Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus

Balmain Rd, Leichhardt NSW 2040

PublicHigh schoolYears 7-10Partially selective

School website9560 2565

784students

1,104ICSEA · higher than 89% of NSW high schools

38%language background other than English

4%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

Attendance and enrolment

87.3%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.9 pts over 3 years

-16%enrolment change over 5 years

31FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

3support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 784.

NAPLAN

School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus on My School · Why some data is missing

Selective entry

Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus is a partially selective school. Entry is by the state placement test in the year before starting; applications open early in the year. The department no longer publishes per-school minimum entry scores.

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Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Fort Street High School	Petersham	Public high school	1.3 km	1,176	916
Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus	Rozelle	Public high school	2.5 km	1,112	854
Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus	Glebe	Public high school	2.7 km	1,094	787
Newtown High School of Performing Arts	Newtown	Public high school	2.9 km	1,127	1,144
Marrickville High School	Marrickville	Public high school	2.9 km	1,052	624
Ashfield Boys High School	Ashfield	Public high school	3.0 km	1,074	751
Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design	Dulwich Hill	Public high school	3.0 km	1,092	804
Alexandria Park Community School	Alexandria	Public k–12 / combined	4.2 km	1,052	1,312

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

School	Suburb	Type	Students	ICSEA
Hunters Hill High School	Hunters Hill	Public high school · 7-12	789	1,104
Inner Sydney High School	Surry Hills	Public high school · 7-12	1,160	1,104
Crestwood High School	Baulkham Hills	Public high school · 7-12	1,021	1,103
Ryde Secondary CollegePartially	Ryde	Public high school · 7-12	1,486	1,102
Rose Bay Secondary CollegePartially	Dover Heights	Public high school · 7-12	1,125	1,107
Bradfield College	St Leonards	Public high school · 11-12	292	1,108

About this data

Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.