Opportunity class reserve list bands

VIDEO: Opportunity class reserve bands

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If your child has been placed on a reserve list for opportunity class placement, they'll be given a reserve band.

This information is displayed in the ‘Reserve Band’ column of the application dashboard next to the relevant school.

Reserve bands range from Band A to Band E and are based on the way offers were made from the same reserve list positions in the previous year.

It is important to note, that students who are placed on a reserve list for a particular school are not guaranteed an offer.

The reserve bands are designed to help you make educational plans and should be treated only as a guide.

If your child's position on a reserve list is reached, you will receive an email asking you to view the updated outcome in the ‘application dashboard’.

You need to then ‘accept’ or ‘decline’ the placement offer.

If you don't respond by the due date, the offer will lapse and the place will be given to the next eligible student.

If you have accepted a placement offer from one school and have also received another offer from your first-choice school, you can choose to either ‘accept’ or ‘decline’ this new offer.

If you accept the new offer, the original offer is automatically declined.

You may accept an offer while remaining on a reserve list for a higher-choice school until the locking date shown on this page of our website.

If you want to remain on a reserve list for your first-choice school after the advertised locking date, you need to decline your current offer.

Students who have accepted an offer for placement cannot remain on the reserve list for their first-choice school after that date.

If your child is on a reserve list, but you no longer want them to be placed in that school, select ‘withdraw’ from the reserve list in the application dashboard.

Note that you cannot change this decision later.

Visit the Selective high schools and opportunity classes website for reserve list progression updates and additional information.

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Check the Reserve list band showing in your child’s outcome. This may help you get a sense of when you might get an offer.

Please remember, the bands are estimates only. There is no guarantee that you will receive an offer from a reserve list.

Reserve band estimates

Opportunity class reserve bands

Band Estimate based on previous year
A within 1 month of the outcome notification
B within 2 months of the outcome notification
C within 3 months of the outcome notification
D during January
E Later than January or no offer made

Learn more about reserve lists at What do the different outcomes mean?

How long can my child remain on a reserve list?

Your child can remain on a reserve list and be placed up until the end of Term 1 in Year 6. But please note the information below about automatic removal from reserve lists.

Removal from reserve lists – decision due date

If you have accepted an offer and you are on the reserve list for your first choice school, you will be removed from that reserve list on the 'reserve decision date' – see Key dates.

To stay on the reserve list after this date, you will need to decline your accepted offer at your second choice school by the reserve decision date.

Important: If you choose to decline your offer, you cannot get it back again.

Progress of reserve bands for 2024 entry

This table shows which reserve band is currently being offered for each opportunity class.

The list is updated when there is movement from one band to another.

School with opportunity class Now offering from Reserve Band:
Armidale City Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Alstonville Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Alexandria Park Community School No further updates for 2024 placement
Artarmon Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Ashfield Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Aurora College No further updates for 2024 placement
Blaxcell Street Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Beecroft Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Balgowlah Heights Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Bathurst West Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Biraban Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Balmain Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Bradbury Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Blacktown South Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Blaxland East Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Camden South Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Casula Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Caringbah North Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Cessnock West Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Chatswood Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Colyton Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Coonabarabran Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Cudgegong Valley Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Dubbo West Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Dural Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Earlwood Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Ermington Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Georges Hall Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Glenbrook Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Goonellabah Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Goulburn West Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Greenacre Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Greystanes Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Gosford Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Grafton South Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Harrington Street Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Holsworthy Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Hurstville Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Ironbark Ridge Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Illaroo Road Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Jewells Primary School No further updates for 2024 placement
Kingswood Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Leumeah Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Lithgow Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Maryland Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Matthew Pearce Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Mona Vale Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Moree Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Neutral Bay Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Newbridge Heights Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
New Lambton South Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
North Rocks Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Picnic Point Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Port Macquarie Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Quakers Hill Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Queanbeyan South Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Ryde Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Richmond Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Rutherford Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Smithfield Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Soldiers Point Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
St Andrews Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
St Johns Park Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Sturt Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Summer Hill Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Sutherland Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Tahmoor Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Tamworth Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Tamworth South Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Tighes Hill Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Toormina Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Waitara Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Wentworth Falls Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Wilkins Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Wollongong Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Woollahra Public School No further updates for 2024 placement
Wyong Public School No further updates for 2024 placement

Category:

  • Teaching and learning

Topics:

  • Primary school

Business Unit:

  • Educational Standards
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