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St George Girls High: Selective Entry & Places
St George Girls High School is a fully academically selective girls high school in Kogarah, St George. It offers 150 Year 7 selective places, entered through the Selective High School Placement Test.
A girls-only selective day school in Kogarah, established in 1916.
St George Girls High School at a glance
| Type | Fully selective |
|---|---|
| Gender | Girls |
| Suburb | Kogarah, St George |
| Year 7 places | 150, 2027 entry — NSW Department of Education selective-schools list |
| Entry routes | Year 7 via the Selective High School Placement Test.The school runs its own Higher Ability Selection Test (HAST) for entry into Years 8–11 when vacancies exist; the combined intake across those years is capped at 150 places. |
| Boarding | None — day school. |
| Official website | stgeorgegi-h.schools.nsw.gov.au |
How entry works
Year 7 entry to St George Girls 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 her 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: The school runs its own Higher Ability Selection Test (HAST) for entry into Years 8–11 when vacancies exist; the combined intake across those years is capped at 150 places.
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 St George Girls High School that figure was 201/300 (198/300 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 St George Girls 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
Families near Kogarah
Many families sitting for St George Girls High come from the surrounding suburbs. We compare the selective coaching options — centre by centre, with published prices — for Hurstville.
Other nearby areas: Rockdale, Bexley, Carlton, Sans Souci, Brighton-le-Sands.