Opportunity class reserve list 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 |
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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: |
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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 |