lodged whole‑cohort misadventure/AARA applications, and the QCAA will apply extra quality assurance and scale results using students’ 75% internal assessments to avoid disadvantage.
- Some students sat Wednesday’s paper after emergency support sessions and crash materials, with families reporting stress and scheduling clashes with other exams.
- The investigation now examines communications, verification processes, and why a parent’s August alert at Rochedale State High did not trigger a wider check.