Macquarie Fields High School: how selective entry works

By the NSW Department of Education, from the Selective test. ^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} The school doesn't choose its own Year 7 selective students. Families apply online, list up to 3^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} schools, and the Department makes offers on test performance and the order of your school choices^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

Your child sits the test in Year 6^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}, the same paper as every other applicant.

1. Online application

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

2. Test day

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

3. Outcome

   Expected August 2027^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}. No child holds more than one offer at first. ^{5NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

4. Reserve offers

   A declined Macquarie Fields place goes to the next child on the school's reserve list. ^{5NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

What are the three streams?

The school has three education streams: special education, mainstream (the community stream) and selective^{6Macquarie Fields High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}. The selective stream fits the Department's picture of a partially selective school: selective classes inside a local high school^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

The streams aren't sealed off. Mainstream and selective students share elective classes, and are in all classes together once they reach Years 11 and 12^{6Macquarie Fields High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}, the school's history page says.

The Department lists the school at Harold Street, Macquarie Fields^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}, in the Sydney - Outer South West^{8NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published} region.

The school's travel page names the closest bus as route 872, which stops in Saywell Road and comes into the school before and after school^{9Macquarie Fields High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}. Train travellers are told to get off at Ingleburn station and take the express buses that go directly to the school^{9Macquarie Fields High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

Students may qualify for free or subsidised travel to and from school^{10Transport for NSW · 13 October 2026 · Published}. The Department 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. ^{8NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published}

Yes, if places come free. At Macquarie Fields, Years 8 to 11 applications are accepted from mid June to the end of July each year^{12Macquarie Fields High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}, but the last round closed on 24 July 2026^{13NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}. ^{13NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

You apply the year before the placement year^{13NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}. A child in Year 10 applies for a Year 11 place, for example.

The Department suggests weighing 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 applies; nothing is recorded.

• ✓

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

• ✓

  A school with selective, mainstream and special education streams suits your child. ^{6Macquarie Fields High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}

• ✓

  Your child is happy to share electives, and later all senior classes, with mainstream students. ^{6Macquarie Fields High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}

• ✓

  Moving faster in maths or science would suit your child. ^{15Macquarie Fields High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}

• ✓

  The bus that runs into the school, or a train to Ingleburn, works for your trip. ^{9Macquarie Fields High School · 13 October 2026 · Published}

• ✓

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

No. There is no set minimum entry score^{5NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} for the Macquarie Fields selective stream. What's needed changes 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}.

ATARs and HSC tables look back at Year 12. They say nothing about a Year 7 offer. The Department suggests you ask friends, family and your community about their experiences^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

Macquarie Fields uses the same Year 7 dates as every selective school. 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 Macquarie Fields

   For a child 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 places

Holding another offer while on the Macquarie Fields reserve list for entry in 2027? 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}

These three are nearest by straight line, from the Department's coordinates. Leppington, a new school, isn't measured because its location isn't published. ^{8NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Not published}

Find every school.