Key dates
Key dates - Year 5 opportunity class entry in 2021
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
26 June 2020 |
Applications close for Year 5 entry in 2021 |
9 June-21 August 2020 |
Parents request any disability adjustments |
30 June-3 July 2020 |
Principals verify student information |
4 November 2020 |
Parents receive ‘Test authority’ advice Parents advised of disability adjustments granted for the test |
18 November 2020 |
Opportunity Class Placement Test |
25 November 2020 |
Last day to change school choices |
late December 2020 |
Selection process occurs |
Mid-January 2021 |
Placement outcome information sent to parents |
From mid-January 2021 |
Parents accept or decline offers |
Late January 2021 |
Reserve lists activated |
Late January 2021 |
Parents of successful students sent ‘Authority to attend’ letters to take to the school on the first day of term in 2021 |
27 January 2020 |
At 5 pm, students with accepted offers are withdrawn from reserve lists |
Key Dates - Year 7 selective high schools entry in 2022
| Date | Activity | |
|---|---|---|
13 October 2020 |
Applications open for entry to selective high school placement in 2022 |
|
17 November 2020 |
Applications close for entry to selective high school placement in 2022. (Closing date updated) |
|
| 4 December 2020 | Principals provide school assessment scores |
|
25 February 2021 |
Test centre information and Test authority letters available to parents |
|
11 March 2021 |
Selective High School Placement test |
|
18 March 2021 |
Illness/misadventure requests due |
|
25 April 2021 |
Last day to change school choices |
|
May-June 2021 |
Selection commitees meet |
|
2 July 2021 |
Placement outcomes expected to be released |
|
9 July 2021 |
Appeals due 5 working days after outcomes are released |
|
July 2021-May 2022 |
Parents accept or decline offers |
|
| Early August | Reserve list activated - until May 2022 | |
October 2021 |
Appeals outcomes released |
|
15 December 2021 at 3pm |
Students who have kept offers are removed from reserve lists |
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| Mid-January 2022 | Authority to attend letters for entry in 2022 are sent |
Key Dates - Year 7 selective high schools entry in 2021
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
July 2020 to May 2021 |
Parents accept or decline offers for entry in 2021 |
10 August 2020 |
Reserve list for entry in 2021 activated - until May 2021 |
| October 2020 | Appeals outcomes released |
16 December 2020 |
Students keeping offers for entry in 2021 are removed from reserve lists |
mid January 2021 |
Authority to attend letters for entry in 2021 are sent |
Key dates - Years 8 to 12 selective high schools
| Dates | Activity |
|---|---|
Late May 2020 |
Application information available on this website and from selective high schools if parents do not have internet access. |
19 June 2020 |
Application form available on this website and from selective high schools if parents do not have internet access. |
24 July 2020 |
Closing date for completed application forms to be submitted to the chosen selective high schools. A separate form must be submitted to each school. |
August - September 2020 |
Selection committees meet and consider applications for entry starting in 2021. |
October - November 2020 |
Outcome advice is sent to applicants by each school for entry starting in 2021. |
Test dates
| Opportunity Class Placement Test dates | Selective High School Placement Test dates |
|---|---|
Wednesday 18 November 2020 |
Thursday 12 March 2020 |
21 July 2021 for 2022 entry |
11 March 2021 for 2022 entry |