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The New South Wales Department of Education operates seven specialist sports high schools in local communities across New South Wales. [1] Each of the schools deliver a comprehensive education to local students and, by application and, based on merit and talent, students are selected to participate in each school's talented sports program.
Below are lists of schools located in New South Wales: List of government schools in New South Wales; List of non-government schools in New South Wales; List of selective high schools in New South Wales; By region. List of schools in Greater Western Sydney; List of schools in the Hunter and Central Coast; List of schools in Illawarra and the ...
This is a list of schools in the Greater Western Sydney region of Sydney, the capital of the Australian state of New South Wales.The New South Wales education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from Kindergarten to Year 6 (ages 5–12), and high schools, which accommodate students from Years 7 to 12 (ages 12–18).
The school has regularly placed in the third standard deviation against all Australian students as well as students with a similar background in NAPLAN examinations. [13] North Sydney Boys has ranked within the top 5 schools in New South Wales by the percentage of examinations sat that achieved a distinguished achievers for the past decade. [14]
However, in 1988, the NSW government began increasing the number of selective schools and also made an important reform, abolishing catchment restrictions for selective schools so that any student in NSW could apply to attend any selective school. [5] In 1995, the NSW government under Bob Carr created some partially selective schools (i.e ...
The school's students are one of the most socio-economically advantaged in NSW, in terms of the Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage score, with 82% of boys at the school from families in the top quarter of society. [9] [10] As a result, the school has been mentioned as part of an ongoing debate about whether Australian selective ...
Cheltenham Girls High School, is a public, comprehensive, high school for girls, located in Cheltenham, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1957 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education , the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately ...
Penrith Selective High School (PSHS) is a public co-educational academically selective secondary day school, located in Penrith, in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1950 and operated by the NSW Department of Education , the school caters for approximately 925 students from Year 7 to Year 12 .