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Victoria

There are currently two single-sex selective entry high schools in Victoria for students in Year 9 - 12: Mac.Robertson Girls' High School (taking girls) and Melbourne High School (taking boys). There are also two co-educational schools: Nossal High School, situated in Berwick and named after University of Melbourne's Emeritus Professor Sir Gus Nossal and Suzanne Cory High School, named after the Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Professor Suzanne Cory. John Monash Science School, has a different style of entrance examination. Find the details here.

A centralised selection process to admit year 8 students to the four selective entry schools will include a common entrance examination. See the following table for their test format, practice tests and Practice test results (PDF - 11Kb). If your child is in Year 8, they are eligible to sit the selective entry high schools entrance exam in June (while the applications close in mid May). Students in government or non-government schools are eligible to apply.

Selective Entry High School Practice tests
Creative writing	Analytical writing	Reading Comprehension
Mathematics	Verbal Reasoning	Numerical Reasoning

Generally speaking, EduTest uses the same format for Select Entry and scholarship tests. Scholarship and entrance exams are comprised of Ability tests and Achievement tests. However there is an exception. As mentioned above, John Monash Science School, has a different style of entrance examination. See EduTest test format here.

Find more about how students are selected.

Select Entry Accelerated Learning programs (ALP or SEAL) may use their own test papers. However, the test formats are similar.

New South Wales

NSW Selective High Schools Test is for students to gain entrance to a selective or agricultural high school in Year 7. These schools cater for high achieving, academically talented students by providing an educationally enriched environment. Agricultural high schools emphasise the study of agriculture with some residential facilities for isolated students.

The test consists of 4 parts - English Language, Written Expression, Mathematics and General Ability. It's held in March. Visit NSW Selective High Schools Test for more details.

Opportunity Class Placement - Year 5 entry to an opportunity class

You can find select entry test dates here: ACER, EduTest.

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