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Armidale Secondary College: Selective Entry & Places
Armidale Secondary College is a partially selective co-educational secondary college in Armidale, New England. It offers 30 Year 7 selective places, entered through the Selective High School Placement Test.
A New England secondary college whose selective-stream students are grouped for English, maths and science within a comprehensive school.
Armidale Secondary College at a glance
| Type | Partially selective |
|---|---|
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Suburb | Armidale, New England |
| Year 7 places | 30, 2027 entry — per aggregated Department data (AcePath) |
| Entry routes | Year 7 via the Selective High School Placement Test.Selective-stream vacancies in Years 8–10 are advertised and filled by application to the school. |
| Boarding | None — day school. |
| Official website | armidale-s.schools.nsw.gov.au |
How entry works
Year 7 entry to Armidale Secondary College runs through the statewide NSW Selective High School Placement Test, sat in Year 6. There is no separate school exam and no catchment for selective places — you nominate the school among your preferences, and offers are made from a single statewide placement score. The steps and deadlines are in our application walkthrough.
About one applicant in four receives a selective place across the state. A miss says very little about a capable child — with roughly four applicants for every place, the maths alone means most well-prepared children miss out, and are fine.
Later years: Selective-stream vacancies in Years 8–10 are advertised and filled by application to the school.
The last-published entry score — read this honestly
The last time the Department published a per-school minimum entry score was for 2021 entry, on the retired 300-point scale. For Armidale Secondary College that figure was 162/300 (161/300 the year before).
That is a historical record, not a current cut-off. The test and its scoring have changed since — four equally-weighted components, computer-based, no school-assessment mark — the Department no longer publishes per-school minimums, and it states plainly that there is no set entry score. Treat any "current" cut-off you see quoted for Armidale Secondary College as an estimate, not a fact.
Where these figures come from, why the Department stopped publishing them, and how to sanity-check any number you read: our cut-off scores guide.
Known for
- A comprehensive co-educational secondary college in the New England town of Armidale.
- Runs a partially selective stream (grouped for English, maths and science) alongside its local comprehensive classes.
- Offers selective-stream places to students from outside the local enrolment area.
Families near Armidale
Other nearby areas: Uralla, Guyra, Walcha.