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The Forest High School had undergone catchment change for 2025 already and really significant changes is happening for year 2026 as well. This changes appears to follow the changes in NSW this year to cover what use to be exclusive single sex public school catchment with co-education schools. That being said other than that there is further expansion of The Forest High School catchment this year again. These changes should result in a non-insignificant net increase of enrolment number for The Forest High School.

Because the existing catchment is really convoluted, so I am only showing the 2026 catchment this time.

The Forest High School Catchment Map 2026

The green striped area is the exclusive catchment of The Forest High School in 2026.

The red striped part is shared catchment between The Forest High School and Norther Beaches Secondary College Cromer.

The yellow striped area is now shared catchment area between The Forest High School and Norther Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys and Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls in 2026.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is called “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

As usual, contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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Another entry in the recent school catchment update, today is Turramurra High School’s turn.

The black border is the 2026 catchment boundary and the red is the 2025 boundary. Please note, the Asquith Boys and Girls High School catchment change happens for year 7, 9 and 10 in 2026, year 7 to 12 from 2027 on wards.

Turamurra High School Catchment Map 2026

The red striped part which is shared catchment between, Asquith Boys, Asquith Girls and Turramurra High School currently, it is being transferred to exclusively Asquith Boys High School for 2026 enrolment.

The yellow striped part which also is currently shared between Asquith Boys, Asquith Girls and Turramurra High School. It will be exclusive catchment for Turramurra High School in 2026.

The green striped area which consist of area west of railway for suburb of Gordon is being transferred from Killara High School to Turramurra High School in 2026.

The overall impact in terms of enrolment number I think is fairly neutral for Turramurra High School.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is called “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

As usual, contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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With Asquith Boys and Girls High School turning into co-educational school from 2026 on wards, significant changes to Ku-ring-gai High School is also happening in 2026. It no longer needed to cover previous Asquith Boys and Girls High School to provide alternative co-educational option. So its catchment has shift southwards with the newly freed up enrolment capabilities.

The black border is the 2026 catchment boundary and the red is the 2025 boundary. Please note, the Asquith Boys and Girls High School catchment change happens for year 7, 9 and 10 in 2026, year 7 to 12 from 2027 on wards.

Ku-ring-gai High School Catchment Change 2026

The southern green striped area is transferred from St Ives High School to Ku-ring-gai High School in 2026.

The purple striped area is transferred from Asquith Boys and Girls High School to Ku-ring-gai High School in 2026. Please note, this area use to be part of Ku-ring-gai High School catchment as well, but shared with Asquith Boys and Girls High School as well, it is now an exclusive catchment.

The red striped area is becoming exclusive catchment for Asquith Girls High School which is co-educational from 2026.

The yellow striped area is becoming exclusive catchment for Asquith Boys High School which is co-educational from 2026.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is called “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

As usual, contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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Both Asquith Boys and Girls High School is being converted into stand alone school and assigned with its exclusive catchment from 2026 on wards. Please note that the new co-educational schools applies for year 7 9 and 11 in 2026. This means if you are enroling in one of the school for year 8 next year and you will still go to the single sex school in 2026. By 2027, both school will be stand alone from year 7 t0 12.

The new name has not been determined as of now, but I am sure between now and 2026 it will be made known to public. So the map still use the current names.

Asquith Boys High School Catchment 2026

The green striped area is the new catchment for Asquith Boys High School from 2026.

Asquith Girls High School Catchment 2026

The red striped area is the new catchment for Asquith Girls High School for 2026. The catchment has been expanded across the Hawkesbury River, the travel distance is very significant from the newly added area.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is called “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

As usual, contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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Lindfield Learning Village is a bit of controversial school, some people liked its unique teaching style some do not. Its catchment has been steadily increasing after its establishment.

All parts of Lindfield west and parts of it near the railway has been designated to be transferred to Lindfield Learning Village in 2026. Small parts of Roseville east of railway has been also transferred to Lindfield Learning Village. Parts of southern Killara both west and east of railway is being transferred to Lindfield Learning Village in 2026 as well.

Most likely due to community concern the transitional period has been put into place that hard cut off is not due until 2028. 2025, 2026 and 2027 enrolment in the transferred area will be offered choice of both Killara High School and Lindfield Learning Village for all year ranges. Siblings of students already enroled at Killara High School who resides in the currently transferred area will be eligible for enrolment still.

The black border is the 2026 catchment boundary and the red is the 2025 boundary. Please not the transitional enrolment arrangement noted above.

The green striped area is part of Lindfield Learning Village’s existing catchment and will stay its part in 2026 as well.

The red striped area will be transferred from Killara High School to Lindfield Learning Village in 2026. Please note the transitional enrolment arrangement mentioned above and the full transfer will not happen until 2028.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is called “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

As usual, contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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Second entry in the many yet to come update for upcoming 2026 catchment update in Sydney. Again I want to stress how big and numerous the changes are this year. Most of the changes are not on the news like the one with Killara High School and also have significant impact on the many residents in the coming years.

