It depends on the school. Some are 100% selective, others have a percentage open to local enrollments and a percentage open to out of area enrollments on a selective basis.
I'm not really into the 100% selective - the competitive vibe kind of turns me off so I'm looking more towards the high achieving schools that aren't 100% selective. Or maybe somewhere like Killara that is entirely based on catchment but has amazing academic results and a great extra curricula program.
Obviously this year's awesome school can be average in 3 years if there is a change in leadership/school culture so for now I'm trying to figure out the type of school I'm looking for rather than the school itself.
All that said DS1 is very bright and achieves high results in maths so if he wants to sit exams for somewhere like James Ruse I wouldn't stop him. No idea where the maths thing comes from. I'm all about the arts and humanities and DH isn't very mathematical but DS just loves it.
Last edited by Phteven; March 29th, 2013 at 01:10 PM.
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