Years 7 & 9 – 2026 NAPLAN Testing
Letter from the Director of Curriculum & NESA Accreditation
27 February 2026
Dear Year 7 and 9 Parents/Carers
National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy 2026
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2026 for Years 7 and 9 students will be held in March. NAPLAN tests assess student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.
All students are expected to participate in the NAPLAN tests. During the test window, catch-up tests will be available for individual students who are absent on test days.
NAPLAN will be run in an online format. NAPLAN Online will provide better assessment, more precise results and faster turnaround of information. NAPLAN Online features ‘tailored testing’ which gives students questions that are more suited to their ability – resulting in better assessment and more precise results. Support can be arranged for students with disabilities if the student regularly uses similar support for classroom assessment tasks.
The College will administer NAPLAN in Week 7 and 8 of this term. The testing will start on Wednesday 11 March to Tuesday 17 March. Below is our timetable for this testing period.
| Date | NAPLAN Test | Year 9 | Year 7 |
| Wednesday 11/3 | Writing (42 minutes) | Period 1 | Period 3 |
| Friday 13/3 | Reading (65 minutes) | Period 1 + 2 | Period 3 + 4 |
| Monday 16/3 | Conventions of Language (42 minutes) | Period 1 | Period 3 |
| Tuesday 17/3 | Numeracy (65 minutes) | Period 1 + 2 | Period 3 + 4 |
| Thursday 19/3 | Catch up testing |
To ensure test security and to prevent student access to the internet and spell-check applications during NAPLAN Online, your son will install the NAPLAN Lockdown Browser on his laptop on the first day of testing. All students are required to have a fully charged laptop and bring headphones for each of the tests.
Later in the year, you will receive your child’s personal NAPLAN report. The report will describe your child’s particular skills in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. The report will also show how your child performed in relation to national minimum standards. More information about the tests is available NAPLAN Online – information for parents and carers
Kind regards
Ms Monique Brame
Director of Curriculum and NESA Accreditation