Sydney Grammar School
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Sydney Grammar School is an independent secondary school in Darlinghurst, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 1,925 students across all campuses. Its ICSEA is 1,274, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Enrolments and staff cover all campuses of this school. Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Sydney Grammar is an independent, non-denominational day school for boys, incorporated in 1854 and opened in 1857. The College Street campus in Darlinghurst caters for Years 7 to 12, while preparatory schools at Edgecliff and St Ives serve Kindergarten to Year 6. It offers a classical, liberal education and enrols around 1,900 students.
Often praised
- Classical liberal education
- Historic inner-city campus
- Strong HSC results
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NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Sydney Grammar 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 | 3.83 | 763 |
| 2024 | 3.53 | 667 |
| 2023 | 3.30 | 618 |
| 2022 | 3.25 | 627 |
| 2021 | 3.56 | 655 |
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.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Street Campus | Woolloomooloo | Catholic high school | 0.2 km | — | — |
| St Mary's Cathedral College | Sydney | Catholic k–12 / combined | 0.4 km | 1,125 | 937 |
| SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.6 km | 1,209 | 936 |
| Australian International High School | Sydney | Independent high school | 0.6 km | 1,028 | — |
| St Andrew's Cathedral School | Sydney | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.7 km | 1,189 | 1,436 |
| St Andrew's Cathedral School - Bishop Barry Senior College | Sydney | Independent high school | 0.8 km | — | — |
| Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo | Public high school | 0.9 km | 1,032 | 561 |
| Macquarie Grammar School | Sydney | Independent high school | 0.9 km | 1,027 | 84 |
About this data
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.