Caringbah High School: who gets a selective place?

By the Selective test and the order of your school choices, nothing else. ^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} Caringbah is fully selective, which means every student is placed through the selective process^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

Most children sit the test in Year 6^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}, usually aged 11 years 5 months to 13 years at the start of Year 7^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}. You apply online to the NSW Department of Education, not to Caringbah. You can submit now and change school choices later^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

Caringbah High is on Willarong Road, Caringbah^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}, in the Sydney - Sutherland^{8NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published} region. Its travel page lists Caringbah station a short walk away, and several bus routes stopping just outside the school gate^{9Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

Weigh the daily trip. The Department says less travel could reduce harm to schoolwork and wellbeing^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

Open Caringbah in your map app to time the trip from your home. ^{8NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published}

Through its own application and a shared test, not the Year 7 Selective test. ^{11NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} Selection rests on ACER's Higher Ability Selection Test (HAST), plus a review of your child's two latest school reports and latest NAPLAN reports^{6Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}. The school then holds an interview for any child being considered for an offer^{6Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

You apply in the year before the placement year^{11NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}. Dates for entry in 2028: Not published^{11NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Not published}. Here is how the last round ran.

Which schools share Caringbah's test?

Caringbah coordinates its entrance test and results with a group of selective schools, including St George Girls and Sydney Technical^{6Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}. If Caringbah is your first preference, your child sits the test there. ^{6Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}

If another school in the group comes first, Caringbah charges the lower fee and works from the shared results. ^{6Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}

Think about your child's interests and abilities, academic and co-curricular needs, social and emotional needs, and any specialised support^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}, as the Department suggests. Tick what fits; your answers stay on your screen.

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  Learning beside both girls and boys suits your child. ^{12Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  The trip works by train, bus or both, at school times. ^{9Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  A language interests your child: Caringbah teaches French, Japanese and Latin^{13Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

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  You've been to the school's open night. ^{12Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  Your child wants to go there. ^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

Which languages does Caringbah teach?

Its learning page lists French, Japanese and Latin^{13Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}. The core is shared: all NSW public schools follow the same NSW curriculum^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}. Languages and electives are where schools differ.

If your child has started one of these languages already, ask the school how Year 7 classes are set.

No, and neither does the Department: there is no set minimum entry score^{5NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} for any selective school. The selection committee lists children by test performance and each school's vacancies^{5NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

Reserve bands, where you see them, are only estimates. ^{14NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} Past HSC results tell you nothing about Year 7 entry.

Every selective school shares the Year 7 dates. Exact dates for Year 7 entry in 2028: Not published^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Not published}. The months below are expected.

1. November 2026–February 2027 Expected^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}

   Apply, listing Caringbah

   For a child in Year 5 in 2026.

2. early May 2027 Expected^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}

   Selective test

3. August 2027 Expected^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}

   Year 7 outcomes

Caringbah's open night is usually in Term 2, with details on its events page. ^{12Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}

These are the nearest three by straight line from the Department's coordinates, plus Fort Street, the closest school of the same kind: fully selective and co-ed.

St George Girls and Sydney Technical also share Caringbah's Years 8 to 11 test. ^{6Caringbah HS · 13 October 2026 · Published} Find a school by suburb.