2024 Years 8-11 Applications are now closed.
Key dates for our 2024 enrolment intake for Years 8-11 are listed below:
Applications Open: Tuesday 20 June 2023
Applications Close: Friday 21 July 2023, 3pm AEST
Edutest entry test date: Saturday 29 July 2023
For general information about enrolling in a selective high school please see the Department website.
For information about the selection and enrolment process please click: James Ruse Agricultural High School Process for Enrolment Years 8-11.
Please note the section on Residency requirements.
- Students seeking to enrol in selective high schools must be Australian citizens or holders of a visa granting permanent resident status in Australia. Find a list of visas and their eligibility for placement in selective high schools in the Visa sub-class and enrolment conditions. Information on Australian citizenship is available on the Department of Immigration and Border Protection website. You can get a Certificate of Evidence of Australian Citizenship or a Visa grant notice to prove your visa status to the school.
- Citizens of New Zealand are also eligible for selective high school entry. Permanent residents of New Zealand are considered in the same manner as temporary residents of Australia and are not normally eligible. If you do not meet these residency requirements at the time of applying but expect to meet them by the time offers are made, you are allowed to apply provided you are already living in Australia.
- All applicants must provide documentation, such as a certificate of evidence of Australian citizenship, birth certificate or permanent residency visa.
- Students born in Australia with a parent who was a citizen or permanent resident at the time of the student’s birth must show full birth certificates. The residency status of the parents is listed on the birth certificate.
- Students whose parents were not citizens or permanent residents at the time of the student’s birth must show their citizenship papers or passports or a permanent residency visa.
The online form for applications to James Ruse Agricultural High School for 2024 is now closed.
This is our preferred method of receiving applications.
Complete and attach documents as requested.
Attachments may be PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG or GIF files.
The online application will require as individual attachments:
- proof of citizenship or permanent residency as described above
- completed application form downloaded from the Department website
- completed JRAHS Additional Information 2024 form
- school academic reports for
- Semester 1 2023
- If Semester 1 2023 report is not available, email it as soon as possible to Jamesruse-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au with the subject ‘2024 Application’. Include your child’s name and the year applied for in 2024.
- Semester 2 2022 and Semester 1 2022
- most recent NAPLAN result.
- VALID Science 8 or VALID Science 10 if available
- Selective Schools or OC test result if available
- evidence of cocurricular activities for past 2 years only
- Eg Chess, Music, Debating, Sport
- evidence of external academic achievements for past 2 years only
- Eg ICAS, RACI, AMT competitions. Include detailed results as well as certificate.
- other supporting documents
- Eg letter of recommendation, academic history if overseas
In addition, students must participate in the Edutest examination as part of their application to JRAHS.
Test date: Saturday 29 July 2023
Start time: 9:00 am (Arrive at 8:45 am for registration)
Finish time: Approximately 12:00 pm
Test Venue:
J.C Hoskin Auditorium
James Ruse Agricultural High School
17-31 Felton Road, Carlingford
(closest cross street is Baker Street)
Test registration and payment via the Edutest website for 2024 applications is now closed.
The combined application processing fee and Edutest fee ($130) must be paid by credit card direct to Edutest. General information about Edutest testing is available at the Edutest parent and student page at this link.
For 2024 applications, students who apply for James Ruse Agricultural High School and any of the schools listed below will undertake the Edutest exam once.
- Baulkham Hills High School
- North Sydney Boys High School
- North Sydney Girls High School
- Sydney Girls High School
Each school will receive the Edutest results for their student applicants. Each school will conduct its own review of the application and contact parents directly.
On the test day, students must bring:
- a photo ID,
Acceptable ID includes current school photo/library card or passport.
- two lead pencils,
- black or blue pen.
No calculators are permitted.
The test will include sections on:
- Verbal Reasoning
- Numerical Reasoning
- Reading Comprehension
- Mathematics and
- Written Expression.
Each section is 30 minutes long.
Online practice tests are available for purchase from the Edutest website. Overseas students please contact remote@edutest.com.au to arrange a local testing location.
An internal school selection panel of educators convenes to evaluate applications. Interviews may be held to determine outcome.
