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Entry into Year 7

Year 7 entry

Applications for selective high school placement in 2027 will be open from Thursday 6 November 2025 to Friday 20 February 2026.

The 2026 test dates are:

Selective High School: Friday 1 May and Saturday 2 May.

The selective high school placement process for Year 7 is administered by the Selective Education Team (SET) of the NSW Department of Education. All enquiries should be directed to this team.  The exam is held in Year 6 of primary school, with applications due in Year 5.

For more information, check the key dates.

We do not hold open days or host tours of the school for individual families, only students who are offered a position will be invited to attend an Orientation Day.

Residency requirements

To be enrolled in a selective high school:

• you and your child must be living in NSW at the start of the school year

• and your child must be either:

• an Australian or New Zealand citizen

• an Australian permanent resident

• hold a visa that allows enrolment – check the list here: Visa subclasses and enrolment conditions.

Apply online

Steps

1. Visit the application website
2. Register to start your application
3. Verify your email address
4. Log in
5. Complete all sections of the application
6. Select submit
7. Student sits the placement test
8. Outcomes are released.

Fair access

The department supports high potential and gifted students from all backgrounds to apply. We know that some of these students experience educational disadvantage. To make access fairer, the Equity Placement Model holds up to 20% of places for:

• students from low socio-educational backgrounds

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

• students from rural and remote areas

• students with disabilities.

For more information, visit Fair Access.

Results

Results are assessed by the Selective Education Team (SET). BHHS has no role in this selection process and cannot alter the outcome for any reason. If you have any questions, please contact the Selective Education Team below:

Telephone:         1300 880 367

Email:                  set@det.nsw.edu.au

Internet:            https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7

Entry into Year 8-11

2027 Enrolments:

• Applications Open: 17 June 2026
• Applications Close: 24 July 2026
• Edutest entry test date: Saturday 15th August 2026

The combined application processing fee and Edutest fee ($180.00) must be paid by credit card direct to Edutest.

For general information about enrolling in a selective high school please see the Department website.

Please note the section on Residency requirements.

• Candidates must be Australian citizens or holders of a visa granting permanent residency status in Australia. Information on Australian citizenship is available on the Department of Immigration and Border Protection website. Official evidence of Australian citizenship may be obtained by the issue of a Certificate of Evidence of Australian Citizenship.
• Citizens of New Zealand who are permanently settled in Australia are eligible for entry. Permanent residents of New Zealand, like temporary residents of Australia, cannot be placed.
• All applicants must provide documentation, such as a certificate of evidence of Australian citizenship, birth certificate or permanent residency visa with each application to Baulkham Hills High School.
• Students born in Australia with a parent who was a citizen or permanent resident at the time of the student’s birth must show full birth certificates.
• Students whose parents were not citizens or permanent residents at the time of the student’s birth must show their citizenship papers or passports or a permanent residency visa.

What needs to be included in the application?

Students must compete academically with all other candidates for entry to Baulkham Hills High School.

You are required to submit the application with its supporting documentation as listed below.

• Photocopies of Birth Certificate, Australian Citizenship or Australian Passport and Visa
• Candidates must be Australian citizens or holders of a visa granting permanent resident status in Australia. Information on Australian citizenship is available on the Department of Immigration and Border Protection website at: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/. You can get a Certificate of Evidence of Australian Citizenship or a Visa grant notice to prove your visa status.
• Photocopies of student's 2025 semester 1 and semester 2 report as well as 2026 semester 1 report.
• Photocopies of the last NAPLAN reports. For students applying for Year 10 and 11, please provide your last two NAPLAN reports (if applicable)
• Photocopies of external academic achievements for the past two years
• Photocopies of evidence of participation in extra-curricular activities
• A completed BHHS Supplementary Application Form (this will be made available when applications open)
• Any other information supplied by the candidate

Generally, only a very small number of places become available at Baulkham Hills High School in Years 8 to 11 each year.

You are entitled to apply for entry up to a maximum of 3 selective high schools. Each high school must receive their own application form and make payment to each school. The order of preference must be listed the same on all applications.

Students cannot automatically transfer between selective high schools. If a student is already enrolled at a selective high school and wants to go to another, the parents must fill out an application form for entry and lodge it directly with the selective high school they want their child to attend and follow their application procedures.

It is preferred that applications are posted directly to the school or dropped off at the Administration Office at Baulkham Hills High School - 419a Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills 2153

NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL.

Edutest Exam Details:

Test date: Saturday 15 August 2026

Start time: 9:00am - Arrive at 8:30am for registration - enter school via Windsor Road only - CARVER CRESCENT WALKWAY WILL BE CLOSED - THERE WILL BE NO PARKING AVAILABLE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.

Finish time: Approximately 12:30pm

Test Venue:
Baulkham Hills High School
419a Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills

The combined application processing fee and Edutest fee ($180.00) must be paid by credit card direct to Edutest: Registration/Payment

For 2027 applications, students who apply to Baulkham Hills High School and any of the schools listed below will undertake the Edutest exam once.

You must apply for each selective school separately and pay for each application.

• James Ruse Agricultural High School
• North Sydney Boys High School
• North Sydney Girls High School
• Sydney Girls High School
• Chatswood High School

Each school will receive the Edutest results for their student applicants. Each school will conduct its own review of the application and contact parents directly.

On the test day, students must bring:

• a photo ID - acceptable ID includes current school photo/library card or passport
• two lead pencils
• black or blue pen.

No calculators are permitted.

The test will include sections on:

• Verbal Reasoning
• Numerical Reasoning
• Reading Comprehension
• Mathematics, and
• Written Expression.

Each section is 30 minutes long.

Online practice tests are available for purchase from practest@edutest.com.au.

For all other enquiries please call Edutest (03) 9014 1411- Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm or info@edutest.com.au.

Overseas and Interstate students please contact  remote@edutest.com.au  no later than 3 weeks prior to the school's examination date to arrange a local testing location. It is not possible to make arrangements for remote online testing in the week leading up to the examination.

Final selection

An internal school selection panel of educators convenes to evaluate applications.

Entry into Year 12

We do not accept enrolments in the Year 12 academic year.

Entry into Support Unit

Baulkham Hills High School offers a Support Unit for students with disabilities. Please refer to the Student Support Program web site for details on enrolments and general information about how support units operate: Disability Learning and Support

For enrolment questions please contact the Local Educational Services team on 131 536.  For general enquiries about disability, learning and support please
email  disability.support@det.nsw.edu.au

As Baulkham Hills High School is a fully selective school, support students are not fully integrated into the academic program of the school. Support students do attend roll classes each morning and participate in whole school events such as the swimming carnival, cross-country and the athletics carnivals. Please note the school does not hold Open Days for Support students, once you are offered a position you will be invited to attend an Orientation.

For travel arrangements please refer to the Assisted School Transport program website: Assisted School Transport Program