NSW · Selective & OC schools
NSW selective high schools and opportunity classes
Every NSW public school with a Year 7 selective intake or a Year 5 opportunity class, with the facts the Department of Education publishes: type, places, address and the Department’s own notes. Schools are grouped by type and listed alphabetically. There are no scores here, because the Department publishes none.
Details checked 15 September 2026 against the Department’s selective high schools list (updated 10 September 2026) and opportunity classes list (updated 23 July 2026).
- 135
- Schools with a Year 7 selective or Year 5 OC intake
- 4,338
- Year 7 selective places across NSW, including Aurora College
- 1,840
- Year 5 opportunity class places in 2027
Fully selective high schools (17)
- Baulkham Hills High SchoolBaulkham Hills
- Caringbah High SchoolCaringbah
- Fort Street High SchoolPetersham
- Girraween High SchoolGirraween
- Gosford High SchoolGosford
- Hornsby Girls High SchoolHornsby
- Merewether High SchoolBroadmeadow
- Normanhurst Boys High SchoolNormanhurst
- North Sydney Boys High SchoolCrows Nest
- North Sydney Girls High SchoolCrows Nest
- Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly CampusNorth Curl Curl
- Penrith High SchoolPenrith
- Smiths Hill High SchoolWollongong
- St George Girls High SchoolKogarah
- Sydney Boys High SchoolSurry Hills
- Sydney Girls High SchoolSurry Hills
- Sydney Technical High SchoolBexley
Partially selective high schools (26)
- Alexandria Park Community SchoolAlexandria
- Armidale Secondary CollegeArmidale
- Auburn Girls High SchoolAuburn
- Blacktown Boys High SchoolBlacktown
- Blacktown Girls High SchoolBlacktown
- Bonnyrigg High SchoolBonnyrigg
- Chatswood High SchoolChatswood
- Elizabeth Macarthur High SchoolNarellan Vale
- Gorokan High SchoolGorokan
- Grafton High SchoolGrafton
- Granville Boys High SchoolGranville
- Karabar High SchoolQueanbeyan
- Kooringal High SchoolKooringal
- Leppington High SchoolLeppington
- Macquarie Fields High SchoolMacquarie Fields
- Moorebank High SchoolMoorebank
- Parramatta High SchoolParramatta
- Peel High SchoolTamworth
- Prairiewood High SchoolWetherill Park
- Richmond Agricultural CollegeRichmond
- Rose Bay Secondary CollegeDover Heights
- Ryde Secondary CollegeRyde
- Sefton High SchoolSefton
- Sydney Secondary College Balmain CampusRozelle
- Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt CampusLeichhardt
- Tempe High SchoolTempe
Agricultural high schools (4)
Aurora College (online classes) (1)
Schools with an opportunity class (88)
- Alexandria Park Community SchoolAlexandria
- Alstonville Public SchoolAlstonville
- Armidale City Public SchoolArmidale
- Artarmon Public SchoolArtarmon
- Ashfield Public SchoolAshfield
- Balgowlah Heights Public SchoolBalgowlah
- Balmain Public SchoolBalmain
- Bathurst West Public SchoolBathurst
- Beecroft Public SchoolBeecroft
- Biraban Public SchoolToronto
- Blacktown South Public SchoolBlacktown
- Blacktown West Public SchoolBlacktown
- Blaxcell Street Public SchoolGranville
- Blaxland East Public SchoolBlaxland East
- Bradbury Public SchoolBradbury
- Brookvale Public SchoolBrookvale
- Camden South Public SchoolCamden
- Caringbah North Public SchoolCaringbah
- Casula Public SchoolCasula
- Cessnock West Public SchoolCessnock
- Chatswood Public SchoolChatswood
- Colyton Public SchoolMount Druitt
- Coonabarabran Public SchoolCoonabarabran
- Cudgegong Valley Public SchoolMudgee
- Doonside Public SchoolDoonside
- Dubbo West Public SchoolDubbo
- Dural Public SchoolDural
- Earlwood Public SchoolEarlwood
