NSW Selective & Partially Selective High Schools

NSW selective schools
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Profiles of 24 NSW fully and partially selective public high schools — what makes each one distinctive, where it is, and how to apply via the Year 6 Selective Placement Test.

16 fully selective 8 partially selective Entry via Year 6 Placement Test
Official source: The complete and current list of NSW selective high schools — including enrolment numbers and application information — is published on the NSW Department of Education website. Always confirm school status and application process there.
Fully selective schools

Fully selective public high schools

All students in these schools are selected via the NSW Selective High School Placement Test. There are no local-catchment or comprehensive enrolments.

Fully Selective · Western Sydney James Ruse Agricultural High School Carlingford, NSW Fully Selective · Hills District Baulkham Hills High School Baulkham Hills, NSW Fully Selective · North Shore North Sydney Boys High School North Sydney, NSW Fully Selective · North Shore North Sydney Girls High School North Sydney, NSW Fully Selective · Inner Sydney Sydney Boys High School Moore Park, NSW Fully Selective · Inner Sydney Sydney Girls High School Surry Hills, NSW Fully Selective · Upper North Shore Hornsby Girls High School Hornsby, NSW Fully Selective · Western Sydney / Parramatta Girraween High School Girraween, NSW Fully Selective · Inner West Fort Street High School Petersham, NSW Fully Selective · Upper North Shore Normanhurst Boys High School Normanhurst, NSW Fully Selective · South Sydney Sydney Technical High School Bexley, NSW Fully Selective · St George St George Girls High School Kogarah, NSW Fully Selective · Sutherland Shire Caringbah High School Caringbah, NSW Fully Selective · Illawarra Smith's Hill High School Wollongong, NSW Fully Selective · Central Coast Gosford High School Gosford, NSW Fully Selective · Northern Beaches Manly Selective Campus (Northern Beaches Secondary College) Manly, NSW
Partially selective schools

Partially selective public high schools

These schools have a selective stream alongside their regular comprehensive enrolment. Selective-stream students are placed via the same Year 6 Placement Test.

Partially Selective · Western Sydney Penrith High School Penrith, NSW Partially Selective · Clarence Valley / Northern NSW Grafton High School Grafton, NSW Partially Selective · New England / North-West NSW Tamworth High School Tamworth, NSW Partially Selective · New England Armidale High School Armidale, NSW Partially Selective · South-Western Sydney Bonnyrigg High School Bonnyrigg, NSW Partially Selective · South-Western Sydney Prairiewood High School Wetherill Park, NSW Partially Selective · Western Sydney / Canterbury-Bankstown Sefton High School Sefton, NSW Partially Selective · St George Kogarah High School Kogarah, NSW
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