Selective schools and OC classes: places for 2027
4,338 Year 7 places in selective high schools and 1,840 Year 5 places in opportunity classes, each school with its places for girls and boys. Find the schools near you and put them in order.
All 48 on the NSW list
Baulkham Hills High School
180placesFully selectiveBaulkham HillsGirls and boys
Places: 90 boys, 90 girls
Gosford High School
180placesFully selectiveGosfordGirls and boys
Places: 90 boys, 90 girls
Hurlstone Agricultural High School
180placesAgriculturalGlenfieldGirls and boys
Day places: 75 boys, 75 girlsBoarding places: 15 boys, 15 girls
A boarder cannot automatically transfer to a day place.
Merewether High School
180placesFully selectiveBroadmeadowGirls and boys
Places: 90 boys, 90 girls
Sydney Boys High School
180placesFully selectiveSurry HillsBoys
Places: 180 boys
Sydney Girls High School
180placesFully selectiveSurry HillsGirls
Places: 180 girls
Caringbah High School
150placesFully selectiveCaringbahGirls and boys
Places: 75 boys, 75 girls
Fort Street High School
150placesFully selectivePetershamGirls and boys
Places: 75 boys, 75 girls
North Sydney Boys High School
150placesFully selectiveCrows NestBoys
Places: 150 boys
North Sydney Girls High School
150placesFully selectiveCrows NestGirls
Places: 150 girls
Penrith High School
150placesFully selectivePenrithGirls and boys
Places: 75 boys, 75 girls
St George Girls High School
150placesFully selectiveKogarahGirls
Places: 150 girls
Sydney Technical High School
150placesFully selectiveBexleyBoys
Places: 150 boys
Girraween High School
120placesFully selectiveGirraweenGirls and boys
Places: 60 boys, 60 girls
Hornsby Girls High School
120placesFully selectiveHornsbyGirls
Places: 120 girls
James Ruse Agricultural High School
120placesAgriculturalCarlingfordGirls and boys
Places: 60 boys, 60 girls
Normanhurst Boys High School
120placesFully selectiveNormanhurstBoys
Places: 120 boys
Northern Beaches Secondary College, Manly campus
120placesFully selectiveNorth Curl CurlGirls and boys
Places: 60 boys, 60 girls
Smiths Hill High School
120placesFully selectiveWollongongGirls and boys
Places: 60 boys, 60 girls
Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School
110placesAgriculturalTamworthBoys
Day places: 50 boysBoarding places: 60 boys
Boys only. For boarding places, apply to the school directly.
Aurora College
90placesOnline (Aurora College)Online classes from a rural or remote host high schoolGirls and boys
Places: 45 boys, 45 girls
Only for students enrolled at a rural or remote Aurora College host high school.
Macquarie Fields High School
90placesPartially selectiveMacquarie FieldsGirls and boys
Places: 45 boys, 45 girls
Sefton High School
88placesPartially selectiveSeftonGirls and boys
Places: 44 boys, 44 girls
Bonnyrigg High School
60placesPartially selectiveBonnyriggGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Chatswood High School
60placesPartially selectiveChatswoodGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Elizabeth Macarthur High School
60placesPartially selectiveNarellan ValeGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Moorebank High School
60placesPartially selectiveMoorebankGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Parramatta High School
60placesPartially selectiveParramattaGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Prairiewood High School
60placesPartially selectiveWetherill ParkGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Rose Bay Secondary College
60placesPartially selectiveDover HeightsGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Targeted places for Aboriginal students.
Ryde Secondary College
60placesPartially selectiveRydeGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Sydney Secondary College, Balmain Campus
60placesPartially selectiveRozelleGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Years 7 to 10; students generally move to the Blackwattle Bay Campus for Years 11 and 12.
Sydney Secondary College, Leichhardt Campus
60placesPartially selectiveLeichhardtGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Years 7 to 10; students generally move to the Blackwattle Bay Campus for Years 11 and 12.
Tempe High School
60placesPartially selectiveTempeGirls and boys
Places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Targeted places for Aboriginal students.
Yanco Agricultural High School
60placesAgriculturalYancoGirls and boys
Boarding places: 30 boys, 30 girls
Boarding places only. Apply to the school directly.
Alexandria Park Community School
30placesPartially selectiveAlexandriaGirls and boys
Places: 15 boys, 15 girls
Targeted places for Aboriginal students.
Armidale Secondary College
30placesPartially selectiveArmidaleGirls and boys
Places: 15 boys, 15 girls
Auburn Girls High School
30placesPartially selectiveAuburnGirls
Places: 30 girls
Blacktown Boys High School
30placesPartially selectiveBlacktownBoys
Places: 30 boys
Blacktown Girls High School
30placesPartially selectiveBlacktownGirls
Places: 30 girls
Gorokan High School
30placesPartially selectiveGorokanGirls and boys
Places: 15 boys, 15 girls
Grafton High School
30placesPartially selectiveGraftonGirls and boys
Places: 15 boys, 15 girls
Granville Boys High School
30placesPartially selectiveGranvilleBoys
Places: 30 boys
Karabar High School
30placesPartially selectiveQueanbeyanGirls and boys
Places: 15 boys, 15 girls
Kooringal High School
30placesPartially selectiveKooringalGirls and boys
Places: 15 boys, 15 girls
Leppington High School
30placesPartially selectiveRickard Rd LeppingtonGirls and boys
Places: 15 boys, 15 girls
Provisional name of a new school scheduled to open in 2027.
Peel High School
30placesPartially selectiveTamworthGirls and boys
Places: 15 boys, 15 girls
Richmond Agricultural College
30placesPartially selectiveRichmondGirls and boys
Places: 15 boys, 15 girls
Taught across two campuses with Richmond High School. Selective-stream students must study agriculture.
Where the numbers come from
- NSW list of selective high schools and places: places for boys and girls at each school from 2027, including boarding places.
- NSW list of opportunity classes and places: Year 5 places at each school in 2027. In a 15-place class, 7 places go to boys, 7 to girls and 1 on merit.
- NSW guide to choosing your schools: how many schools you can list and how offers follow your order.
- NSW fair access rules: equal places for girls and boys and the Equity Placement Model, which holds up to 20% of places for under-represented groups.
- Selective and OC reserve list bands.
Checked 26 September 2026. The rows add up to the Department's own totals (4,338 and 1,840). Places can change, so check the school's own page before you apply. Nothing here is an entry score or a chance of a place: NSW publishes neither.