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For NSW Selective Year 7 entry 2027, the next step differs for an offer, a reserve place, and no offer — with the dates that carry deadlines. This is the outcomes-week board, not the evergreen guide to reading Performance Report bands (NSW Selective results interpretation). Opportunity Class results mechanics live on OC results.
For NSW Selective High School Year 7 entry in 2027, the NSW Department of Education lists placement outcomes as expected on . Log in to the application dashboard and confirm on the Department’s outcomes page — as of 9 September 2026 those pages still say expected, not released. Opportunity Class Year 5 entry outcomes are expected on .
Use this board for what to do next after a Selective offer, reserve place, or no offer this cycle. For how Performance Report bands work in any year, see NSW Selective results interpretation. For Opportunity Class results mechanics (not Selective), see OC results.
Selective appeals closed 26 August 2026, 11:59pm; Opportunity Class appeals close 16 September 2026, 11:59pm — illness or misadventure grounds only; see our NSW Selective appeals 2026 guide. Reserve-list offers can keep arriving up to the end of Term 1 of the entry year; band mechanics sit on the reserve list explainer, and week-by-week school history on the reserve list tracker. If you accepted a lower offer while waiting on a higher-choice reserve, the reserve decision date is 3 December 2026, 3:00 pm. Planning the next sitting or entry cycle? Open the NSW Selective 2027–28 parent playbook.
What your outcome means
Each outcome has a different next step and a different deadline. Most of the confusion in results week comes from comparing situations that are not comparable.
Offer
The decision is made. Two things still have deadlines — accepting, and completing the online enrolment within two weeks of the enrolment email.
Reserve
Your band sets the order families are called in, not your score. Places release as other families decline them.
No offer
Year 7 is one entry point of several. Year 8–11 places open during the school year, and scholarship testing runs year-round.
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The Department places students from reserve lists up until the end of Term 1 of the entry year, but publishes nothing about movement while it is happening. This is the picture as families report it, updated as answers come in.
138 reports this round · 3 in the last seven days
Schools where families told us a place was offered.
Section profile of the 74 offer-holders who filled in the optional profile step. Each bar is that section’s split, so the denominator is families who answered that section.
Where families are waiting, and in which band. Schools with fewer than five reports are counted in the totals but not listed.
| School | Bands reported | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Baulkham Hills High School | B×2D×2F×4 | 8 |
| Penrith High School | B×4C×1F×1 | 6 |
| Fort Street High School | D×2F×3 | 5 |
| Girraween High School | C×1E×1F×3 | 5 |
| North Sydney Boys High School | B×1C×1D×1F×2 | 5 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College - Manly Campus | B×1C×1D×1F×2 | 5 |
| Sydney Technical High School | C×1D×2E×2 | 5 |
| Merewether High School | B×2D×1F×1 | 4 |
| North Sydney Girls High School | B×2E×2 | 4 |
| Sydney Boys High School | B×1C×2F×1 | 4 |
| Sydney Girls High School | B×3C×1 | 4 |
| Chatswood High School | B×1C×1F×1 | 3 |
| Gosford High School | B×3 | 3 |
| Macquarie Fields High School | B×1D×1F×1 | 3 |
| Normanhurst Boys High School | B×1D×1F×1 | 3 |
| Richmond High School - Richmond Agricultural College | B×1C×1D×1 | 3 |
| Blacktown Boys High School | D×1F×1 | 2 |
| Caringbah High School | B×2 | 2 |
| Hornsby Girls High School | F×2 | 2 |
| Hurlstone Agricultural High School | C×2 | 2 |
| Parramatta High School | B×1F×1 | 2 |
| Ryde Secondary College | B×2 | 2 |
| Smiths Hill High School | B×2 | 2 |
| Balmain Campus - Sydney Secondary College | B×1 | 1 |
| James Ruse Agricultural High School | E×1 | 1 |
| Moorebank High School | B×1 | 1 |
| Prairiewood High School | F×1 | 1 |
| Sefton High School | B×1 | 1 |
Self-reported by families using this page. Braintree Coaching Australia is not affiliated with the NSW Department of Education, and these are not departmental figures. Reports are stored without names or email addresses attached.
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The reserve list
A NSW Selective reserve band is the group a school places your child in to set the order families are called as places come free — it is not a score, and not a rank within the band. Summary for outcomes week below; the full mechanics owner is the reserve list explainer. The Department publishes an indicative window per band; beside it is when offers actually landed in the two rounds we tracked.
| Band | NSW DoE indicative window | What we observed (2024 & 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| A | By the end of September | First fortnightTop of the list. In both rounds we tracked, Band A offers landed early. |
| B | By the end of October | Late September – late OctoberGenuine contention. Calls kept coming through October. |
| C | By the end of November | Mid-October – late NovemberPossible, and typically later in the round. |
| D | By the end of December | November – mid-DecemberLater and less common, but well inside the Department’s window. |
| E | By the end of January | Final weeks of DecemberUncommon. The Department’s window runs a month past what we saw. |
| F | Unlikely to receive an offer | Rare in both roundsThe Department states Band F is unlikely. Plan on the Year 8–11 pathway. |
The Department places students from reserve lists up until the end of Term 1 of the entry year, so a reserve place can still convert months after the initial release. The right-hand column is Braintree Coaching Australia’s observation of two completed rounds — not a departmental figure, and not a prediction for this round. Our week-by-week tracker sits on the NSW Selective reserve list page, with the full explanation of how reserve bands and offers work.
If there was no offer
Year 7 is one entry point, not the only one. Places open at the same schools later, and scholarship testing runs on its own calendar.
Pathway 1
Places open through the year as students move on, and applications run outside the Year 7 application window.
Pathway 2
Scholarship and selective testing for independent schools and academies. Sittings run at several points in the year, rather than the single Placement Test date.
Either way
The Department does not release scores or ranks, so your performance profile is the only breakdown that exists. Your weakest band is the honest place to start.
The dates
The NSW Department of Education lists Selective Year 7 entry 2027 outcomes as expected on 19 August 2026, and Opportunity Class Year 5 entry outcomes as expected on 9 September 2026. Confirm both on the Department’s live pages — they still use expected wording. Two further dates carry deadlines.
These are the Department’s published expected dates for the 2027-entry cycle, last re-checked 9 September 2026. Confirm them on the NSW Department of Education application process page, and read the appeal and reserve-list rules on its outcomes page. Those are the only sources worth trusting if a date moves.
By Braintree Editorial, Exam preparation editors, Braintree Coaching Australia
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Braintree Coaching Australia is an Australian exam preparation provider for NSW Selective, Opportunity Class and scholarship testing. We are not affiliated with the NSW Department of Education. Outcome dates on this page are the Department’s published key dates for the 2027-entry cycle, last checked 2026-09-09.