Basically, Chatswood High School catchment continuing to shrink over the years, something to the tune of 50 percent in the last ten years or so. This gives you some idea of recent increasing population density in Chatswood and what is likely to happen as well in near future. Chatswood High School has been almost entirely renovated recently, despite that it still received the major shrinkage to its catchment/intake area.

The black border is the 2026 catchment boundary and the red is the 2025 boundary. Please note, changes between the surrounding schools for 2026 are not shown in the following image. I do plan to go through as many of them individually where possible.

The cut over for this change for Chatswood High School is strangely specific and set at start of term 4 2025. So prior to this date, you can choose to enrol at Chatswood High School or its newly assigned catchment school. Once start of term 4 2025 hits, you can only enrol accordingly to the updated catchment. The interesting thing to note is students who has sibling already enroled at Chatswood High School that resides in the area being trasnferred away in 2026 do not get special treatment and has to go through the standard out of area application.

The green striped area is part of existing Chatswood High School catchment from 2025 that will stay being its intake area for 2026.

The red striped area is being transferred from Chatswood High School to Killara High School in 2026.

The yellow striped area is being transferred from Chatswood High School to Killarney Heights High School in 2026.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is called “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

As usual, contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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Special Update Note 2025/03/05: New information came up that Killara High School change has been partially pushed back to 2028. This means for students who are enroling in 2025 to 2027 will get offered the choice of both old and new school. This appears to be specifically applied to Lindfield Learning Village, while the other changes to its school catchment and related enrolment procedures will go ahead as previously discussed.

NSW Department of Education just dropped a gigantic update to the school catchment for 2026. I was looking at the NSW catchments in the January and none of these information were available at the time. I will try to create update for them, also the changes goes far more extensive than what the downloaded available data shows.

For this particular blog entry, I will focus on mainly Killara High School for 2026. A bit of background, there had been very significant changes multiple times to Killara High School catchment within the last ten years during the period I am documenting the change. The latest was in 2022 and it has been only three years and a major changes is happening again.

The black border is the 2026 catchment boundary and the red is the 2025 boundary.

The two green striped area is what will be transferred from other schools to Killara High School in 2026. The northern green area will be transferred from St Ives High School. While in 2025, both St Ives and Killara High School will be available as enrolment choice. Please note this area will become exclusive enrolment area for Killara High School starting from 2026. Enrolment application for students who currently reside within the catchment zone with siblings already enroled in the schools will be accepted regardless of this change.

The southern green striped area will be transferred from Chatswood High School to Killara High School. From now until before the start of term 2025, both Chatswood and Killara High School will be offered as options for enrolment. From term 4 2025 onwards, this area will become exclusive enrolment area for Killara High School. Enrolment application for students who currently reside within the catchment zone with siblings already enroled in Chatswood High School is subject to the standard out of area application process. It look like the switch from Chatswood High School to Killara High School is a hard cut off in this particular case.

The yellow striped area to the west will be transferred to Turramurra High School from Killara High School in 2026. This change applies to new student enrolment from 2026. Enrolment application for students who currently reside within the catchment zone with siblings already enroled in the schools will be accepted regardless of this change.

The red striped area will be transferred from Killara High School to Lindfield Learning Village in a gradual process starting from this year. Families area allowed a choice of their previous and new school in the enrolment option until the start of the 2028 school year. This will apply to applications submitted for Moving to high school expression of interest in 2025 for students moving into Year 7 in 2026, and all other new enrolments in 2026 and 2027. New information had came through that transitional arrangement now appears to apply for every year level from 2025 to 2027. From the start of the 2028 school year the catchment area will be changed for all new enrolments Year 7 to 12 using the updated map. Enrolment application for students who currently reside within the catchment zone with siblings already enroled in the schools will be accepted regardless of this change.

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is called “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

As usual, contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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As previously discussed, all areas previously exclusively covered by only boys and girls high school in NSW has been updated in 2025 so that there is coverage by a nearby coed school as well.

Today we will go over what the extended coverage of what use to be Canterbury Boys and Girls High School catchment by the nearby high schools.

The combined striped area are all part of the Canterbury Boys and Girls High School catchment, this was not changed from 2024 to 2025.

The black border is the 2025 catchment boundary and the red is the 2024 boundary.

The purple striped area is covered by Strathfield South High School in 2025.

The two green striped areas are covered by Kingsgrove North High School in 2025.

The pink striped area is covered by Kingsgrove High School in 2025.

The red striped area is covered by Marrickville High School in 2025, it must have most available space out of nearby high schools.

The yellow striped area is covered by Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design in 2025.

2025 NSW, Sydney Public (Secondary) School Zone Map

The most common name used by the NSW Department of Education is called “catchment” which refers to those students who reside in a particular area and are guaranteed a position in specific schools. When discussed from the perspective of a particular school is often referred to as one of the following terms.

School Zone
School intake area
School catchment

As usual, contact the school in question or the Department of Education for the final confirmation and you can also access the full NSW and Sydney Public School Catchment Map by following this link.

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