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Normanhurst Boys High: Selective Entry & Places
Normanhurst Boys High School is a fully academically selective boys high school in Normanhurst, Upper North Shore. It offers 120 Year 7 selective places, entered through the Selective High School Placement Test.
A boys-only selective school on the Upper North Shore; its first selective cohort entered in 1994 and it became fully selective by 1999.
Normanhurst Boys High School at a glance
| Type | Fully selective |
|---|---|
| Gender | Boys |
| Suburb | Normanhurst, Upper North Shore |
| Year 7 places | 120, 2027 entry — per aggregated Department data (AcePath) |
| Entry routes | Year 7 via the Selective High School Placement Test.Years 8–12 entry uses the school's own process — online application, a fee, supporting documents and a school-run Literacy and Numeracy entrance exam with a possible interview; places are limited (typically a handful in Years 8–10, more around Years 9 and 11). |
| Boarding | None — day school. |
| Official website | normanhurb-h.schools.nsw.gov.au |
How entry works
Year 7 entry to Normanhurst Boys 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 him 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: Years 8–12 entry uses the school's own process — online application, a fee, supporting documents and a school-run Literacy and Numeracy entrance exam with a possible interview; places are limited (typically a handful in Years 8–10, more around Years 9 and 11).
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 Normanhurst Boys High School that figure was 217/300 (220/300 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 Normanhurst Boys 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
- Founded in 1958; the first selective students began Year 7 in 1994, and the school became fully selective by 1999. source
- A boys-only fully academically selective school on the Upper North Shore, on Pennant Hills Road, Normanhurst. source
- Co-curricular activities include music, debating, a FIRST Robotics Competition team and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. source
Families near Normanhurst
Many families sitting for Normanhurst Boys High come from the surrounding suburbs. We compare the selective coaching options — centre by centre, with published prices — for Hornsby, Epping and Carlingford.
Other nearby areas: Wahroonga, Pennant Hills, Thornleigh, Beecroft, Cherrybrook.