Normanhurst Boys High School
Pennant Hills Rd, Normanhurst NSW 2076
Normanhurst Boys High School is a government secondary school in Normanhurst, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 752 students. It is a fully selective school. Its ICSEA is 1,207, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 752.
About this school, from public sources
Public information from the school's own website describes Normanhurst Boys High School as a fully academically selective boys' school (selective since 1999) with a strong focus on gifted and talented education. It offers subject acceleration and extension in areas such as English, Mathematics, Languages, History and Music, a High Potential and Gifted Education transition program for Year 7, and a Talent Development program spanning intellectual, creative, socio-emotional and physical domains, alongside robotics, chess, debating and elite sport.
Often praised
- fully selective academic program
- subject acceleration and extension
- strong "Team Normo" community spirit
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: medium. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Normanhurst Boys High School on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.38 | 433 |
| 2024 | 3.23 | 433 |
| 2023 | 2.68 | 365 |
| 2022 | 2.86 | 377 |
| 2021 | 2.95 | 375 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown, apart from the permitted top-10% list, which this school is on.
Selective entry
Normanhurst Boys High School is a fully selective school. Entry is by the state placement test in the year before starting; applications open early in the year. The department no longer publishes per-school minimum entry scores.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.1 km | 1,164 | 1,240 |
| Broken Bay Cross Campus Course Centre | Wahroonga | Catholic high school | 0.8 km | — | — |
| St Leo's Catholic College | Wahroonga | Catholic high school | 0.8 km | 1,113 | 1,055 |
| Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.9 km | 1,217 | 1,634 |
| Barker College | Hornsby | Independent high school | 1.4 km | 1,166 | 2,856 |
| Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.6 km | 1,187 | 3,345 |
| Hornsby Girls High SchoolFully | Hornsby | Public high school | 1.6 km | 1,209 | 720 |
| Wahroonga Adventist School | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 1,161 | 633 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merewether High SchoolFully | Broadmeadow | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,071 | 1,206 |
| Hornsby Girls High SchoolFully | Hornsby | Public high school · 7-12 | 720 | 1,209 |
| Baulkham Hills High SchoolFully | Baulkham Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,222 | 1,203 |
| North Sydney Girls High SchoolFully | Crows Nest | Public high school · 7-12 | 911 | 1,203 |
| Girraween High SchoolFully | Girraween | Public high school · 7-12 | 782 | 1,199 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly CampusFully | North Curl Curl | Public high school · 7-12 | 765 | 1,217 |
About this data
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Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.