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Sydney Technical High: Selective Entry & Places
Sydney Technical High School is a fully academically selective boys high school in Bexley, St George. It offers 150 Year 7 selective places, entered through the Selective High School Placement Test.
One of Sydney's oldest selective schools (1911), a boys' school with a long emphasis on technical, science and engineering subjects.
Sydney Technical High School at a glance
| Type | Fully selective |
|---|---|
| Gender | Boys |
| Suburb | Bexley, St George |
| Year 7 places | 150, 2027 entry — per aggregated Department data (AcePath) |
| Entry routes | Year 7 via the Selective High School Placement Test.Applications for Years 8–12 vacancies are considered directly by the school when places arise. |
| Boarding | None — day school. |
| Official website | sydneytech-h.schools.nsw.gov.au |
How entry works
Year 7 entry to Sydney Technical 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: Applications for Years 8–12 vacancies are considered directly by the school when places arise.
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 Technical High School that figure was 198/300 (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 Sydney Technical 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 Bexley
Many families sitting for Sydney Technical High come from the surrounding suburbs. We compare the selective coaching options — centre by centre, with published prices — for Kogarah and Hurstville.
Other nearby areas: Rockdale, Kingsgrove, Beverly Hills, Bardwell Park, Bexley North.