This is a list of selective

Selective school (New South Wales)

Selective schools in New South Wales, Australia are government high schools operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, that have accepted their students based upon their academic merit...

 and agricultural high schools run by the Department of Education and Training. Entry to these schools is managed centrally by the department's Selective High School and Opportunity Class Placement Unit. Prospective students sit the Selective High Schools Test (typically in March of Year 6) and are allocated places at schools according to their profile mark, out of 300, which comprises both exam and school marks. Students may list up to four preferred schools.

A number of other government and non-government high schools also select their students based on merit; these include, for example Creative and performing arts high schools in New South Wales, and some private schools.

Recently, there had been establishment of an extra 630 places for selective schools designated for Year 7 enrolment for 2010, located in South-West Sydney, Western Sydney and in regional NSW, as well as virtual selective schools in Western NSW. This has increased the number of places to 4152 and the number of selective schools to 46. http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/announcements/yr2008/sep/selective.php

School	Suburb or Town	Years	Founded	Became Selective	Selective Status	Website
Alexandria Park Community School Alexandria Park Community School Alexandria Park Community School is a public school in Alexandria, Sydney, Australia. It is a combined primary and high school and is located on two campuses: a junior campus opposite Alexandria Park, and a senior campus on Mitchell Road in Alexandria.In being proactive in order to promote the...	Alexandria Alexandria, New South Wales Alexandria is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Alexandria is located 4 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney...	7-12	????	2005	Partially	website
Auburn Girls High School	Auburn Auburn, New South Wales Auburn is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Auburn is located 19 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Auburn Council.-History:...	7-12	1960	2013	Partially	website
Baulkham Hills High School Baulkham Hills High School Baulkham Hills High School is an academically selective high school located in Baulkham Hills. The school was established in 1971 by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, and currently caters for approximately 1200 students from Years 7 to 12.The school is noted for its...	Baulkham Hills Baulkham Hills, New South Wales Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the north-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Baulkham Hills is located 31 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of The Hills Shire...	7-12	1971	1990	Fully	website
Blacktown Boys High School	Blacktown Blacktown, New South Wales Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of City of Blacktown.Blacktown is the largest...	7-12	1959	2010	Partially	website
Blacktown Girls High School	Blacktown Blacktown, New South Wales Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of City of Blacktown.Blacktown is the largest...	7-12	????	2010	Partially	website
Bonnyrigg High School	Bonnyrigg Bonnyrigg, New South Wales Bonnyrigg is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bonnyrigg is located 36 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....	7-12	1961	2010	Partially	website
Caringbah High School Caringbah High School Caringbah High School is located on Willarong Road North in the suburb of Caringbah, in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney. It is one of ten academically selective, public and co-educational high schools in New South Wales....	Caringbah Caringbah, New South Wales Caringbah is a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Caringbah is located 24 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Sutherland Shire...	7-12	1961	1989	Fully	website
Chatswood High School Chatswood High School Chatswood High School is a public, co-educational, semi-selective high school, located in Chatswood, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....	Chatswood Chatswood, New South Wales Chatswood is a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Chatswood is located 10 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Willoughby. Chatswood West is a separate suburb...	7-12	1959	2002	Partially	website
Duval High School Duval High School Duval High School, a government funded higher school education facility located in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia was founded in 1974. Its current enrolment is approximately 800 students, male and female, from Year 7 to Year 12....	Armidale Armidale, New South Wales Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale Dumaresq Shire had a population of 19,485 people according to the 2006 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region...	7-12	????	2010	Partially	website
Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School is an academically selective, day and boarding, Public high school for boys, located at Calala, a small suburb of Tamworth, in northern New South Wales, Australia...	Calala Calala, New South Wales Calala is a small suburb of the Northern New South Wales city of Tamworth, administered by Tamworth Regional Council.The area is 4.5 kilometres, from the CBD of Tamworth and is connected to the city by Calala Lane, the main road, which often becomes flooded in times of heavy rain, usually...	7-12	1939	????	Agricultural	website
