Key dates
Test dates in 2023
| Opportunity Class Placement Test | Selective High School Placement Test | |
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| For entry in 2024 | 27 July 2023 | 4 May 2023 |
Opportunity classes—Year 5 entry in 2024
| Date | Activity | ||
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30 March 2023 |
Applications open for Year 5 entry to an opportunity class in 2024 |
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| 15 May 2023 | Applications close for Year 5 entry to an opportunity class in 2024 | ||
| 30 March 2023 to 19 May 2023 | Parents of students may request reasonable adjustments for the test | ||
17 May to 2 June 2023 |
Principals process student applications |
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13 July 2023 |
Parents access ‘Test authority’ advice in application dashboard Parents advised of reasonable adjustments granted for the test |
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27 July 2023 |
Opportunity Class Placement Test |
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| 3 August 2023 | Last day to submit Illness/misadventure requests | ||
| 6 August 2023 | Last day to change school choices in application dashboard | ||
September 2023 |
Selection committee meets |
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20 October 2023 |
Placement outcome information expected to be released |
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| from 20 October 2023 | Parents accept or decline first round offers | ||
Mid-November 2022 |
Reserve bands available on website |
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18 January 2024 |
At 5pm, students with accepted offers are withdrawn from reserve lists. |
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19 January 2024 |
‘Authority to attend’ letters are made available in application dashboard to parents of students with accepted offers o take to the school on the first day of term in 2024 |
Selective high schools—Year 7 entry in 2024
| Date | Activity | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 October 2022 | Applications open Primary schools consulted for additional information about applicants |
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| 16 November 2022 | Applications close | |
| 16 November 2022 | Requests for reasonable adjustments for disability due | |
| 20 April 2023 | Test centre allocation and authority letter available to parents | |
4 May 2023 |
Selective High School Placement Test Interstate and overseas Report of academic merit due |
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| 11 May 2023 | Illness/misadventure requests due | |
| 11 June 2023 | Last day to change selective high school choices | |
| mid-August 2023 | Placement outcomes expected to be released | |
| 5 working days after outcome release | Results enquiries due | |
| 5 working days after outcome release | Appeals due | |
| late-August 2023 | Reserve lists activated | |
| late-September | Results enquiry outcomes released | |
| late-October | Appeals outcomes released | |
| 18 December 2023 | Students holding accepted offers are removed from reserve lists at 3:00pm | |
| late-January 2024 | Authority to attend letter released to parents. |
Selective high schools—Years 8 to 12 entry
| Dates | Activity |
|---|---|
June 2022 |
Application information available on this website. |
21 June 2022 |
Application form available on this website. |
22 July 2022 |
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 2022 |
Selection committees meet and consider applications for entry starting in 2023. |
September-October 2022 |
Outcome advice is sent to applicants by each school for entry starting in 2023. |