List of selective high schools in New South Wales explained

Below is a list of selective and agricultural high schools run by the NSW Department of Education. Entry to these schools is managed by the department's Selective High School and Opportunity Class Placement Unit. In years before, prospective students sit the Selective High School Test during May when students are in Year 6 (in former years March) and are allocated places at selective schools according to their profile mark, which is out of 300, which comprises both exam and school marks, however there is no more marks being provided to applicants. Students may list up to three preferred selective or agricultural high schools they wish to enter.

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 schools, and also some private schools.

Schools

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Alexandria Park Community SchoolAlexandria7–12Partially
Auburn Girls High SchoolAuburn7–12Partially
Baulkham Hills High SchoolBaulkham Hills7–12Fully
Blacktown Boys High SchoolBlacktown7–12Partially
Blacktown Girls High SchoolBlacktown7–12Partially
Bonnyrigg High SchoolBonnyrigg7–12Partially
Caringbah High SchoolCaringbah7–12Fully
Chatswood High SchoolChatswood7–12Partially
Conservatorium High SchoolSydney central business district7–12Fully
Farrer Memorial Agricultural High SchoolCalala7–12Partial- Agricultural
Fort Street High SchoolPetersham7–12Fully
Girraween High SchoolGirraween7–12Fully
Gorokan High SchoolGorokan7–12 Partially
Gosford High SchoolGosford7–12Fully
Grafton High SchoolGrafton7–12Partially
Granville Boys High SchoolGranville7–12Partially
Hornsby Girls' High SchoolHornsby7–12Fully
Hurlstone Agricultural High SchoolGlenfield7–12Fully- Agricultural
James Ruse Agricultural High SchoolCarlingford7–12Fully- Agricultural
Karabar High SchoolQueanbeyan7–12Partially
Kooringal High SchoolKooringal7–12Partially
Macquarie Fields High SchoolMacquarie Fields7–12Partially
Merewether High SchoolBroadmeadow7–12Fully
Moorebank High SchoolMoorebank7–12Partially
Normanhurst Boys' High SchoolNormanhurst7–12Fully
North Sydney Boys High SchoolCrows Nest7–12Fully
North Sydney Girls High SchoolCrows Nest7–12Fully
Northern Beaches Secondary College, Manly Selective CampusNorth Curl Curl7–12Fully
Parramatta High SchoolParramatta7–12Partially
Peel High SchoolTamworth7–12Partially
Penrith Selective High SchoolPenrith7–12Fully
Prairiewood High SchoolWetherill Park7–12Partially
Rose Bay Secondary CollegeDover Heights7–10Partially
Ryde Secondary CollegeRyde7–12Partially
Sefton High SchoolSefton7–12Partially
Smith's Hill High SchoolWollongong7–12Fully
St George Girls High SchoolKogarah7–12Fully
Sydney Boys High SchoolSurry Hills7–12Fully
Sydney Girls High SchoolSurry Hills7–12Fully
Sydney Secondary College Balmain CampusRozelle7–10Partially
Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay CampusGlebe11–12Partially
Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt CampusLeichhardt7–10Partially
Sydney Technical High SchoolBexley7–12Fully
Tempe High SchoolTempe7–12Partially
Aurora CollegeWestern New South Wales5–12Fully
Yanco Agricultural High SchoolYanco7–12Partial- Agricultural
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.

Creative and performing arts high schools

The New South Wales Department of Education operates creative and performing arts high schools in communities throughout the state for students who wish to work with creative arts when they grow up. These schools aim to foster excellence in creative arts fields while teaching the same core syllabus as other state-run high schools and are accorded a high degree of autonomy by the department in selecting students and teaching staff. The schools boast specialised facilities and equipment and competition for places is acute.

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Campbelltown Performing Arts High SchoolCampbelltown7–12
Conservatorium High SchoolSydney central business district7–12
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High SchoolGuildford7–12
Hunter School of the Performing ArtsBroadmeadow3–12
Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High SchoolNorthmead7–12
Ku-ring-gai High SchoolNorth Turramurra7–12
Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High SchoolPenrith7–12
Newtown High School of the Performing ArtsNewtown7–12
Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsFairy Meadow7–12

Sports high schools

The New South Wales Department of Education operates seven specialist sports high schools in local communities across New South Wales.[1] Each of the schools deliver a comprehensive education to local students and, by application and, based on merit and talent, students are selected to participate in each school's talented sports program.

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7–12
7–12
Hunter Sports High School 7–12
7–12
7–12
7–12
7–12

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: High Performance Schools . Cricket New South Wales . 2019 . 7 July 2019.

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