Fort Street High School Fort Street High School Fort Street High School is a co-educational, academically selective, public high school currently located at Petersham, an inner western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....	Petersham Petersham, New South Wales Petersham is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Petersham is located 6 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Marrickville Council...	7-12	1849	????	Fully	website
Girraween High School Girraween High School Girraween High School is an academically selective, Public, co-educational high school, located in Girraween, in the Greater Western Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....	Girraween Girraween, New South Wales Girraween is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Girraween is located 30 km west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Holroyd and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....	7-12	1976	1989	Fully	website
Gorokan High School Gorokan High School Gorokan High School, is a secondary school located in Gorokan, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1976, the school was housed in temporary buildings in Dudley Street on the site of what was to later become Gorokan Public School...	Gorokan Gorokan, New South Wales Gorokan is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Wyong Shire local government area. There are two schools in the area, Gorokan Public and Gorokan High. In 1985, Gorokan Public had a champion cricket team which made the quarter-finals of the Statewide...	7-12	1976	2009	Partially	website
Gosford High School Gosford High School Gosford High School is a public, co-educational, academically selective high school located in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia with 1080 students from years 7 to 12....	Gosford Gosford, New South Wales Gosford is a city located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 76 km north of the Sydney central business district...	7-12	1928	1989	Fully	website
Grafton High School	Grafton Grafton, New South Wales The city of Grafton is the commercial hub of the Clarence River Valley. Established in 1851, Grafton features many historic buildings and tree-lined streets. Located approximately 630 kilometres north of Sydney and 340 km south of Brisbane, Grafton and the Clarence Valley can be reached...	7-12	????	2010	Partially	website
Granville Boys High School	Granville Granville, New South Wales Granville, is a suburb in western Sydney, Australia. Granville is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta. A small part in the north-west is located in the Local Government Area of the City of Holroyd.South Granville is a...	7-12	????	2013	Partially	website
Hornsby Girls' High School Hornsby Girls' High School Hornsby Girls' High School is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located in Hornsby, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Founded in 1930, the school's first principal was Sarah Agnes Angus Brewster....	Hornsby Hornsby, New South Wales * Highest Maximum Temperature: 42 °C* Lowest Maximum Temperature: 4.9 °C* Warmest Month: January* Coolest Month: July* Highest Precipitation: February* Lowest Precipitation: July-Notable residents:...	7-12	1930	1994	Fully	website
Hurlstone Agricultural High School Hurlstone Agricultural High School Hurlstone Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective, co-educational, public high school, located in Glenfield, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...	Glenfield Glenfield, New South Wales Glenfield is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Glenfield is located 40 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Campbelltown and the City of Liverpool...	7-12	1907	1907	Agricultural	website
James Ruse Agricultural High School James Ruse Agricultural High School James Ruse Agricultural High School is one of four New South Wales Government agricultural high schools. It is a selective, co-educational public high school located at Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia...	Carlingford Carlingford, New South Wales Carlingford is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Carlingford is located 22 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of the The Hills Shire, Hornsby Shire and the City of Parramatta...	7-12	1958	1969	Agricultural	website
Karabar High School	Queanbeyan Queanbeyan, New South Wales Queanbeyan is a regional centre in the Southern Tablelands in south-eastern New South Wales adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory. The city's mixed economy is based on light construction, high technology, manufacturing, service, retail and agriculture. It is the council seat of the...	7-12	????	2010	Partially	website
Kooringal High School Kooringal High School Kooringal High School is a secondary high school and a partially selective, co-educational, public high school, located in the Wagga Wagga suburb of Kooringal, New South Wales, Australia....	Kooringal Kooringal, New South Wales Kooringal is a suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Kooringal is thought to mean "Side of a Hill" in the Wiradjuri aboriginal language. Kooringal is located approximately 4 km from the CBD along Lake Albert Road. Kooringal is the basis for growth in the eastern section of Wagga...	7-12	1973	2010	Partially	website
Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields High School Macquarie Fields High School is a co-educational, academically selective high school in Macquarie Fields, Sydney, Australia....	Macquarie Fields	7-12	1981	1989	Partially	website
Moorebank High School Moorebank High School Moorebank High School is a partially academically selective, Public, co-educational, high school, located in Moorebank, a suburb in the Liverpool district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....	Moorebank Moorebank, New South Wales Moorebank is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Moorebank is located 27 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Liverpool....	7-12	1971	2010	Partially	website
Normanhurst Boys' High School	Normanhurst Normanhurst, New South Wales Normanhurst is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Normanhurst is located 23 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire.-History:...	7-12	1958	1994	Fully	website
North Sydney Boys High School North Sydney Boys High School North Sydney Boys High School is an academically selective, public high school for boys, located at Crows Nest in Sydney, Australia.- History :...	Crows Nest Crows Nest, New South Wales Crows Nest is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Crows Nest is located 5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.-History:...	7-12	1915	????	Fully	website
North Sydney Girls High School North Sydney Girls High School North Sydney Girls High School is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located at Crows Nest, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....	Crows Nest Crows Nest, New South Wales Crows Nest is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Crows Nest is located 5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.-History:...	7-12	1914	????	Fully	website
NBSC Northern Beaches Secondary College Northern Beaches Secondary College is a local high school system on the Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia, which includes five government high school 'campuses'.-Campuses :The five campuses that make up the Northern Beaches Secondary College, are:... : Manly Selective Campus Manly Selective Campus Manly Selective Campus is a selective government high school for students in years 7 to 12 located in North Curl Curl, New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the Northern Beaches Secondary College, a 5 campus college across Sydney's Northern Beaches, formed in 2003... 1	North Curl Curl North Curl Curl, New South Wales North Curl Curl is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Curl Curl is located 19 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region.-History:Curl Curl...	7-12	1859/1954	1990	Fully	website
Parramatta High School Parramatta High School Parramatta High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Parramatta, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Established in 1913, Parramatta High School was the first co-educational school in the Sydney Metropolitan area...	Parramatta Parramatta, New South Wales Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta...	7-12	1913	2010	Partially	website
Peel High School Peel High School Peel High School is a co-educational, Public high school, located in Tamworth, a city in the North West region of New South Wales, Australia.Established in 1976, the school is a rural comprehensive high school with a focus on technology,...	Tamworth Tamworth, New South Wales Tamworth is a city in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Peel River, Tamworth, which contains an estimated population of 47,595 people, is the major regional centre for southern New England and in the local government area of Tamworth Regional Council. The city...	7-12	1976	2010	Partially	website
Penrith High School Penrith High School Penrith High School is a selective, public, co-educational high school located in Penrith, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....	Penrith Penrith, New South Wales Penrith is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith...	7-12	1950	1990	Fully	website
Prairiewood High School	Wetherill Park Wetherill Park, New South Wales Wetherill Park is a suburb of south western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wetherill Park is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.The 2006...	7-12	1985	2010	Partially	website
Rose Bay Secondary College Rose Bay Secondary College Rose Bay Secondary College is a co-educational public high school located in the Sydney suburb of Dover Heights, in New South Wales, Australia...	Dover Heights Dover Heights, New South Wales Dover Heights is a coastal, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dover Heights is located 9 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council...	7-10	20032	2005	Partially	website
Ryde Secondary College Ryde Secondary College Ryde Secondary College is a co-educational public high school in Ryde, Sydney, Australia. It is a partial selective school with unique features. Ryde Secondary College is one of the few schools in New South Wales which takes enrolments for selective students, mainstream students as well as those... 3	Ryde Ryde, New South Wales Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ryde is located 13 km north-west of the Sydney central business district and 8 km east of Parramatta. Ryde is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Ryde and part of the Northern Suburbs area...	7-12	1965	2002	Partially	website
