Selective school preparation
Families ask about the NSW selective high school test, and sometimes about Opportunity Class placement, in the same breath as Year 7 tutoring. They are different processes. This page explains the public shape of the tests, and it marks everything about Master Academy’s own preparation course as unconfirmed.
The selective test, in plain terms
The NSW Selective High School Placement Test is run for entry to selective high schools in Year 7. Students usually sit it while they are in Year 6. The Opportunity Class placement test is a separate process, for entry in Year 5, and it is usually sat in Year 4. Dates, application rules and test components change. Check the NSW Department of Education before you plan a year around an old PDF.
In recent years the selective test has been described as reading, mathematical reasoning, thinking skills and writing. Treat that as a guide to the kind of work, not as this year’s paper. The department’s current outline is the one that counts.
What preparation usually involves
Useful preparation is untimed practice while a skill is new, then timed practice once the student can finish. It is not a pile of papers with no marking. Reading has to be real reading, not only test passages. Writing has to be planned and finished, then looked at against the task.
A tutoring centre cannot see the test paper in advance, and it should not imply that it can. Anyone who offers a guaranteed selective place is not describing how the placement works.
What Master Academy has not confirmed
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Year 7–10 tutoring for students already in high school is a different program. If your child is already in Year 7, you are no longer preparing for the placement test.