Enrol at Sydney Tech
Selective high schools cater for the specific needs of high potential and gifted students who may otherwise be without sufficient classmates at their own academic and social level.
Selective schools help high potential and gifted students to learn by grouping them with other high potential and gifted students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the appropriate level. Selective high schools are unzoned so parents can apply regardless of where they live.
The NSW Department of Education Selective High Schools administers Year 7 placement at Sydney Technical High School Please also note that this is a separate process to that of specialist high schools such as performing arts or sports high schools.
Students must be Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens or permanent residents of Australia to attend a selective high school.
How to enrol at our school
Year 7
The application process for entry into an academically selective high school begins when the student is in Year 5, and is longer than the normal public high school enrolment process. Entrance to Year 7 is through an entrance test administered by the NSW Department of Education (DoE) Selective High Schools.
The application form is only available online. Please note that no late applications will be accepted. Applications are available for Year 5 students from October and need to be completed and submitted online by mid-November (exact dates are listed on the DoE website each year). The test is held at various locations across the state in the following May, when the student is in Year 6 . Sample questions from past papers can also be downloaded from the Selective High Schools website.
Students will be selected according to their position on the results list, which is confidential and available only to the Principal of the chosen high school. There is no other waiting list, and there are no sibling rights.
Each year 150 boys are selected from this list for entry into Sydney Technical High School. Students are offered places on the basis of a rank-ordered composite score.
Students who wish to attend Sydney Technical High School must:
- Be living in NSW at the beginning of the school year of entry
- Be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident of Australia or a New Zealand citizen to enrol in a Selective High School
For more information on the selection process, visit the DoE website https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7
The Selective Education Unit can be contacted on 1300 880 367 or by email at ssu@det.nsw.edu.au
Years 8 to 11
BACKGROUND
Sydney Technical High School is an academically selective government school for boys, located in Bexley NSW.
Each year, applications are invited for new students to fill vacant places in Years 8-10 for the following academic year. The school also opens additional places for students in Year 11.
The number of vacant places for Years 8-10 varies depending on availability, as new students will be considered for enrolment ONLY if a current student leaves the school.
APPLYING FOR A SELECTIVE SCHOOL FOR YEARS 8-11 in 2026
Applications for Years 8-11 entry to Sydney Technical High School in 2025 opened on 18 June 2025.
APPLICATIONS FOR 2026 HAVE NOW CLOSED.
For more information please contact our enrolments officer who will answer all of your questions.
School contributions
In NSW public schools, all financial contributions are voluntary. Every student has full access to the curriculum, regardless of whether contributions are made.
For more information, see Voluntary school contributions on the Department of Education's website.
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