WHAT THEY SAY
A student who did the program this year.
The detailed score analysis allowed me to identify exactly which sections I needed to work on.
SELECTIVE HORIZON 2027
Free for all Year 6 students. Optional Horizon Plus upgrade available.
Selective Horizon is a free 10-week program running from February to April each year, ahead of the NSW Selective High School Placement Test in May. Each week, Year 6 students sit a full trial test covering all four sections of the Selective exam: Reading, Mathematical Reasoning, Thinking Skills and Writing.
At the end of each week, students receive a rank. Not just a score. A rank that shows exactly where they stand among every student in the program, segmented by gender in line with how the actual Selective exam works.
Places are capped at 250 students each year.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Who it's for
Year 6 students sitting the NSW Selective High School Placement Test in May 2027.
Program dates
Week 1: 12–14 February 2027. Week 10: 16–18 April 2027. One set of tests per week for 10 weeks.
Test window
Tests are available Friday to Sunday each week. Completed online at home at a time that suits your family.
Cost
The base program is free. An optional Horizon Plus upgrade is available for students who want detailed reports and question breakdowns.
Places
Capped at 250 students each year. Current Bing's Academy students are excluded from this cap.
Results
Rankings are updated in a shared results sheet by the Friday after each test closes. Rankings are gender-segmented.
HOW IT WORKS
Each week follows the same pattern so students know exactly what to expect.
Fill in the waitlist form below. Registrations open in late 2026. You will be notified by email when they do.
Each Friday to Sunday, a new full trial test goes live. Students sit it at home, online, at any point during that window. The test covers all four Selective sections.
By the Friday after the test closes, results are published in a shared sheet. You see your child's rank among all students in the program, segmented by gender.
Each week builds on the last. Students track their rank over time, see which sections are improving and which still need work, and arrive at the May exam with 10 full trial tests behind them.
WHAT SETS IT APART
Most practice resources give students a score. Selective Horizon gives students a rank. There is a significant difference. A score tells you how many questions your child got right. A rank tells you where they stand against students sitting the same exam under the same conditions, which is exactly the information you need to make good decisions about preparation in the months before May.
The actual Selective exam places students into gender-segmented cohorts. Selective Horizon rankings mirror this exactly. Your child's rank reflects how they compare to same-gender students, not just the overall cohort.
Every writing response is marked by two qualified educators independently. The average of both scores is the mark shown. This is the same standard applied in the actual Selective exam writing assessment.
A single practice test tells you very little. Ten weeks of ranked results tells you which sections are improving, which are plateauing, and where to focus in the final weeks before the exam.
EXAM CONDITIONS
A ranked test sat at home is only worth something if the rank is honest. Every Selective Horizon test runs inside our own exam platform, built to behave like the real computer-based test rather than a worksheet in a browser.
Every written response blocks pasting by default. Each attempt is recorded against that question, so a piece of writing is the student's own work or we know that it is not.
Switching tabs or apps, copying and screenshots are recorded against the individual question, along with how long the student was away. Each paper also carries a warning budget. Spend it and the test submits itself.
The real exam gives students none of these, so neither do we. A writing mark earned here is earned on the same terms as the one in May.
The platform records how long a student spends on each question, when they revisit one, and whether they changed their answer. That is how a rank becomes something you can act on.
HORIZON PLUS REPORT
Every week, Horizon Plus members receive a detailed performance report covering all four sections of the test. For each section, the report shows overall rank and gender rank, a summary of correct and incorrect answers, total time spent, and how that performance compares to the full cohort and the gender-segmented cohort.
The question-by-question breakdown shows the time spent on each question, the correct answer, the student's response, and the percentage of students across the cohort who got that question right. Questions are ordered from hardest to easiest so it is immediately clear where marks were lost relative to the field.
For writing, responses are double-marked by two qualified educators independently. The report shows the score for both Set A (content, form, organisation and style) and Set B (sentences, punctuation and spelling), the overall writing rank, and detailed written feedback from both markers on what was done well and what to improve.
Overall rank and gender rank for each of the four sections, with a visual band showing where the score sits across the cohort.
Time per question, correct answer versus student response, and cohort difficulty percentage for every question in the test.
Written feedback from two independent educators on both content and technical accuracy, with specific suggestions for improvement.
WHAT THEY SAY
The detailed score analysis allowed me to identify exactly which sections I needed to work on.
HORIZON PLUS
The base Selective Horizon program gives every student a rank and a writing score. Horizon Plus gives you everything the base program includes, plus a full performance report after each test, the kind of report shown above.
| Free | Horizon Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly trial test | Included | Included |
| Gender-segmented rank | Included | Included |
| Writing score | Included | Included |
| Marks by skill | Not included | Included |
| Question-by-question detail, with the correct answer | Not included | Included |
| Writing feedback for each set of criteria | Not included | Included |
| Time spent per question, with rushed and stalled flags | Not included | Included |
| Answer changes, and whether changing helped or hurt | Not included | Included |
| End-of-paper pacing | Not included | Included |
| How the rest of the cohort answered each question | Not included | Included |
| Full performance report | Not included | Included |
Horizon Plus — full program
$600
Covers all 10 weeks — $60 per week.
Joining after Week 1
$80 per week
For the weeks that remain, and never more than the $600 full-program price.
OUR PROMISE
Of the 22 students we taught who sat the Selective test in 2026, 17 received an offer.
We will never promise your child a place. Nobody can. The exam is marked by the Department, the cut-offs move every year, and no tutor controls either of those. Anyone who promises you a place is selling you something.
Here is what we do promise. Each week's test closes on Sunday. Your child's rank and results are with you by the Friday. Every writing task is read by two qualified markers, working independently. If we miss that Friday, we refund that week — $60 of your Horizon Plus fee.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Year 6 students sitting the NSW Selective High School Placement Test in May 2027. The program is not open to Year 5 students. If your child is currently in Year 5, they will be eligible to join next year's program.
250 places are available each year. Current Bing's Academy students are not counted toward this cap. They are guaranteed a place regardless of when they register.
Registrations for the 2027 program open in late 2026. Join the waitlist below and we will notify you as soon as they do.
Missing a week occasionally is fine. The test for that week simply will not appear in their results. We recommend sitting every week to get the most accurate picture of progress over time.
However, students who miss multiple weeks without reason may be removed from the program without notice to allow another student to take their place. With only 250 spots available, we reserve the right to reallocate a place if a student is consistently absent.
Yes. A mid-program upgrade costs $80 per week for the weeks that remain, and never more than the $600 full-program price. There is no upgrade fee. Contact us to arrange an upgrade.
Yes. All tests are completed online at home during the Friday to Sunday test window each week.
Every writing response is marked independently by two qualified educators. The average of both scores is the final mark shown in the results. Horizon Plus members receive detailed written feedback from both markers.
At the end of each week, students receive two ranks: an overall rank among all students in the program, and a gender-based rank among same-gender students. This mirrors the way the actual NSW Selective exam processes results.
The free program gives every student a weekly rank, a writing score, and access to the shared results sheet. Horizon Plus adds a full performance report after every test: question-by-question breakdown, time spent per question, category analysis, and detailed writing feedback. See the comparison table above.
Join the waitlist and we will notify you as soon as spots open. Places are capped at 250 students and fill quickly.
Parents sign up on behalf of their child. Students cannot register directly.
We will email you as soon as registrations open for the 2027 program. If you have any questions in the meantime, get in touch.
"I built Selective Horizon because every student deserves to know where they actually stand — not just a score, but a real rank."John 'Bing' Huang, Founder of Bing's Academy