Tens of thousands of Victorian students receive ATAR following ...

Tens of thousands of Victorian students have received their VCE results this morning, after a year marred by publishing errors from the authority running the exams.

The end of the road for the class of 2024 comes after a series of exam bungles that left 69 students showing "anomalous results", according to the Victorian government.

Prior to this year's exams, it was revealed that a production error had allowed some students to access questions that were very similar to what appeared on the real tests.

A total of 65 exams were impacted by the blunder.

It was the third year in a row of errors by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) during the examination process, with typos and errors found on exam papers in past years.

An independent monitor will supervise the VCE in 2025 following this year's errors. (Unsplash: Antoine Dautry/CC licence)

Education Minister Ben Carroll said VCE students should not worry about their results being tainted by the error.

"This is an important milestone in their education journey. They can rest assured that these results they receive are accurate, fair and reliable," he said.

"I wish I could go back and eliminate that publishing error. We can't, but I can make sure it's eliminated for next year."

Ben Carroll has vowed to restore confidence in the exam process to parents and students. (ABC News: Nico White)

Mr Carroll said students should not feel like anyone had been disadvantaged by the process and there was an opportunity to appeal.

"But always just remember, this is just one pathway and there's lots of opportunities either in the workforce, a gap year or training and the most important thing is to keep up lifelong learning," he said.

'I'll never be in maths class again'

For Braybrook College student Xiao Lynn Chia, the end of year 12 is bittersweet.

"It's quite odd to acknowledge that I'll never be in maths class again, but it's also relieving," she said.

For her VCE, she studied psychology, English, mathematical methods, specialist mathematics, physics and theatre studies and achieved an ATAR score of 99.

Xiao Lynn Chia and her family were delighted when her results came through this morning. (ABC News)

The 17-year-old said she hoped to enrol in a Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne and major in civil engineering.

Although most of Ms Chia's subjects were not impacted by the exam blunders, she said the incident was "irresponsible" and "unfair" on students who had worked hard ahead the exams.

"There isn't really a way to fully remedy this and I just hope that this won't happen again," she said.

Xiao Lynn Chia was proud of her ATAR score of 99. (ABC News: Tara Whitchurch)

Ms Chia said completing psychology as an accelerated subject in years 10 and 11 had helped her prepare for year 12

"It was definitely a big adjustment having the bigger pressure of having all of things you're doing throughout the year actually contribute to your end of year school," she said.

"It was stressful but manageable for me."

She said she often tapped into her creative outlets to ease the pressures that came with her final year of high school.

Xiao Lynn Chia says she balanced the stress of exam study with making stuffed animals. (Supplied)

"I have this running joke with my friends where every time I feel like I've studied a bit too much for an upcoming test …. I would make some sort of stuffed animal project."

Ms Chia said she was looking forward to the next phase of her life, but for now she was focused on finding a job and catching up with her mates over the summer.

"It's really easy to forget that whatever you want to do, it can happen if you find a way or if you work hard enough," she said.

"And even if you don't get what you wanted to begin with, there's still other things that can make you just as happy."

Student prepares for 'surreal' step forward after years of study

Among those students who completed the VCE was McClelland College student Steph Armstrong, who brought home an ATAR of 95.55.

For her VCE exams, Ms Armstrong took mainstream English, English literature, philosophy, history revolutions and a university enhancement subject in Aboriginal studies and anthropology at La Trobe University.

McClelland College student Steph Armstrong says she's "really happy" with her result. (Supplied)

She hopes to enrol in a double Bachelor of Arts at Monash University, focused on media and communications.

"I'm super happy with the result, it's an indication of all my hard work from the year," she said.

"I'm really happy."

Outside of school, she helped organise a colour run in honour of the late Labor MP Peta Murphy who died last year after a years-long battle with breast cancer.

"Peta Murphy was our local MP … she championed a lot of local issues in parliament and really spoke up for our local community," Ms Armstrong said.

"It was really tragic when she passed away … she did have a massive impact on the wider community and honouring her and holding space for that grief was really important for us."

Ms Armstrong said she was looking forward to taking some time off to relax before embarking on her university career.

"It's relieving but also it does feel kind of strange, especially because it has been such a large part of my life across the past three years," she said.

"It's really weird to have my ATAR looming over my head for so long and it really is sort of only one day and then it doesn't really matter, so that part is sort of surreal."

State sees similar ATAR performance to last year

Of the 75,851 students who sat exams this year, 47,461 students completed the VCE.

The average ATAR for this year's cohort is 69.52, up slightly from 69.41 last year.

A total of 41 students achieved the highest possible rank of 99.95, compared to 39 last year.

In a statement, the CEO of the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) Teresa Tjia congratulated all year 12 students.

"Your dedication, perseverance, and hard work have brought you to this moment, and VTAC wishes you every success in the exciting journey ahead," she said.

"The results you have received today are only part of the story … take pride in these accomplishments and keep developing your unique capabilities."