Sefton High School Sefton High School Sefton High School is a partially selective high school in Sefton, Sydney, Australia. It is a full day, co-educational secondary school, and is a public school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training....	Sefton Sefton, New South Wales Sefton, a suburb of local government area City of Bankstown, is located 23 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the Western Sydney region....	7-12	1962	????	Partially	website
Smith's Hill High School Smith's Hill High School Smith's Hill High School is the only academically selective school in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the heart of Wollongong city.120 year 6 students get offered a place at the school for the next year after sitting a test.-History:...	Wollongong Wollongong, New South Wales Wollongong is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometres south of Sydney...	7-12	1905	1988	Fully	website
St George Girls High School	Kogarah Kogarah, New South Wales Kogarah is a suburb of southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kogarah is located 14 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is considered to be the centre of the St George area...	7-12	1916	????	Fully	website
Sydney Boys High School Sydney Boys High School Sydney Boys High School is an academically selective public secondary school for boys, located in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with 1,180 students, from years 7 to 12...	Surry Hills Surry Hills, New South Wales Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is located immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney...	7-12	1883	????	Fully	website
Sydney Girls High School Sydney Girls High School Sydney Girls High School is an academically selective, Public high school for girls, located at Moore Park, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....	Surry Hills Surry Hills, New South Wales Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is located immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney...	7-12	1883	1883	Fully	website
Sydney Secondary College Sydney Secondary College Sydney Secondary College is a network of high schools in Sydney's Inner-West, with three campuses.-Campuses:The three campuses that make up Sydney Secondary College are:* Leichhardt Campus, a co-educational, years 7-10, partially selective school...  Balmain Campus Balmain Campus Balmain Campus is a coeduactional, academically selective junior high school, located on the eastern side of the Balmain peninsula, Balmain, Sydney...	Rozelle Rozelle, New South Wales Rozelle is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 4 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt....	7-10	2002	2002	Partially	website
Sydney Secondary College Sydney Secondary College Sydney Secondary College is a network of high schools in Sydney's Inner-West, with three campuses.-Campuses:The three campuses that make up Sydney Secondary College are:* Leichhardt Campus, a co-educational, years 7-10, partially selective school...  Blackwattle Bay Campus Blackwattle Bay Campus Blackwattle Bay Campus is the senior campus of Sydney Secondary College.The school was established in 1979 as Glebe High School, with 109 students and 17 staff members, all housed in demountable classrooms. Permanent buildings were built in the early 1980s...	Glebe Glebe, New South Wales Glebe is an inner-city suburb of Sydney. Glebe is located 3 km south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney, in the Inner West region....	11-12	2002	2002	Partially	website
Sydney Secondary College Sydney Secondary College Sydney Secondary College is a network of high schools in Sydney's Inner-West, with three campuses.-Campuses:The three campuses that make up Sydney Secondary College are:* Leichhardt Campus, a co-educational, years 7-10, partially selective school...  Leichhardt Campus	Leichhardt Leichhardt, New South Wales Leichhardt is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Leichhardt is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt...	7-10	2002	2002	Partially	website
Sydney Technical High School Sydney Technical High School Sydney Technical High School is an academically selective, state-funded high school for boys in Bexley, a southern suburb of Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1911 as part of Sydney Technical College, the school was one of the six original New South Wales selective schools...	Bexley Bexley, New South Wales Bexley is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bexley is located 14 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Rockdale and is part of the St George area.-History:...	7-12	1911	????	Fully	website
Tempe High School	Tempe Tempe, New South Wales Tempe is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tempe is located 9 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Marrickville Council....	7-12	????	2005	Partially	website
Virtual Selective Class Provision	Western New South Wales	TBA	2010	2010	Fully	TBA
Yanco Agricultural High School Yanco Agricultural High School Yanco Agricultural High School is a major co-educational agricultural secondary school located in the small town of Yanco in the Local Government Area of Leeton in south western New South Wales...	Yanco Yanco, New South Wales Yanco is a village with a population of 572 in Leeton Shire in South Western New South Wales, Australia. Yanco is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning the sound of running water. Yanco is located three kilometres from Leeton along the Irrigation Way...	7-12	1922	????	Agricultural	website

