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St George Girls High School

A fully selective public high school for girls in Kogarah, in Sydney’s south, 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.

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How could your child get in?

Pick the year your child is in now (2026).

150 places in Year 7. In Year 11, up to 18 more.

Most St George Girls students start in Year 7. Each of Years 7 to 10 is limited to 150 students, so a place opens only when a student leaves. Year 11 can take up to 18 extra students.

Year 7150 places, through the Selective test
Years 8–10Only when a student leaves
Year 11Up to 18 extra places
Year 12No new students
What the school says

What the school says: “For Year 11, up to 18 additional vacancies may be offered, subject to applicants satisfying the advertised selection criteria.” The school’s website, read 28 October 2026

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 HAST (the Higher Ability Selection Test), a test several selective schools share (our HAST guide).

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 St George GirlsMid Jun to Jul HAST Early 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
St George Girls High School, for its own places
What it involves
HAST and your child’s two latest school reports. Some children are invited to an interview.
Fee
If St George Girls is your first choice: $140, and your child sits HAST there. If it’s your second or third choice, after another HAST school: $50. Your child sits HAST once, at your first-choice school, and you apply to each school separately.
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.
Late applications
Not accepted
School website
St George Girls High School’s website
Transfer readiness quiz, for HAST

Inside St George Girls · once your child is in

Acceleration from 2027.

Every student here already has a selective place.

Planned
The school’s 2025 report says acceleration pathways start with maths in 2027, and a Year 11 pathway line follows in 2028.

Source: NSW Department of Education (Year 7; who can apply); St George Girls High School’s website and enrolment documents (Years 8 to 11; other classes), read 28 October 2026.

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.

St George Girls 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.

249 Band 6 results in 2025, down 9 on 2024.

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.
  • 96 students got at least one Band 6 in 2025.
  • 6 students were All-round Achievers: a Band 6 in 10 or more units of study.
  • 1 state rank: 8th in Personal Development, Health and Physical Education.

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.

908 students, all girls.

Students, 2025
908, all girls
Attendance
92.9% of school days, Semester 1 2025Average for NSW public schools, Years 7 to 12: 83.7%
After Year 12
98% of the 2025 Year 12 group went on to universityThe school’s own count, in its annual report
Home language
94% of students speak a language other than English at home, or have a parent who does
Getting there
Kogarah Station (T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line), a 7‑minute walkPlan a trip (opens in a new tab)
Address
Victoria St, Kogarah NSW 2217 · 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 St George Girls High School use HAST?

Yes, for Years 8 to 11. HAST is the Higher Ability Selection Test. The schools that use it hold it on one shared day in August, and your child sits it once. For Year 7, children sit the Selective test instead.

How many Year 7 places are there?

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

Is St George Girls High School a girls’ school?

Yes. All 908 students in 2025 were girls.

What mark do you need to get in?

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

Aiming for St George Girls?

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 HAST.

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