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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.

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Selective Entry High School Practice tests

Creative writing practice test (PDF - 47Kb)

Analytical writing practice test (PDF - 49Kb)

Reading Comprehension practice test (PDF - 100Kb)

Mathematics practice test (PDF - 192Kb)

Verbal Reasoning practice test (PDF - 73Kb)

Numerical Reasoning practice test (PDF - 73Kb)

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.

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

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