Selective school
The term may have different connotations in different systems and is the opposite of a comprehensive school, which accepts all students, regardless of aptitude.
The University High School also operates a selective science-specialist subschool called Elizabeth Blackburn Sciences.
In addition to these, there are also over 40 schools in Victoria offering Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) programs, in which academically gifted students may either complete secondary education in five years (instead of six) or complete their Victorian Certificate of Education in three years (instead of two).
In 2005, the premier of Queensland, Peter Beattie announced as part of the Smart State Strategy the additional creation of the Queensland Academies "as an innovative alternative educational program for highly capable high school students.
[8][9] In the same competition for 2017 university medals were awarded to Brisbane State High School 12 Medal/s, QASMT 1 Medal/s, QACI 0 Medal/s and QAHS 0 Medal/s.
[11] All applicants are required to sit the Academic Selective Entrance Test and possibly complete combined interviews, auditions and/or workshops depending on the program(s) applied for.
[13] Eighteen state schools participate in the Gifted and Talented Programs, each specializing in one of the strands.
[16] Grammar school areas and groups as identified by the Education (Grammar School Ballots) Regulations 1998:[17] Several other areas were identified as having a non-selective system, but with at least one selective school existing alongside their comprehensive counterparts, these were:[18] Barnet, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Bromley, Calderdale, Cumbria, Devon, Enfield, Essex, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Liverpool, Kingston-upon-Thames, Kirklees, North Yorkshire, Plymouth, Poole, Reading, Redbridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Wirral, Wolverhampton, The Wrekin.
The selective Gymnasium (grades 5 through 12 or 13, depending on the state) is supposed to prepare pupils for university.
Some German federal states have abolished the three-tier system in favour of a combination of Realschule and Hauptschule, starting about 1997.
