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North Sydney Boys High School

A fully selective public high school for boys in North Sydney, for Years 7 to 12. Fully selective means every student was chosen for a selective place. 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.

By John “Bing” Huang, founder of Bing’s Academy · Updated

Bing’s Academy is independent of the school. Every figure here is from a public source, named under each section.

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150 places in Year 7. After that, only when a place comes up.

Most North Sydney Boys students start in Year 7. In Years 8 to 11, offers are made only if a place becomes available, from a reserve list.

Year 7150 places, through the Selective test
Years 8–11Only if a place becomes available, from a reserve list
Year 12The school’s page doesn’t say
What the school says

What the school says: “Offers will only be made if a place becomes available and will continue to be made until Term 1 2027.” The school’s website, read 28 October 2026

Worth knowing
  • North Sydney Boys’ own page doesn’t name its test now applications have closed. Baulkham Hills lists it among the six Edutest (a test some selective schools use for places after Year 7) schools, so it very likely uses the Edutest: confirm with the school. We don’t tutor for the Edutest at the moment.
  • The quote above is about places in 2027: offers continue until Term 1 (February to April) 2027, only if a place opens.

Two ways in, for places starting in 2028.

Year 7 places go through the Department’s Selective test. Places in Years 8 to 11 go through the school’s own application and a test called the Edutest, run by an outside provider.

Nov 2026DecJan 2027FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Year 7 entryYear 7 in 2028: children in Year 5 now
Apply online5 Nov to 15 Feb Selective test13 or 14 May OffersAugust
Years 8 to 11 entryYears 8 to 11 in 2028: children in Years 6 to 9 now
Apply to North Sydney BoysMid Jun to Jul Edutest Mid August ResultsSep to Oct, usually

The Year 7 application and test dates are official. The other dates are typical, based on the 2026 round: the school hasn’t announced its own dates for 2028 entry yet.

Who runs it, fees and the school’s website

Year 7 entry

Who runs it
The NSW Department of Education, for all selective schools
Score needed
Not published. It changes every year.
The test
Done on a computer, in Year 6, in four parts: reading, mathematical reasoning, thinking skills and writing (our Selective test guide)
Late applications
Not accepted
Who can apply
Families living in NSW by the start of the school year. Conditions may apply if your child isn’t an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or a New Zealand citizen.

Years 8 to 11 entry

Who runs it
North Sydney Boys High School, for its own places
What it involves
The Edutest. A selection panel then makes a reserve list for each year, and may ask for documents or hold interviews.
Fee
Not published on the school’s page
Who can apply
Families living in NSW by the start of the school year. Conditions may apply if your child isn’t an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or a New Zealand citizen.
School website
North Sydney Boys High School’s website

Source: NSW Department of Education (Year 7; who can apply); North Sydney Boys High School’s website, read 28 October 2026; the Edutest schools’ list on Baulkham Hills’ page.

Above the NSW average in all 18 subjects listed.

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. Selective schools choose their students by test, so their averages usually sit above the NSW average: the useful part is which subjects are strongest.

North Sydney Boys High School · HSC 2025Average mark out of 100, Year 12
The NSW average includes every student in NSW who took the subject.

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.

664 Band 6 results in 2025. The most in five years.

A Band 6 is the top result in an HSC subject. Here is what the count tells you, and what it doesn’t.

What the count does and doesn’t tell you
What it is
A mark of 90 or more out of 100 in one subject. In Extension subjects the top band is called E4, and the counts here include E4s.
Where it comes from
NESA, which runs the HSC, lists the students who get one, with their school.
What it misses
One student with three Band 6s counts three times. It also tells you nothing about students who got under 90.
  • 165 students got at least one Band 6 in 2025.
  • 71 students were All-round Achievers: a Band 6 in 10 or more units of study.
  • 14 state ranks, including 1st in German Extension and 1st in Physics.

Source: NESA’s HSC merit lists, 2021 to 2025, counted by Bing’s Academy. These counts are shown on their own. We don’t rank or compare schools by results.

933 students, all boys.

Students, 2025
933, all boys
Attendance
94.8% of school days, Semester 1 2025Average for NSW public schools, Years 7 to 12: 83.7%
After Year 12
96% of the 2025 Year 12 group went on to universityThe school’s own count, in its annual report
Home language
95% of students speak a language other than English at home, or have a parent who does
Getting there
Crows Nest Metro Station (M1 line), a 15‑minute walkPlan a trip (opens in a new tab)
Address
127 Falcon St, North Sydney NSW 2060 · Open in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

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.

Before you apply.

Does North Sydney Boys High School use HAST?

No. It uses the Edutest for Years 8 to 11. The Edutest is held on one day shared by six selective schools. We don’t tutor for the Edutest at the moment. For Year 7, children sit the Selective test.

How many Year 7 places are there?

150, all for boys, from the Department’s list (read 28 October 2026).

Is North Sydney Boys High School a boys’ school?

Yes. All 933 students in 2025 were boys.

What mark do you need to get in?

The Department doesn’t publish one. It changes every year, depending on who applies.

Aiming for North Sydney Boys?

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. We don’t tutor for the Edutest at the moment.

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