The Almanac: selective and scholarship test dates

Applications come first, and some bodies take no late ones. NSW takes no late applications, and ACER says late applications are not accepted.

The 2026 round still has one NSW date to come. The Reserve Decision Date for both tests is 3 December 2026, 3 pm (Sydney time).

Each exam has its own test day, and some have several. In NSW, each child sits on one day only, and the tests are held only in NSW.

Edutest has no shared date: each school selects its own test date. ACER also runs an alternative date program (any date in the school year; results go to that school only). ACER notes that most Victorian schools use alternative dates.

State test results come months after the test. Where a body hasn't set this year's date, the last round's date shows when it came before.

Scholarship results go to schools. For Edutest, results go to schools, not to parents, and each school's selection takes 3 to 8 weeks after the test. For ACER's cooperative test, ACER sends results to the schools and emails parents; for scholarship offers, schools contact parents directly.

"Expected" is the body's own timing, not a fixed date. "Not published" means the body hadn't set the date when we last checked.

A few choices are still open once the test is over. In NSW, school choices close before outcomes come out, so change them in time.

Each exam has its own rules on who sits and how to apply. Scholarship tests are run for each school, so you apply to each school separately.

Each of these rules comes from the body's own pages. Read the one for your child's exam before you apply.

Dates can change. The NSW Department says key dates may change, and WA's Department says its dates may be subject to change.

A calendar feed adds published dates only, each with a reminder a week and a day before. Each feed covers one exam: the NSW Selective feed, the NSW OC feed, the Victorian feed and the WA ASET feed. The all-states feed holds every state's exams in one.

For one exam in more depth, open its own page: Selective test dates, OC test dates, VIC selective entry dates, GATE test dates, Edutest dates or ACER scholarship dates.

Every value on this page is a fact from an official page, with its source listed below. To quote it, cite "SelectiveReady, The Almanac, selectiveready.com/almanac" with the checked date at the top of this page.

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How we find, save and recheck each fact is set out in How we check facts. To compare what each test holds, see Exam formats compared.