Mac.Robertson Girls' High School: how do girls win a place?
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The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School is the girls' school among the four1Mac.Rob · 12 October 2026 · Published selective entry high schools in Victoria, with about 3001Mac.Rob · 12 October 2026 · Published Year 9 places a year. Applications for Year 9 entry in 2028 open in March 20272Melbourne High · 12 October 2026 · Published.
How does a girl win a place at Mac.Rob?
She sits the selective entry exam in Year 8 and lists Mac.Rob among her school preferences. Year 9 offers follow the school preferences listed when applying3Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published.
Mac.Rob sets out the same five steps for every family:
Go to the information night
The Enrolment Information Night is held in Term 1 each year3Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published.
Sit the exam
The Year 9 exam is held at one of several venues around Melbourne, chosen by how close it is to your home3Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published.
How many places does Mac.Rob have?
Mac.Rob takes most of its girls at Year 9: about 3001Mac.Rob · 12 October 2026 · Published a year.
Year 9 places a year, about
students at the school, its history page says
Year 9 places across the selective entry schools, about
In each round, the number accepted in one round affects how many go out in the next3Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published. That is why a girl can hear weeks after the first round. Mac.Rob keeps no waitlist7Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published.
Who can apply, and from where?
Mac.Rob is not zoned1Mac.Rob · 12 October 2026 · Published, so where you live doesn't matter. The same rules apply to girls living in Victoria, interstate or overseas4Vic Education · 12 October 2026 · Published.
| Rule | What it says |
|---|---|
| Year levels | Years 9 to 12 only, with no entry in Years 7 or 8 or in the final VCE year7Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published |
| To sit the Year 9 exam | in Year 8, and not having sat the exam before4Vic Education · 12 October 2026 · Published |
| International students | fee-paying international students can't apply4Vic Education · 12 October 2026 · Published |
Who answers which question?
Mac.Rob doesn't run the entrance exams, so many questions belong elsewhere. It sends questions about applying and preparing to ACER, Edutest or the Department's Selective Entry Unit1Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published.
| Your question | Who to ask |
|---|---|
| Can my daughter apply? | The Department's Selective Entry Unit |
| The Year 9 exam, venues and offers | ACER, which runs it 4Vic Education · 12 October 2026 · Published |
| The Years 10 and 11 exam | Edutest |
| Tours, subjects and starting at the school | Mac.Rob |
Where is Mac.Rob, and how do girls get there?
Mac.Rob is at 350–370 Kings Way, Melbourne VIC 30041Mac.Rob · 12 October 2026 · Published, in central Melbourne. It takes girls from anywhere, so the daily trip matters. 1Mac.Rob · 12 October 2026 · Published The school's tip is to do the tour by public transport and time the journey. 3Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published
Plan your commute opens the address in your own map app. The Years 10 and 11 exam is held at Mac.Rob itself3Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published.
What is Mac.Rob's history?
Mac.Rob traces its origin to the Melbourne Continuation School, Victoria's first state secondary school, which opened in Spring Street in 19056Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published. That school was co-educational until the boys moved to a new school at Forrest Hill in 1927, which became Melbourne High School6Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published.
The present building opened under the school's name on 7 November 19346Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published. Mac.Rob and Melbourne High still share a stage: Mac.Rob lists annual combined productions with Melbourne High School7Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published.
Can my daughter join Mac.Rob in Year 10 or 11?
Sometimes, if girls leave and places open. Later-year entry is managed by each school4Vic Education · 12 October 2026 · Published. At Mac.Rob, Years 10 and 11 offers are based on the entrance exam and an interview with school leaders3Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published.
There is no Year 12 entry, and no entry in Years 7 or 8. 7Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published Ask the school each year whether places exist before you plan around them.
Does Mac.Rob charge fees?
Is Mac.Rob a good fit for your daughter?
Tick what's true; nothing is saved or sent.
Your daughter wants a girls' school. Mac.Rob is the girls' school among the four1Mac.Rob · 12 October 2026 · Published selective entry schools.
The trip to Kings Way works, both ways, at school times.
She is ready to change schools after Year 8. 7Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published
You've been on a tour or watched the information night recording.
You've read the Parent Payment Policy for her year level.
Is there a cut-off score for Mac.Rob?
No. Mac.Rob doesn't publish a minimum score, and families never see the test or individual scores. 5ACER · 12 October 2026 · Published
No minimum score
The score needed moves each year with who sits the exam and how they rank.
No scores to compare
Families get no access to the tests or individual scores5ACER · 12 October 2026 · Published.
No ranking here
We don't rank schools. VCE results describe past students, not how places are offered.
When are the next dates?
Applications for Year 9 entry in 2028 open in March 20272Melbourne High · 12 October 2026 · Published, and the exam is expected in June 20274Vic Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected. Exact days aren't published yet. 8ACER · 12 October 2026 · Not published
in Term 1 each year3Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published
Enrolment Information Night
Tours also run until applications close.
March 20272Melbourne High · 12 October 2026 · Published
Applications open
For a girl in Year 7 in 2026.
June 2027 Expected4Vic Education · 12 October 2026 · Expected
The selective entry exam, expected
until the end of Term 45ACER · 12 October 2026 · Published
Offers can keep coming
The calendar feed adds each date once it is published, with reminders. See all the exam dates.
How can my daughter prepare?
Mac.Rob points families to ACER for the Year 9 exam. ACER publishes free sample questions, not necessarily as hard as the exam9ACER · 12 October 2026 · Published. The exam takes 2 hours and 35 minutes9ACER · 12 October 2026 · Published of working time, with answers shaded in a supplied answer booklet9ACER · 12 October 2026 · Published.
What's in the Victorian exam explains each part.
Which other schools could she list?
Girls can also list the two co-educational selective entry schools. John Monash Science School is separate, with its own test for Year 10.
| School | What it is | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Nossal High School | a co-educational school in Berwick4Vic Education · 12 October 2026 · Published | 40 Sir Gustav Nossal Boulevard, Berwick VIC 380610Nossal · 12 October 2026 · Published |
| Suzanne Cory High School | a co-educational school in Werribee4Vic Education · 12 October 2026 · Published | 225 Hoppers Lane, Werribee VIC 303011Suzanne Cory · 12 October 2026 · Published |
| John Monash Science School | Years 10 to 12, its own tests, unique to JMSS and changed each year12JMSS · 12 October 2026 · Published | 39 Innovation Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 380013JMSS · 12 October 2026 · Published |
Questions parents ask about Mac.Rob
Is Mac.Rob a private school?
No. It is a government school with no annual tuition fees, only voluntary contributions under its Parent Payment Policy3Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published.
Can my daughter start at Mac.Rob in Year 7?
No. Mac.Rob takes Years 9 to 12 only, with no entry in Years 7 or 8 or in the final VCE year7Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published. Girls start high school somewhere else first.
Does Mac.Rob keep a waiting list?
No. The school keeps no waitlist7Mac.Rob · 13 October 2026 · Published. Year 9 places go through ACER's offer rounds, apart from up to 5%4Vic Education · 12 October 2026 · Published of places offered at the principal's discretion.