Selective Entry Schools

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How to Apply

A centralised selection process to admit students to the three selective entry schools for the 2010 school year will include a common entrance exam taken by eligible students in June 2009.

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Students eligible to sit the examination

Students in their second year of secondary school at government or non-government schools (usually Year 8), who are either Australian citizens or who have permanent resident status or an appropriate visa are all eligible to sit the entrance examination. 

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Application form for entrance examination

Please note, applications to sit the entrance examination are now closed. 

Applicants who have registered to sit the entrance examination will receive an email confirming their examination details and arrangements, including their student number, times, and location of where the examination will take place. If you have not received this email by Tuesday 9 June, 2009, please contact the Select Entry Unit.

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Entrance examination timelines

2 March 2009     Applications for 2010 entrance open

15 May 2009      Overseas online applications close

29 May 2009      2010 entrance applications close

13 June 2009     Selective entrance examination held

August 2009      Performance reports on the student's selective entrance test sent to parents

August 2009      First round offers made

Sept-Oct 2009   Second and third round offers made

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Place offers

Eligible students are offered places at one of the selective entry schools based on their examination results. There are a limited number of places available to each school and these are highly sought after and competitive places.

A limited number of places will also be offered, based on their examination results, to highly able students who are either Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders, or whose parents hold a Commonwealth Health Care Card or Pension Card.

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More information

  • For further information and in-depth details on the entire application process; what to do if there are changes to your application details; and explanations of the criteria for entry into the selective entry schools, including equity consideration and principal’s discretion entry criteria, see: Selective Entry Information Pack (PDF - 63Kb)
  • For an outline of the process that occurs if your child experiences a problem that stops them from sitting the entrance examination and the form you will need to submit, see: Illness and Misadventure Information (PDF - 22Kb)
  • If you believe your child's performance on the examination has been affected by certain factors please fill out the following form, see: Special Consideration Form (PDF - 22Kb)