History
The first government selective high schools in NSW were established in the nineteenth century. They included Sydney High School (now Sydney Boys High School and Sydney Girls High School), Bathurst High School, Fort Street High School, Goulburn High School and Penrith High School.
In 2010, 14 more comprehensive high schools will become partially selective, with one or more classes of selective students, and a "virtual school" bringing together a single class of students from regional NSW.
There are currently 30 selective government high schools, including 17 fully selective high schools, 25 partially selective high schools (high schools with both selective and comprehensive classes) and 4 selective agricultural high schools. Of the 42, 36 are located in metropolitan Sydney.
A new initiative exists to create a "Virtual" Selective High School to cater for students in rural areas in Western NSW, known as xsel. The school is based in Dubbo. Students enrolled at xsel base themselves at their local high school, utilise a range of technologies to access more fast-paced lessons delivered by video and interact with each other, and attend a residential program based in Dubbo on a yearly basis.
Read more about this topic: Selective School (New South Wales)
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