Gorokan High School: how its selective stream works

By sitting the NSW Selective test and listing Gorokan as a school choice. ^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} The NSW Department of Education runs one application and one test for every selective school, and offers depend on test performance and the order of your school choices^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

Children sit the test in Year 6^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}. Your list can hold up to 3^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} schools.

1. Put Gorokan on your list

   Applications for entry in 2028 are expected November 2026–February 2027^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}.

2. Test day

   Expected early May 2027^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}, and held only in NSW^{4NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

3. The outcome

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

4. Later offers

   If a family declines a Gorokan place, the next child on Gorokan's reserve list can be offered it. ^{5NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

What is the selective stream like at Gorokan?

Gorokan has local classes and a selective stream side by side, which the Department calls selective classes inside a local high school^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}. Selective students have classes together for English, mathematics and science^{6Gorokan HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

How is the 7C Enrichment Class different?

It's the school's own program. Gorokan runs a 7C Enrichment Class, open to students with high potential, including those who may not sit the selective test^{7Gorokan HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}. A place in 7C is not a selective offer; those come only from the test. ^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

The school also offers Innovate, an enrichment program for Year 8 students^{7Gorokan HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}. Ask the school how to register interest in either program.

The Department lists Goobarabah Ave, Gorokan^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}, in the Central Coast^{9NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published} region. On its own site the school gives 43 Goobarabah Avenue, Lake Haven NSW 2263^{10Gorokan HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

The school car park is for staff only; parents and students can't park on site^{10Gorokan HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}, so plan drop-off on the street. The school's travel page links bus and train information, and eligible students may get free or subsidised travel to and from school^{11Transport for NSW · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

The Department points out that less travel could reduce harm to schoolwork and wellbeing^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}. Plan your commute opens Gorokan in your own map app. ^{9NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published}

Possibly, if a place falls vacant. Gorokan's website doesn't describe its own process for Years 8 to 11, so ask the school directly. ^{13NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published} The Department's rules apply to every school.

Applications go in the year before the placement year^{13NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

The Department suggests thinking 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}. Tick the lines that fit; nothing is stored.

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  Your child wants this school. 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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  Street drop-off near the school suits your mornings. ^{10Gorokan HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  Your child would like English, mathematics and science with one selective group. ^{6Gorokan HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  Sport matters to your child, and the school's sports program fits. ^{7Gorokan HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  You'd like vocational courses on offer later. ^{7Gorokan HS · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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

No. The Department has no set minimum entry score^{5NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}, for Gorokan or anywhere else. What's needed shifts 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}.

School rankings from HSC results describe older students, not Year 7 entry. To hear about daily life there, the Department says to ask friends, family and your community about their experiences^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

The same statewide dates apply to Gorokan. 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}

   Applications, Gorokan on the list

   For children in Year 5 in 2026.

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

   The Selective test

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

   Offers and reserve lists

On Gorokan's 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}

Measured in a straight line from the Department's coordinates, these three are closest. All three are fully selective.

At a fully selective school, every student is placed through the selective process^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}. Search all selective schools.