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Girraween High: Selective Entry & Places
Girraween High School is a fully academically selective co-educational high school in Girraween, Western Sydney. It offers 120 Year 7 selective places (60 boys, 60 girls), entered through the Selective High School Placement Test.
A Western Sydney selective school established in 1976, with a long-running sister-school link to Hisai High School in Mie, Japan.
Girraween High School at a glance
| Type | Fully selective |
|---|---|
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Suburb | Girraween, Western Sydney |
| Year 7 places | 120 (60 boys, 60 girls), 2027 entry — NSW Department of Education selective-schools list |
| Entry routes | Year 7 via the Selective High School Placement Test.Places for Years 8–11 are filled when vacancies arise, through the Department's statewide Selective High School Years 8 to 11 application process. |
| Boarding | None — day school. |
| Official website | girraween-h.schools.nsw.gov.au |
How entry works
Year 7 entry to Girraween High 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: Places for Years 8–11 are filled when vacancies arise, through the Department's statewide Selective High School Years 8 to 11 application process.
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 Girraween High School that figure was 220/300 (218/300 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 Girraween High 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 government-funded, fully academically selective, co-educational secondary school for Years 7 to 12 in Western Sydney, established in 1976. source
- Motto: "Mens Conscia Recti" (a mind aware of what is right); maintains a sister-school relationship with Hisai High School in Mie, Japan. source
- Enrolment of around 760 students (2020), with specialist computer and music facilities. source
Families near Girraween
Many families sitting for Girraween High come from the surrounding suburbs. We compare the selective coaching options — centre by centre, with published prices — for Wentworthville, Parramatta and Blacktown.
Other nearby areas: Toongabbie, Pendle Hill, Seven Hills, Westmead.