¹ Previously known as Manly Boys High School (1954 - 1983) and Manly High School (1983 - 2002).


² Year of amalgamation of Dover Heights High School and Vaucluse High School.


³ Previously known as Malvina High School (1965-2001) and foundation year for selective stream.

Creative and performing arts high schools

The Department of Education and Training runs six creative and performing arts high schools. These schools aim to foster excellence in creative fields while teaching the same core syllabus

Syllabus

A syllabus , is an outline and summary of topics to be covered in an education or training course. It is descriptive...

 as other state-run high schools. These schools are accorded an unusually high degree of autonomy by the department in selecting students and teaching staff. The schools boast specialised facilities and equipment and competition for places is acute.

This list also includes three Independent school

Independent school

An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...

s: The Australian International Performing Arts High School, Talent Development High School and the McDonald College.

School	Suburb or Town	Years	Founded	Website
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is a specialist co-educational, government secondary school located in Fairy Meadow, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, run by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. It was founded in 1916.The school enrolls both...	Fairy Meadow Fairy Meadow, New South Wales Fairy Meadow is a suburb in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Located in the Illawarra, it is a mainly low density residential area, except for a strip on the Princes Highway....	7–12	1916	website
Conservatorium High School Conservatorium High School The Conservatorium High School , is a publicly funded, co-educational, creative and performing arts secondary day school specialising in music. It is owned and run by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training , and prepares students for the Higher School Certificate in their final...	Sydney	7–12	1918	website
Campbelltown High School of the Performing Arts Campbelltown High School of the Performing Arts Campbelltown Performing Arts High School is a government run secondary school specialising in performing arts.At Campbelltown Performing Arts, students are given the opportunity to work on building their performing and creative talents, as well being given a space and environment in which to...	Campbelltown Campbelltown, New South Wales Campbelltown is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Campbelltown is located 51 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Campbelltown.- History :Campbelltown...	7–12	1954	website
Granville South High School	Granville Granville, New South Wales Granville, is a suburb in western Sydney, Australia. Granville is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta. A small part in the north-west is located in the Local Government Area of the City of Holroyd.South Granville is a...	7-12	?	website
Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School is a co-educational, state government high school, specialising in the creative arts. It is situated in North Turramurra, on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, beside the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.Students are selected for the...	North Turramurra North Turramurra, New South Wales -Transport:The nearest train station is Turramurra railway station. Buses to North Turramurra are serviced by Shorelink at Turramurra train station. Shorelink bus route 577 runs through North Turramurra...	7–12	1965	website
Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Newtown High School of the Performing Arts is a state government school located in the suburb of Newtown in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the leading Performing and Visual Arts schools in Australia...	Newtown Newtown, New South Wales Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west is located approximately four kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, straddling the local government areas of the City of Sydney and Marrickville Council in the state of New South Wales, Australia....	7–12	1990	website
Hunter School of the Performing Arts Hunter School of the Performing Arts Hunter School of the Performing Arts is a public, co-educational, selective primary and secondary school which offers a comprehensive curriculum with a performing arts specialty, located at Broadmeadow, New South Wales....	Broadmeadow Broadmeadow, New South Wales Broadmeadow is the geographic centre of Newcastle city. Its main commercial hub is located at the “Nineways”.-Origins:Broadmeadow was originally part of the Newcastle Pasturage Reserve of 648 hectares...	K-12	1998	website
The McDonald College of the Performing Arts The McDonald College of the Performing Arts The McDonald College is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational, performing arts, day and boarding school, located in North Strathfield, an inner western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....	North Strathfield North Strathfield, New South Wales North Strathfield is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Strathfield is located 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay...	Prep–12	1984	website
Talent Development High School (Brent Street)	More Park North Strathfield, New South Wales North Strathfield is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Strathfield is located 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay...	7–12	2004	website
The Australian International Performing Arts High School The Australian International Performing Arts High School The Australian International Performing Arts High School is the newest performing arts high school in New South Wales, Australia.AIPAH was founded in 2005 by Professor Lee. It is an exciting, innovative school for students with a passion for the creative and performing arts...	Harris Park Harris Park, New South Wales Harris Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Harris Park is located 23 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.Harris Park is the home of several...	7–12	2005	website

External links

• List of selective and agricultural high schools
• Selective High Schools Year 7 Placement