Education in Sydney

Sydney is home to some of Australia's most prestigious universities, technical institutions and schools.

Entry to tertiary education for most students is via the New South Wales secondary school system where students are ranked by the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).

[4] There are 2 multi-campus government-funded Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes in Sydney which provide vocational training at a tertiary level; namely, the Sydney Institute of Technology, North Sydney Institute of TAFE, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE (including OTEN) and South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.

Selective schools are high schools that admit students on the basis of certain criteria, usually academic testing through the selective schools test which is hosted each year usually in March to Year 6 students.

[citation needed] The Sydney Saturday School of Japanese (SSSJ; シドニー日本語土曜学校　Shidonī Nihongo Doyō Gakkō), a weekend Japanese educational program, holds classes for Japanese national and Japanese Australian students at the Cammeray Public School in Cammeray.