Wilston State School students in Years 3 – 6 are invited to participate in the world-renowned ICAS Competitions this year.  ICAS is developed by UNSW Global, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of New South Wales, with over 35 years’ experience in educational assessments. 

Please note that while ICAS testing takes place at school, it is administered by an external organisation and incurs a cost. Participation is entirely optional and based on parent decision.

What is ICAS?

ICAS is an online academic competition that gives students the opportunity to challenge their higher order thinking and problem-solving skills.

Every student who participates is recognised with a printed certificate in each subject area, and an online results report. Top performers are eligible for one of the highly coveted ICAS medals. We would like to provide all students the opportunity to participate, however, please note, these tests have a very high level of difficulty.

 To learn more about this year’s exciting ICAS competition, visit: (icasassessments.com/products-icas/)

Wilston State School will provide the opportunity to sit the tests for English, Mathematics and Science.

Testing dates are:

Tests will be conducted during school hours in the school hall on the nominated dates above. Times will be advised when we have processed student numbers. Students can nominate to participate in all tests or only in the ones they prefer.

How to participate in ICAS  

If you wish for your child to participate in ICAS this year, please go to the Parent Portal to sign up to your chosen subject areas using the link and code below.  Each test has a cost of $20.95

Registration for all subject areas closes on Monday 28 July at 11:59pm. No orders will be processed after this time.

1. Go to parent portal
2. Enter our school’s access code – MCS019
3. Enter your child’s details, select the tests you would like to purchase, then proceed to payment.

Please note:  This registration link and code is intended for Wilston State School Students only. If this code is used to register a student for a test that has not been endorsed by Wilston State School, the student will be unable to sit the test even if registration has been paid.

We cannot facilitate refunds or make alterations as all money is paid directly to ICAS Assessments. Unfortunately, if your child is absent on the day of the test, a catch-up cannot be accommodated.

After payment is made via the Parent Payment System, you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records. 

We will send home paper copies of student results once the school has received them. You can access the results once released via the Reports Portal using the TAP ID and pin found on the back of the ICAS certificate. 

We are proud to be offering ICAS to our students this year and encourage you to consider entering your child. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions.  

Read the terms and conditions here: (icasassessments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-ICAS-Assessments-Schools-TsCs_S2023.V6-1.pdf). 

Privacy collection statement  
The following information is a privacy notification about how your child’s data is kept private and secure.

ICAS Assessment is owned by Janison Solutions Pty Ltd (We, Us, Our).

To deliver assessment products, Janison will require your child’s School to obtain your consent to provide Janison with certain personal information of students. Janison will collect, store, use, disclose and otherwise deal with such personal information in accordance with its privacy policy (below). We are aware of our responsibility to protect personal information related to children and students from being disclosed when we deliver an ICAS Assessments product. Unless you, as the child’s legal guardian consents, we will not:

• collect any personal information or data of children other than the information we need for the successful completion of an assessment, test, or exam.
• transfer any personal information we obtain from a child in the delivery of assessments and tests to any jurisdiction outside of Australia.
• share any personal information relating to children with any third parties (except for those third parties necessary for us to carry out our Services or provide our Products e.g., medal engraving).
• use any personal information or data relating to children for marketing purposes.

You can view our full privacy policy at https://www.janison.com/privacy-policy/.

We may retain personal information and data relevant to a child for their future purposes or for research purposes by Janison for the duration of the school life cycle of the child. However, if you or your child at any time wish to have their personal information or data removed from our systems, they or you may opt out by simply contacting our Privacy Officer at privacy@janison.com or by contacting icasassessments@janison.com.