- Ermington Public SchoolWest Ryde
- Georges Hall Public SchoolGeorges Hall
- Glenbrook Public SchoolGlenbrook
- Goonellabah Public SchoolGoonellabah
- Gosford Public SchoolWest Gosford
- Goulburn West Public SchoolGoulburn
- Greenacre Public SchoolGreenacre
- Greystanes Public SchoolGreystanes
- Guildford West Public SchoolGuildford West
- Harrington Street Public SchoolCabramatta
- Holsworthy Public SchoolHolsworthy
- Hurstville Public SchoolHurstville
- Illaroo Road Public SchoolNowra
- Ironbark Ridge Public SchoolRouse Hill
- Jewells Primary SchoolJewells
- Kingswood Public SchoolKingswood
- Leumeah Public SchoolLeumeah
- Lindfield East Public SchoolEast Lindfield
- Lithgow Public SchoolLithgow
- Maroubra Junction Public SchoolMaroubra
- Maryland Public SchoolMaryland
- Matthew Pearce Public SchoolBaulkham Hills
- Miranda Public SchoolMiranda
- Mona Vale Public SchoolMona Vale
- Moree Public SchoolMoree
- Moss Vale Public SchoolMoss Vale
- Neutral Bay Public SchoolNeutral Bay
- New Lambton South Public SchoolNew Lambton
- Newbridge Heights Public SchoolChipping Norton
- North Rocks Public SchoolNorth Rocks
- Penrith Public SchoolPenrith
- Picnic Point Public SchoolPicnic Point
- Port Macquarie Public SchoolPort Macquarie
- Quakers Hill Public SchoolQuakers Hill
- Queanbeyan South Public SchoolQueanbeyan
- Richmond Public SchoolRichmond
- Rutherford Public SchoolRutherford
- Ryde Public SchoolRyde
- Smithfield Public SchoolSmithfield
- Soldiers Point Public SchoolSoldiers Point
- South Grafton Public SchoolSouth Grafton
- St Andrews Public SchoolSt Andrews
- St Clair Public SchoolSt Clair
- St Johns Park Public SchoolSt Johns Park
- Sturt Public SchoolWagga Wagga
- Summer Hill Public SchoolSummer Hill
- Sutherland Public SchoolSutherland
- Tahmoor Public SchoolTahmoor
- Tamworth Public SchoolTamworth
- Tamworth South Public SchoolTamworth
- Tighes Hill Public SchoolTighes Hill
- Toongabbie Public SchoolToongabbie
- Toormina Public SchoolToormina
- Wahroonga Public SchoolWahroonga
- Waitara Public SchoolWahroonga
- Wentworth Falls Public SchoolWentworth Falls
- Wilkins Public SchoolMarrickville
- Wollongong Public SchoolWollongong
- Woollahra Public SchoolWoollahra
- Wyong Public SchoolWyong
Alexandria Park Community School and Aurora College take both Year 7 selective and Year 5 opportunity class students, so they appear in two groups. Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus is on the Department’s selective list but teaches Years 11 and 12 only, with no Year 7 places, so it has no page here.
Looking for a minimum mark? The Department publishes none for any school. Here’s what families receive instead.
Sources and licence
- NSW Department of Education, Selective high schools list (last updated 10 September 2026)
- NSW Department of Education, Opportunity classes list (last updated 23 July 2026)
- NSW Department of Education, Selective high school and opportunity class outcomes
- NSW Department of Education, Choosing your schools (last updated 18 June 2026)
- NSW Department of Education, Fair access (last updated 20 February 2026)
- NSW Department of Education, Selective high school practice tests (last updated 20 March 2026)
- Data.NSW, NSW public schools master dataset (extracted 4 September 2026)
Contains information © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), licensed under CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the Department’s lists and joined them to the master dataset. Hootbrook is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NSW Department of Education.