High Potential & Gifted Education (HPGE)
Chatswood High School has a proud tradition of gifted education. The school offers a Selective stream and a High Potential & Gifted class in response to the Department of Education and Community's priority policies. The HPGE Policy promotes engagement and challenge for every student in every school. The policy also identifies and addresses the learning needs of high-potential and gifted students.
Positions in the HPGE class are highly competitive and the application process will include testing. These positions are only available to our local area students. This program serves a need of challenging talented students in a local co-educational setting. In addition, it provides added dimension to our aim of providing each student with an excellent academic, cultural, social and physical education.
It is important to note that placements in this class are maintained on the basis of academic performance and students may be moved from this class at any time. This may be for individual subjects or all subjects if a high academic performance is not maintained.
Applications for our HPGE class in Year 7 next year will open on Monday 11 August 2025. Invitation letters and the Application Form will be sent to all current Year 6 students who reside in our local intake area and have submitted an ‘Expression of Interest’ form (EOI) through their primary school or at our school office. The closing date for applications is Wednesday 3 September 2025. Students will be required to sit an entrance test and this will take place on Wednesday 15 October 2025 at Chatswood High School.
Please note, applications are only open to students who live in the local intake area for Chatswood High School.
High Potential & Gifted Education – Important Dates Year 7 2026
Monday 11 August Term 3, Week 4 |
Applications Open | Invitation letter and application form will be sent to local intake area families only |
Wednesday 3 September Term 3, Week 7 |
Applications close | All application forms with payment must be received by 2pm on Wednesday 3 September 2025 |
Wednesday 15 October Term 4, Week 1 |
Entrance Test Date | All applicants are required to sit the test at Chatswood High School on this day Arrive 9:30am Test will run until approximately 1:30pm |
mid-November Term 4 |
Gifted and Talented Class Outcomes | Outcome letters and individual test reports sent to families
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