Sydney Girls High School: selective entry for girls, step by step

Only through the Selective test, which the NSW Department of Education runs for every selective school. Sydney Girls High is fully selective: every student is placed through the selective process^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}.

The test comes in Year 6^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}. What decides an offer is test performance and the order of your school choices^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}. The school can be any of your 3^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} choices.

1. One application, made to the Department

   Not to the school. Sydney Girls High sits on the same form as your other choices.

2. A test on screen

   On computers provided by the Department^{3NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}, with the same questions whichever schools you chose.

3. Outcomes, then reserve lists

   Your child hears from the highest choice they qualify for, and may wait on a higher choice's reserve list. ^{4NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

Which languages does Sydney Girls High teach?

Every student studies two languages in Year 7 and one or two in Year 8, from the four the school offers: Chinese, French, Japanese and Latin^{5Sydney Girls High · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

That's more language study in the first year than many families expect. If your child already speaks one of these at home, ask the school how classes are set.

It's on Anzac Parade, Surry Hills^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}, next to Centennial Parklands^{7Sydney Girls High · 13 October 2026 · Published}, in the Sydney - Eastern Suburbs^{8NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published} region. ^{8NSW Education data · 13 October 2026 · Published}

The school's travel page covers road safety and travel passes but names no routes. Sydney Boys High, the next-door school, points its students to light rail routes L2 and L3, with the Moore Park stop across Anzac Parade by pedestrian bridge^{9Sydney Boys High · 13 October 2026 · Published}. ^{9Sydney Boys High · 13 October 2026 · Published}

The Department says less travel could reduce harm to schoolwork and wellbeing^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}. Map the trip from home in your own map app.

Only in Years 8 to 10, and only if a place opens. The school takes newcomers only if the school loses students, so new places are very limited^{11Sydney Girls High · 13 October 2026 · Published}. ^{12NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

Year 7 offers rest on test merit. For Years 8 to 10 the school weighs academic merit plus participation and achievement in co-curricular, competition and leadership activities^{11Sydney Girls High · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

How does Sydney Girls High choose later-year students?

In three cuts: a longlist from Edutest entrance test results, then a portfolio review, then interviews for a shortlist^{11Sydney Girls High · 13 October 2026 · Published}. The school's Enrol page explains the portfolio and test registration.

If an application fails, you can ask for a review within 7^{12NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} of the result, but only if the school didn't follow its published process, or you have proof for a residency waiver^{12NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

Start from the Department's list: interests and abilities, academic and co-curricular needs, social and emotional needs, and any specialised support^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}. Tick what fits; nothing leaves your screen.

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  Your child wants a girls' school. ^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

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  Two languages in Year 7 sounds good to your child. ^{5Sydney Girls High · 13 October 2026 · Published}

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  You don't plan a long exchange: exchange of a year or six months isn’t considered, and a student would have to give up their place^{11Sydney Girls High · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

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  The trip to Surry Hills works at school times. ^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

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  Your child wants to go, which the Department calls important. ^{2NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

No official one. No set minimum entry score^{4NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} applies at Sydney Girls High and every other selective school.

HSC and ATAR figures look back at Year 12 and say nothing about a Year 7 offer. For a feel of the school, the Department says to ask friends, family and your community about their experiences^{2NSW Education · 13 October 2026 · Published}.

Every selective school shares the Department's timetable. Exact dates for Year 7 entry in 2028: Not published^{10NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Not published}. The months below are expected.

1. November 2026–February 2027 Expected^{10NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}

   Apply and list Sydney Girls High

   For a child in Year 5 in 2026.

2. early May 2027 Expected^{10NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}

   The test

3. August 2027 Expected^{10NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected}

   Outcomes released

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)^{10NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} only by declining that accepted offer by then. ^{4NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}

The first three rows are the nearest selective schools by straight line, from the Department's coordinates. Sydney Secondary College is measured to its Blackwattle Bay campus, which takes only Years 11 and 12. ^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published} The last two are other fully selective girls' schools.

The boys' school next door is a different school with a separate intake. A brother there gives a sister no head start. ^{1NSW Education · 12 October 2026 · Published}