Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus
Balmain Rd, Leichhardt NSW 2040
Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus is a government secondary school in Leichhardt, NSW for Years 7–10 with about 784 students. It is a partially selective school. Its ICSEA is 1,104, 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 784.
About this school, from public sources
Based on the school's own published information, Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus is a co-educational NSW government secondary school (years 7-10) forming part of the multi-campus Sydney Secondary College, focused on middle-schooling for adolescent students. It runs a selective stream for academically gifted students alongside comprehensive classes and a special education stream supporting students with autism and intellectual disability. The school highlights a strongly multicultural community, with students speaking over 50 languages other than English, and offers programs in art, debating, public speaking, instrumental music, sport and student leadership.
Often praised
- selective and comprehensive class options
- special education support stream
- strong multicultural student community
- broad extracurricular and leadership 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 Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus on My School · Why some data is missing
Selective entry
Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Street High SchoolFully | Petersham | Public high school | 1.3 km | 1,176 | 916 |
| St Aloysius' College, Rozelle | Rozelle | Independent high school | 1.9 km | — | — |
| St Scholastica's College Glebe Point | Glebe | Independent high school | 2.0 km | 1,138 | 1,044 |
| Newington College | Stanmore | Independent high school | 2.1 km | 1,182 | 2,072 |
| The Athena School | Newtown | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,058 | 52 |
| Christian Brothers' High School Lewisham | Lewisham | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,074 | 1,231 |
| Sydney Secondary College Balmain CampusPartiallyGifted class: Gifted class | Rozelle | Public high school | 2.5 km | 1,112 | 854 |
| Domremy Catholic College | Five Dock | Catholic high school | 2.6 km | 1,091 | 858 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Crestwood High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class (reported) | Baulkham Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,021 | 1,103 |
| Ryde Secondary CollegePartially | Ryde | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,486 | 1,102 |
| Rose Bay Secondary CollegePartiallyGifted class: Gifted class | Dover Heights | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,125 | 1,107 |
| Bradfield College | St Leonards | Public high school · 11-12 | 292 | 1,108 |
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.