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Sydney Boys High: Selective Entry & Places
Sydney Boys High School is a fully academically selective boys high school in Moore Park. It offers 180 Year 7 selective places, entered through the Selective High School Placement Test.
Established in 1883, it is the only government school in the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools, with long rowing and debating traditions.
Sydney Boys High School at a glance
| Type | Fully selective |
|---|---|
| Gender | Boys |
| Suburb | Moore Park |
| Year 7 places | 180, 2027 entry — NSW Department of Education selective-schools list |
| Entry routes | Year 7 via the Selective High School Placement Test.Students in higher year groups are admitted only when vacancies exist. |
| Boarding | None — day school. |
| Official website | sydneyboys-h.schools.nsw.gov.au |
How entry works
Year 7 entry to Sydney 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: Students in higher year groups are admitted only when vacancies exist.
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 Sydney Boys High School that figure was 220/300 (219/300 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 Sydney 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
- Established on 1 October 1883; a government single-sex, fully academically selective secondary day school for boys on Cleveland Street, Moore Park. source
- A member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of NSW (AAGPS) since 1906 — the only government school in that association. source
- Has long-running debating and rowing traditions alongside cricket, rugby union and basketball. source
Families near Moore Park
Many families sitting for Sydney Boys High come from the surrounding suburbs. We compare the selective coaching options — centre by centre, with published prices — for Randwick.
Other nearby areas: Surry Hills, Paddington, Kensington, Kingsford, Bondi Junction.