Elizabeth Macarthur High School: how its selective stream works

Through the NSW Selective test, which the NSW Department of Education runs for every selective school. ^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} You apply online to the Department and name Elizabeth Macarthur as one of up to 3^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} choices.

Your child sits the test in Year 6^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}. The Department then offers places on test performance and the order of your school choices^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

1. Apply to the Department

   Expected November 2026–February 2027^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected} for entry in 2028, while your child is in Year 5.

2. Sit the test in Year 6

   Expected early May 2027^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}; it runs only in NSW^{4NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

3. Wait for the outcome

   Expected August 2027^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}. At first a child gets an offer from one school at most. ^{5NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

4. Watch the reserve list

   When a family turns down an Elizabeth Macarthur place, it passes to the next child on the school's reserve list. ^{5NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

How are the selective classes set up?

Selective students typically have classes together for English, mathematics and science^{6Elizabeth Macarthur High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}, the school says. Everyone else is a local student, because a partially selective school has selective classes inside a local high school^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

The school doesn't publish how other subjects are grouped. Ask about that when you visit.

The Department lists the school at Waterworth Drive, Narellan Vale^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}, in the Sydney - Outer South West^{9NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published} region. The school's travel page gives the full address as 38 Waterworth Drive, Narellan Vale 2567^{10Elizabeth Macarthur High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

That page links a bus timetable and asks families to contact the school about buses. Eligible students can get free or subsidised travel to and from school^{11Transport for NSW · 13 October 2026 · Published}. The Department also notes that less travel could reduce harm to schoolwork and wellbeing^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

Plan your commute opens the school in your own map app. ^{9NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published}

Possibly, if a place falls vacant. Years 8 to 11 applications go directly to the school, usually between June and July^{13Elizabeth Macarthur High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}. ^{14NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} Vacancies depend on students leaving, and some schools have none in some years^{14NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

The school's selective stream page links its own policy for Years 8 to 11. You apply the year before the placement year^{14NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

The Department suggests you weigh 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}. Tick what's true; nothing is saved.

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  Your child wants to go. The Department calls choosing a school your child wants to go to^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} an important consideration.

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  The trip to Narellan Vale works at school times, both ways. ^{9NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  Your child would enjoy English, maths and science with other selective students. ^{6Elizabeth Macarthur High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  One of the four Academies suits your child's interests. ^{15Elizabeth Macarthur High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  Farm work or show teams interest your child. ^{8Elizabeth Macarthur High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  You've visited the school, or asked to. ^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}

No. There is no set minimum entry score^{5NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} for its selective stream. The result needed moves each year with how many children apply, how they perform, the places available and how many offers are declined^{5NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

The school's own pages mention its HSC results. Those describe past Year 12 students, not how Year 7 places are offered. For first-hand views, the Department suggests you ask friends, family and your community about their experiences^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

Its selective stream follows the statewide timetable. 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, with Elizabeth Macarthur among your choices

   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}

   Outcomes released

On the Elizabeth Macarthur reserve list for entry in 2027 while holding another offer? If this school is a higher choice than an offer you've accepted, you can stay on its reserve list after 3 December 2026, 3 pm (Sydney time)^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} only by declining that accepted offer by then. ^{5NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

The first three are the nearest by straight line, from the Department's coordinates. Leppington, a new partially selective school, has no published location yet, so it isn't measured.

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