Rose Bay Secondary College
34A Hardy St, Dover Heights NSW 2030
Rose Bay Secondary College is a government secondary school in Dover Heights, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 1,125 students. It is a partially selective school. Its ICSEA is 1,107, 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 1,127.
About this school, from public sources
Publicly available information describes Rose Bay Secondary College as a partially selective, co-educational government high school in Sydney's eastern suburbs, formed in 2003 from the merger of Dover Heights and Vaucluse high schools. It runs comprehensive classes alongside two selective streams per year group from Years 7-10, HSC preparation, and VET pathways including hospitality and media. The school has strong ICT facilities for software development, robotics and film/animation work, plus music, debating, Duke of Edinburgh and sporting programs, and an Inclusive Education Faculty.
Often praised
- partially selective academic stream
- strong ICT and creative tech facilities
- broad co-curricular programs
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 Rose Bay Secondary College 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 | 0.92 | 190 |
| 2024 | 0.77 | 150 |
| 2023 | 0.70 | 142 |
| 2022 | 0.59 | 115 |
| 2021 | 0.66 | 107 |
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.
Selective entry
Rose Bay Secondary College is a partially 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.
Gifted and accelerated programs
Academic Selective Stream
Many comprehensive public high schools run their own class or program for high-ability students, under names such as Gifted and Talented, Academic Extension, Academic Excellence (common in Queensland), Enrichment or SEAL. These are not a department program: each school sets its own entry (often a test or application in Year 6) and class size. Listed only where the school's own website describes a dedicated class; check details with the school.
Source: department page ↗. Check current entry dates with the school.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reddam House, Bondi Campus | North Bondi | Independent high school | 0.8 km | — | — |
| Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.9 km | 1,082 | 484 |
| Kambala | Rose Bay | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.5 km | 1,169 | 986 |
| Kambala, Fernbank Campus | Rose Bay | Independent high school | 1.7 km | — | — |
| Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Rose Bay | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 1,160 | 851 |
| The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.1 km | 1,162 | 2,076 |
| The Scots College, Ginahgulla Centre campus | Bellevue Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.2 km | — | — |
| Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill | Independent high school | 2.3 km | 1,181 | 1,693 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradfield College | St Leonards | Public high school · 11-12 | 292 | 1,108 |
| Pennant Hills High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Pennant Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,130 | 1,109 |
| Hunters Hill High SchoolGifted class: HPGE extension class | Hunters Hill | Public high school · 7-12 | 789 | 1,104 |
| Inner Sydney High School | Surry Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,160 | 1,104 |
| Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt CampusPartiallyGifted class: Gifted class | Leichhardt | Public high school · 7-10 | 784 | 1,104 |
| Carlingford High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Carlingford | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,772 | 1,111 |
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.