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 School Location Years Selective status Alexandria Park Community School Alexandria 7–12 Partially Auburn Girls High School Auburn 7–12 Partially Baulkham Hills High School Baulkham Hills 7–12 Fully Blacktown Boys High School Blacktown 7–12 Partially Blacktown Girls High School Blacktown 7–12 Partially Bonnyrigg High School Bonnyrigg 7–12 Partially Caringbah High School Caringbah 7–12 Fully Chatswood High School Chatswood 7–12 Partially Conservatorium High School Sydney central business district 7–12 Fully Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School Calala 7–12 Partial- Agricultural Fort Street High School Petersham 7–12 Fully Girraween High School Girraween 7–12 Fully Gorokan High School Gorokan 7–12 Partially Gosford High School Gosford 7–12 Fully Grafton High School Grafton 7–12 Partially Granville Boys High School Granville 7–12 Partially Hornsby Girls' High School Hornsby 7–12 Fully Hurlstone Agricultural High School Glenfield 7–12 Fully- Agricultural James Ruse Agricultural High School Carlingford 7–12 Fully- Agricultural Karabar High School Queanbeyan 7–12 Partially Kooringal High School Kooringal 7–12 Partially Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields 7–12 Partially Merewether High School Broadmeadow 7–12 Fully Moorebank High School Moorebank 7–12 Partially Normanhurst Boys High School Normanhurst 7–12 Fully North Sydney Boys High School Crows Nest 7–12 Fully North Sydney Girls High School Crows Nest 7–12 Fully Northern Beaches Secondary College, Manly Selective Campus North Curl Curl 7–12 Fully Parramatta High School Parramatta 7–12 Partially Peel High School Tamworth 7–12 Partially Penrith Selective High School Penrith 7–12 Fully Prairiewood High School Wetherill Park 7–12 Partially Rose Bay Secondary College Dover Heights 7–10 Partially Ryde Secondary College Ryde 7–12 Partially Sefton High School Sefton 7–12 Partially Smith's Hill High School Wollongong 7–12 Fully St George Girls High School Kogarah 7–12 Fully Sydney Boys High School Moore Park 7–12 Fully Sydney Girls High School Moore Park 7–12 Fully Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus Rozelle 7–10 Partially Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus Glebe 11–12 Partially Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus Leichhardt 7–10 Partially Sydney Technical High School Bexley 7–12 Fully Tempe High School Tempe 7–12 Partially Aurora College Western New South Wales 5–12 Fully Yanco Agricultural High School Yanco 7–12 Partial- 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.

School Location Years Campbelltown Performing Arts High School Campbelltown 7–12 Conservatorium High School Sydney central business district 7–12 Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design Dulwich Hill 7–12 Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School Guildford 7–12 Hunter School of the Performing Arts Broadmeadow 3–12 Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School Northmead 7–12 Ku-ring-gai High School North Turramurra 7–12 Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School Penrith 7–12 Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Newtown 7–12 Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Fairy Meadow 7–12

Sports high schools The New South Wales Department of Education operates seven specialist sports high schools in local communities across New South Wales. 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.

School Location Years Endeavour Sports High School Caringbah 7–12 Hills Sports High School 7–12 Hunter Sports High School 7–12 Illawarra Sports High School 7–12 Matraville Sports High School 7–12 Narrabeen Sports High School North Narrabeen 7–12 Westfields Sports High School 7–12

See also

Selective school (New South Wales) List of schools in New South Wales

References