Enrolment

Entry of all students into Year 7 is managed by the High Performing Students Unit of the Department of Education.

Offers and placement on the reserve lists are made on a hierarchical basis using the results of the selective schools examination and input from a selection committee. The committee consists of an officer from the High Performing Students Unit, the School Education Area Director (or nominee), the Principal and a parent representative. The committee reviews areas such as illness/misadventure, NESB, ATSI, overseas applications and other information relevant to a student’s application and makes a determination as to where placement on the list is to occur.

There is a ceiling of 120 students entering Year 7. Vacancies, which may subsequently occur, are filled by the High Performing Students Unit up until the commencement of Term 3. Vacancies that occur after this time are filled at the school’s discretion. If filled by the school, the reserve list continues to be used as the basis for enrolment.

Entry to selective high schools in Years 8 to 11 is based on decisions made by the local school’s selection committee and, unlike Year 7 entries, does not depend on a centralised program of entry.

Entry to the small number of places that become available in Years 8-11 each year at Normanhurst Boys High School is filled through an application including an entry test in Literacy and Numeracy as well as a review of accompanying documentation to support the student’s application. The number of places offered in each of Years 8-10 usually does not exceed five. However, there are usually 15 to 20 places available for entry into Year 11.

The entrance examinations for Years 8-11 are conducted in the school hall each year.

A selection committee, consisting of the Principal (or their nominee), a staff representative and a representative from the Parents & Citizens Association will consider each application. An interview at the school may be required before a final offer is made.

There are three steps to applying at Normanhurst Boys High School:

1. Fill out an online registration form  (Due 25 July 2025 - this form must be filled out first to generate a PDF unique to your application).
2. Each application for Years 8-11 needs to be accompanied with an administration fee of $130 payable online.
3. Compile the application package and have it either delivered to the school personally or via Australia Post before Friday 25 July 2025 4:00 pm. Electronic submissions (via email or otherwise) are not accepted.
   

⚠ Documentation will not be accepted on the day of the entrance examination.

*Supplementary supporting documentation consists of, but is not limited to, the student’s last two school reports, their last NAPLAN results, and any academic, sporting or other awards or achievements, both co-curricular and extra-curricular if applicable, etc. No originals please.

Further information: see the NSW Department of Education's application information PDF and also the selective high schools page.

If your child is applying for other entrance to other selective schools for Years 8-11 2026

A common application package applies to all schools and is available from all selective high schools, school education group offices and on the Department of Education’s High Performing Student Unit website. A separate application form must be provided to each selective high school you choose, up to a maximum of three schools.