Selective school

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A selective school is a school which admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems.

[edit] Australia

In New South Wales, Australia, selective high schools is the name given to the government schools which select their students on the basis of their academic ability. Most students enter a selective high school in Year 7, after sitting the Selective High Schools Test in the previous year.

In Victoria, Australia, Selective high schools are those which select their students based on an entrance examination. There are two selective entry schools, Melbourne High School for boys and MacRobertson Girls High School for girls. These schools run from Years 9-12.

[edit] United Kingdom

Grammar schools are common in many counties of England and Wales, and select pupils either on the basis of an Eleven Plus examination, by an internally set a moderated examination, or by both.

In Northern Ireland a similar system of grammar schools to this in the process of being dismantled by the Northern Ireland Education Order which is going through Westminster.