Victoria’s four Selective Entry High Schools are the only Victorian public schools exclusively designed for academically talented students. As proud government schools, each Selective Entry High School has a unique profile with the core purpose of nurturing academic excellent in young adults in Years 9 to 12. Unlike SEAL schools, or schools offering “selective” acceleration programs, Suzanne Cory’s cohort is entirely based on selective entry, and does not engage in streaming. Rather, all students at Suzanne Cory High School are considered academically and intellectually gifted, and undertake an accelerated curriculum designed to challenge and stimulate students of high academic ability.
Suzanne Cory is a government public high school and does not charge any tuition fees. To learn more about what fees may be charged by government public schools, please click here.
Suzanne Cory High School accepts approx. 200 students at Year 9 level, and approx. 30 students at Years 10 and 11, each year. Suzanne Cory is not zoned; our student body is drawn from suburbs all across Melbourne. Entry to the school is contingent on sitting and successfully passing an entrance exam, which is conducted by the Victorian Department of Education. Students who have not sat an exam will not be considered for admission.
Suzanne Cory does not take international students. Please see below the Eligibility criteria.
To be eligible to apply for and attend a Selective Entry High School, students must be in their second year of secondary schooling or its equivalent (usually Year 8), have not previously sat the examination for Year 9 entry, and be:
Students attending government and non-government schools, as well as home-schooled students, are eligible to apply.
The above eligibility criteria apply to students living in Victoria, as well as those living and studying interstate or overseas. More information for students living interstate/overseas can be found in section 5.
Fee-paying international students enrolled in Victorian schools are not eligible to apply.
Applicants who are offered a place must provide original documents, such as a Certificate of Evidence of Australian Citizenship, visa and/or birth certificate, to the Selective Entry High School in order to complete enrolment.
Victorian students who are home-schooled will need to email their home-school registration letter provided by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority to the Selective Entry Unit at seu@education.vic.gov.au.
Offers will be withdrawn if all eligibility requirements for enrolment are not met.
An administration fee of $50 will be retained if an application is submitted and the student is ineligible to apply.
Entrance examinations occur mid-year for enrolment in the following year. For example, if your child wishes to enrol in 2025, they will need to sit the entrance exam in mid-2024. The school does not handle enrolment directly, and all enquiries for enrolments at Year 9 should be directed to the Selective Entry Unit.
Please visit Acers Victorian Selective Entry High Schools website for further information.
Suzanne Cory also accepts student intake at Year 10 and Year 11. The number of places available varies from year to year (between 10 and 20, on average), and is dependent on existing student numbers. Entry at Year 10 and Year 11 is also contingent on sitting and successfully completing an entrance examination. As with Year 9 intake, entrance exams occur mid-year for enrolment in the following year.
Please visit the Edutest website for further information.
Enrolments for 2024 are now closed.
If you have any questions in regards to enrolment at Suzanne Cory High School, please email enrol@suzannecoryhs.vic.edu.au.
You can also download our information booklet now for more information about our school.
Applications to sit the entrance examination to commence in Year 9, 2025 will open on Monday 5 February and close on Friday 3 May . The entrance examination will be held on Saturday 15 June.
The exam will be administered by ACER. For more information about ACER, please contact them on 03 9007 2087 or via email at sehs@acer.org
Applications to sit the entrance examination to commence in Year 10 & 11, 2025 will open on Monday 5 February and close on Friday 31 May . The entrance examination will be held on Monday 17 June.
Suzanne Cory is a secondary school for students in Year 9 to 12. We accept approximately 200 students at Year 9 level each year, comprising of students from across Greater Melbourne. As a selective entrance school, admission is conditional on sitting and successfully completing the entrance exam. Entrance examinations occur mid-year for enrolment in the following year; for example, if your child wishes to enrol in 2025, they will need to sit the entrance exam in mid-2024. They will need to apply to sit the entrance examination which opens on 5 February 2024. The school does not handle enrolment directly, and all enquiries for enrolments at Year 9 should be directed to the Selective Entry Unit.
Applications to sit the entrance examination to commence in Year 9, 2024 are now closed.
www.education.vic.gov.au
Email: seu@education.vic.gov.au
Telephone: (03) 9014 1400
www.suzannecoryhs.vic.gov.au
Email: suzanne.cory.hs@education.vic.gov.au
Telephone: (03) 8734 2800
Postal Address: 225 Hoppers Lane
Werribee, 3030, VIC
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) administers the centralised selection process on behalf of the Department of Education.
All students who wish to enrol in Year 9 at a selective entry high school must lodge their application online with ACER.
All prospective students are encouraged to attend a tour of the school prior to lodging their application to sit the entrance examination.
Suzanne Cory accepts a limited number of students at Year 10 and Year 11 each year. The number of places offered varies from year to year, and as such, they are highly competitive. (Please note, Suzanne Cory does not accept students at Year 12 level.) As with entry at Year 9 level, admission to Suzanne Cory at Year 10 and Year 11 is is conditional on sitting and successfully completing the entrance exam. Entrance examinations occur mid-year for enrolment in the following year; for example, if your child wishes to enrol in 2025, they will need to sit the entrance exam in mid-2024. For information on how to apply for the test please refer to the Department of Education and training website.
www.education.vic.gov.au
Email: seu@education.vic.gov.au
Telephone: (03) 9014 1400
www.suzannecoryhs.vic.gov.au
Email: suzanne.cory.hs@education.vic.gov.au
Telephone: (03) 8734 2800
Postal Address: 225 Hoppers Lane
Werribee, 3030, VIC
All students who wish to enrol in years 10 and 11 at Suzanne Cory High School in Year 10 or Year 11 must apply to sit the entrance test with Edutest.
All prospective students and parents are encouraged to attend a tour of the school prior to lodging their application to and sitting the entrance examination.
When a child is registered for multiple schools and is required to complete a test on a day when more than one of the schools they have applied to share the same test date and common examination, Edutest will automatically allocate the sitting school and the child will be expected to sit the examination at that allocated school.
