A partially selective public high school in Narellan, in Sydney’s south-west, for boys and girls in Years 7 to 12. Partially selective means it has selective classes alongside classes for local students. Here’s how to get in, how its students do in the HSC (the exams at the end of Year 12), and what the school is like.
Bing’s Academy is independent of the school. Every figure here is from a public source, named under each section.
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The selective stream is a set of classes for students offered a selective place, most of them through the Selective test in Year 6. Each of Years 8 to 10 has a selective stream of 60, and a new student joins only when a place in it is free.
What the school says: “For 2027 entry there will be 60 selective placements in Year 8, 60 placements in Year 9 and 60 placements in Year 10 at Elizabeth Macarthur High School. There are no set numbers of placements in Year 11.” The school’s Years 8 to 11 selective policy, read 28 October 2026
Year 7 places go through the Department’s Selective test. Selective places in Years 8 to 11 go through the school directly.
The Year 7 dates are the Department’s official dates. The school hasn’t published its dates for Years 8 to 11. Ask the school.
| Question | Selective stream | Intellectual Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Who chooses | For Year 7, the Department, by the Selective test | Elizabeth Macarthur |
| Test | Yes: the Selective test, on a computer in Year 6 | None mentioned: students are chosen on the portfolio. |
| Who can apply | Families living in NSW | Students joining Year 7. Information goes to local primary schools and to families enrolling from outside the area, whose enrolment is decided separately (see From outside the area, below). |
| How to apply | Apply online to the Department | An application form and a portfolio of evidence worth 100 points against the school’s criteria (such as certificates, writing pieces, a research project or an essay), by email or at the front office. |
| When | 5 November 2026 to 15 February 2027, for Year 7 in 2028 (official) | Last round, for 2027: applications from 11 May to 3 July 2026. |
The dates for the classes are last round’s; the next round isn’t announced yet.
Source: NSW Department of Education (Year 7; who can apply); Elizabeth Macarthur High School’s website and enrolment documents (Years 8 to 11; other classes), read 28 October 2026.
The HSC is the set of exams at the end of Year 12. Each HSC subject is marked out of 100. The school’s yearly report lists the average mark of its Year 12 students in each subject, next to the NSW average. Subjects with fewer than 10 students are not listed. The marks cover every Year 12 student at Elizabeth Macarthur, whichever classes they were in.
Source: the school’s 2025 annual report, NSW Department of Education (CC BY 4.0). These results are shown on their own. We don’t rank or compare schools by results.
A Band 6 is the top result in an HSC subject. Here is what the count tells you, and what it doesn’t.
Source: NESA’s HSC merit lists, 2021 to 2025, counted by Bing’s Academy. The counts cover the whole school, not only the selective stream. These counts are shown on their own. We don’t rank or compare schools by results.
Source: the school’s 2025 annual report; NSW Department of Education school data, 2 October 2026 (CC BY 4.0); Google Maps and Transport for NSW.
No. For Years 8 to 11 there is no test: a portfolio of reports and achievements, and possibly an interview.
60 selective places in Year 7: 30 for boys and 30 for girls. From the Department’s list (read 28 October 2026).
No. Only the selective stream is. The figures on this page cover the whole school.
The Department doesn’t publish one. It changes every year, depending on who applies.
Of the 22 students we taught who sat the Selective test in 2026, 17 received an offer of a selective place (not always at this school). We will never promise a place: the Department marks the exam and the cut-offs move every year. What we can promise is that you will know where your child stands, for Year 7 or for joining later.
