List of Selective High Schools in New South Wales

List Of Selective High Schools In New South Wales

This is a list of selective and agricultural high schools run by the Department of Education and Communities. Entry to these schools is managed centrally by the department's Selective High School and Opportunity Class Placement Unit. Prospective students sit the Selective High Schools Test (typically in March of Year 6) and are allocated places at schools according to their profile mark, out of 300, which comprises both exam and school marks. Students may list up to four preferred schools.

A number of other government and non-government high schools also select their students based on merit; these include, for example Creative and performing arts high schools in New South Wales, and some private schools.

Recently, there had been establishment of an extra 630 places for selective schools designated for Year 7 enrolment for 2010, located in South-West Sydney, Western Sydney and in regional NSW, as well as virtual selective schools in Western NSW. This has increased the number of places to 4152 and the number of selective schools to 46.

School Suburb or Town Years Founded Became Selective Selective Status Website
Alexandria Park Community School Alexandria 7-12 ???? 2005 Partially website
Auburn Girls High School Auburn 7-12 1960 2013 Partially website
Baulkham Hills High School Baulkham Hills 7-12 1971 1990 Fully website
Blacktown Boys High School Blacktown 7-12 1959 2010 Partially website
Blacktown Girls High School Blacktown 7-12 ???? 2010 Partially website
Bonnyrigg High School Bonnyrigg 7-12 1961 2010 Partially website
Caringbah High School Caringbah 7-12 1961 1989 Fully website
Chatswood High School Chatswood 7-12 1959 2002 Partially website
Duval High School Armidale 7-12 ???? 2010 Partially website
Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School Calala 7-12 1939 ???? Agricultural website
Fort Street High School Petersham 7-12 1849 ???? Fully website
Girraween High School Girraween 7-12 1976 1989 Fully website
Gorokan High School Gorokan 7-12 1976 2009 Partially website
Gosford High School Gosford 7-12 1928 1989 Fully website
Grafton High School Grafton 7-12 ???? 2010 Partially website
Granville Boys High School Granville 7-12 ???? 2013 Partially website
Hornsby Girls' High School Hornsby 7-12 1930 1994 Fully website
Hurlstone Agricultural High School Glenfield 7-12 1907 1907 Agricultural website
James Ruse Agricultural High School Carlingford 7-12 1958 1969 Agricultural website
Karabar High School Queanbeyan 7-12 ???? 2010 Partially website
Kooringal High School Kooringal 7-12 1973 2010 Partially website
Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields 7-12 1981 1989 Partially website
Merewether High School Broadmeadow 7-12 1976 1989 Fully website
Moorebank High School Moorebank 7-12 1971 2010 Partially website
Normanhurst Boys' High School Normanhurst 7-12 1958 1994 Fully website
North Sydney Boys High School Crows Nest 7-12 1915 ???? Fully website
North Sydney Girls High School Crows Nest 7-12 1914 ???? Fully website
NBSC: Manly Selective Campus1 North Curl Curl 7-12 1859/1954 1990 Fully website
Parramatta High School Parramatta 7-12 1913 2010 Partially website
Peel High School Tamworth 7-12 1976 2010 Partially website
Penrith High School Penrith 7-12 1950 1990 Fully website
Prairiewood High School Wetherill Park 7-12 1985 2010 Partially website
Rose Bay Secondary College Dover Heights 7-10 20032 2005 Partially website
Ryde Secondary College3 Ryde 7-12 1965 2002 Partially website
Sefton High School Sefton 7-12 1962 ???? Partially website
Smith's Hill High School Wollongong 7-12 1905 1988 Fully website
St George Girls High School Kogarah 7-12 1916 ???? Fully website
Sydney Boys High School Surry Hills 7-12 1883 ???? Fully website
Sydney Girls High School Surry Hills 7-12 1883 1883 Fully website
Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus Rozelle 7-10 2002 2002 Partially website
Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus Glebe 11-12 2002 2002 Partially website
Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus Leichhardt 7-10 2002 2002 Partially website
Sydney Technical High School Bexley 7-12 1911 1911 Fully website
Tempe High School Tempe 7-12 ???? 2005 Partially website
Virtual Selective Class Provision Western New South Wales TBA 2010 2010 Fully TBA
Yanco Agricultural High School Yanco 7-12 1922 ???? Agricultural website

1 Previously known as Manly Boys High School (1954 - 1983) and Manly High School (1983 - 2002).
2 Year of amalgamation of Dover Heights High School and Vaucluse High School.
3 Previously known as Malvina High School (1965-2001) and foundation year for selective stream.

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