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Sydney Girls High: Selective Entry & Places
Sydney Girls High School is a fully academically selective girls high school in Moore Park. It offers 180 Year 7 selective places, entered through the Selective High School Placement Test.
Founded in 1883 and Sydney Boys' sister school, it runs an extensive rowing program from the Margaret Varady Rowing Facility.
The Department's list gives 180 Year 7 places; some older references cite 150. We use the current Department figure.
Sydney Girls High School at a glance
| Type | Fully selective |
|---|---|
| Gender | Girls |
| 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.Year 7 is the documented entry point; later-year vacancy entry is not confirmed on an official source. |
| Boarding | None — day school. |
| Official website | sydneygirl-h.schools.nsw.gov.au |
How entry works
Year 7 entry to Sydney 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: Year 7 is the documented entry point; later-year vacancy entry is not confirmed on an official source.
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 Girls High School that figure was 215/300 (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 Girls High as an estimate, not a fact.
The Department's selective-schools list gives 180 Year 7 places; some older references cite 150. We use the current Department figure.
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 1883; a government single-sex, fully academically selective secondary day school for girls at Moore Park, on the edge of Surry Hills and Centennial Parklands. source
- Runs an extensive rowing program from the Margaret Varady Rowing Facility, with a strong debating tradition and performing-arts offerings. source
- Its brother school is Sydney Boys High School. source
Families near Moore Park
Many families sitting for Sydney Girls 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.