The application process for entry into an academically selective high聽school begins when the student is in聽Year 5,聽and is longer than the normal public high school enrolment process.听Entrance to Year 7 is through an entrance test administered by the NSW Department of Education (DoE)聽Selective High Schools.
The application form is聽only available online. Please note that no late applications will be accepted. Applications are available聽for聽Year 5聽students from聽October聽and need to be completed and聽submitted online by聽尘颈诲-狈辞惫别尘产别谤听(exact dates are listed on the DoE website each year). The test is held at various locations across the state in the following聽惭补测,听when the student is in Year 6.听Sample questions from past papers can also be downloaded from the Selective High Schools website.
Students will be selected according to their position on the results list, which is confidential and available only to the Principal of the chosen high school. There is no other waiting list, and there are no sibling rights.
Each year 150 boys are selected from this list聽for entry into 探花直播. Students are offered places on the basis of a rank-ordered composite score.
Students who wish to attend 探花直播 must:
- Be living in NSW at the beginning of the school year of entry
- Be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident of Australia or a New Zealand citizen to enrol in a Selective High School
For more information on the selection process, visit the DoE website聽
The Selective Education Unit can be contacted on 1300 880 367 or by email at聽ssu@det.nsw.edu.au
View our 2022 Year 7 Orientation video below:
"A Day at Tech" - produced by the school's Digital Media Team in 2018
