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New 2020 Exam Date Due to the COVID-19 situation, the 2021 Year 5 Opportunity Class (OC) placement process was put on hold in April 2020. The Department of Education has officially rescheduled the OC exam to Wednesday 16 September 2020, with applications to open from next Tuesday 9 June 2020 to Friday 26 June 2020. Changes to the OC Selection Process The biggest change to the selection process is that the student’s test mark will be used purely to determine placement. Therefore student’s school assessment marks for the year will be excluded. It’s never too late to help your child to...

HIGH POTENTIAL AND GIFTED EDUCATION POLICY The High Potential and Gifted Education Policy promotes engagement and challenge for every student, regardless of background, in every school across intellectual, creative, social-emotional and physical domains. It supports every student to achieve their educational potential, through talent development opportunities and differentiated teaching and learning practices to ensure that their specific learning and well-being needs are met. >>CLICK HERE TO READ THE NSW GOVERNMENT'S HIGH POTENTIAL AND GIFTED EDUCATION POLICY Source: education.nsw.gov.au When will the new policy come into effect? The High Potential and Gifted Education Policy will be operating in all schools in NSW...

LIST OF NSW SELECTIVE SCHOOLS: Students are offered placement in selective schools based on academic merit and the order of school choices. A selection committee is convened for each selective high school. Placement at each selective high school is made by that school's selection committee. Academic merit is determined on the basis of: reading, writing, mathematics and general ability results of the Selective High School Placement Test primary school assessments in English and mathematics. Fully selective high schools - coeducational Code School Location and website BHH  Baulkham Hills High School Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills 2153 https://baulkham-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/ CAR  Caringbah High School Willarong...

List of opportunity classes Public schools with Year 5 opportunity classes in 2020 Code School and location ACP ARMIDALE CITY Faulkner St, Armidale ALX ALEXANDRIA PARK Park Rd, Alexandria ALS ALSTONVILLE Main St, Alstonville ART ARTARMON McMillan Rd, Artarmon ASH ASHFIELD Liverpool Rd, Ashfield BGH BALGOWLAH HEIGHTS Lewis St, Balgowlah BLM BALMAIN Eaton St, Balmain BHW BATHURST WEST Suttor St, Bathurst BEE BEECROFT Beecroft Rd, Beecroft BIR BIRABAN Beckley St, Toronto BTS BLACKTOWN SOUTH Flushcombe Rd, Blacktown BCS BLAXCELL STREET Blaxcell St, Granville BRA BRADBURY Jacaranda Ave, Bradbury CAM CAMDEN SOUTH Old Hume Hwy, Camden CBN CARINGBAH NORTH Cawarra Rd, Caringbah CAS CASULA De Meyrick Ave, Casula CES CESSNOCK WEST Cnr Campbell Street and Wollombi Rd, Cessnock...

2019 OC TEST FOR YEAR 5 2020 ENTRY Application for Year 5 placement in an opportunity class in 2020 opens on Tuesday 30 April 2019 and closes on Friday 17 May 2019. You must apply by the due date. Closing dates for applications are strictly observed. The placement program operates on a very tight schedule and involves the use of external contractors who cannot accommodate late additions to the candidature for testing. There can be no exceptions made on compassionate grounds. The only circumstances under which a late application can be considered are: where parents are applying for placement of their children in rural and...