The Forest High School
189 Allambie Road, Allambie Heights NSW 2100
The Forest High School is a government secondary school in Allambie Heights, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 768 students. Its ICSEA is 1,062, 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 769.
About this school, from public sources
Based on public information from the NSW Department of Education and government sources, The Forest High School is a large co-educational public secondary school (years 7-12) that relocated to a new purpose-built campus at Allambie Heights in 2026, catering for up to 1,500 students. The school describes an ethos of respect, responsibility and personal best, offers a broad curriculum with High Potential and Gifted Education provisions, and has an established reputation for strong HSC results. The new site includes a library, sports field, multiple basketball courts and outdoor learning spaces.
Often praised
- new purpose-built campus
- strong HSC reputation
- gifted education program
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 The Forest 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 | 0.19 | 18 |
| 2024 | 0.21 | 21 |
| 2023 | 0.21 | 18 |
| 2022 | 0.13 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0.39 | 45 |
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.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | 1,137 | 1,201 |
| High School Campus for Yanginanook School | Forestville | Independent high school | 2.1 km | — | — |
| St Augustine's College Sydney | Brookvale | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.6 km | 1,141 | 1,580 |
| Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights | Public high school | 3.2 km | 1,132 | 969 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly CampusFully | North Curl Curl | Public high school | 3.5 km | 1,217 | 765 |
| Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus | Freshwater | Public high school | 3.5 km | 1,098 | 646 |
| St Luke's Grammar School | Dee Why | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.7 km | 1,178 | 1,481 |
| Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest | Public high school | 3.8 km | 1,089 | 789 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wentworth Point High School | Wentworth Point | Public high school · 7-12 | 188 | 1,062 |
| Woolooware High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Woolooware | Public high school · 7-12 | 788 | 1,063 |
| Cumberland High School | Carlingford | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,172 | 1,060 |
| Blaxland High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Blaxland | Public high school · 7-12 | 997 | 1,065 |
| Canterbury Girls High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Canterbury | Public high school · 7-12 | 720 | 1,059 |
| Bulli High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Bulli | Public high school · 7-12 | 979 | 1,058 |
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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.