Students interested in enrolling must be Australian Citizens or Permanent Residents of Australia. Citizens of New Zealand are eligible for selective high school entry. All successful applicants will be required to show original documentation such as certificates of evidence or Australian Citizenship, birth certificates or visas before enrolment can be finalised.
Offers of enrolment will be terminated if placement is made using false or misleading information.
Entry into Year 7
Entry into Year 7 is managed through the NSW Department of Education - High Performing Students Team. Applications open in October of each year (when the applicant is in Year 5). A state wide selective schools test is conducted in March of the following year. Importand dates and more information about the selective school placement test can be found here.
Entry into Years 8-10
Applications for entry into Years 8-10 for 2026 will open Wednesday 18 June to 3.30pm Friday 25 July 2025 - during this time frame, you will be able to access the full application requirements on this page.
Entry into Years 8-10 is limited with vacancies occurring only when a current student leaves the school. All applications are reviewed by a selection panel and a short list of twenty applications per year is established. When a place becomes available, selected candidates on the short list will be interviewed and a place offered. There is no entrance test for entry into Year 8 - 10.
To apply for Year 8 - 10 2026 at Fort Street High School, the following is required:
1. Download and read the Fort Street Application information. Please read this very carefully to ensure all required information is provided.
2. Complete the formal Application Form
3. Pay the appropriate application fee online before 1pm on Friday July 25, 2025. Instructions on how to make the payment can be found here.
4. Send your application to Fort Street High School by Friday July 25, 2025. Applications may be posted or handed in at the school office.
Further information about how to apply can be found here.
Entry into Year 11
Applications for entry into Year 11 2026 are open Wednesday 18 June to 3.30pm Friday 25 July 2025 - during this time frame, you will be able to access the full application requirements on this page.
All applicants are required to submit an application as well as sit the Acer HAST (Higher Ability Selection Test). Fort Street High together with eleven other schools coordinate the sitting of the Acer HAST on the same day (Saturday 9 August 2025). When applying, applicants can list up to 3 schools as their preferences but need to sit the entrance test at the school that is their first preference. If the first preference school is not included in the list of schools doing the Acer HAST, the applicant would then sit the test at their second or third preference school - if that school is part of the same Acer HAST cluster.
Successful applicants will be invited to attend interviews depending on their Acer HAST results and merit of application.
To apply for Year 11 2026 at Fort Street High School, the following is required:
1. Download and read the Fort Street Application information. Please read this very carefully to ensure all required information is provided.
2. Complete the formal Application Form
3. Pay the appropriate application fee online before 1pm on Friday July 25, 2025. Instructions on how to make the payment can be found here.
4. Send your application to Fort Street High School by Friday July 25, 2025. Applications may be posted or handed in at the school office.
4. Review the HAST information and sample test questions.
Further information about how to apply can be found here.
