We celebrate outstanding results because we believe every student has gifts worth developing and a purpose worth pursuing.
At St Andrew’s Cathedral School, we value the whole student — not simply what they achieve on a results sheet. We want our students to know they are infinitely precious, discover and develop their gifts, and grow in confidence to use those gifts with purpose.
Our NAPLAN, HSC and IB results are one expression of this growth. They reflect the dedication of our students, the expertise of our teachers and a learning culture that encourages students to pursue excellence while developing the character, wisdom and hope to make a difference in the world.
Here are some of the highlights from our latest results.
4th in the State
for Academic progress
Years 3-5 (Naplan 2023-2025)
1st in the State
for Academic progress
Years 7-9 (Naplan 2023-2025)
Top 1% of the nation
5% of students achieved
an ATAR of 99 or above
Top 2% of the nation
11% of students achieved
an ATAR of 98 or above
Top 3% of the nation
16% of students achieved
an ATAR of 97 or above
Top 5% of the nation
25% of students achieved
an ATAR of 95 or above
Top 10% of the nation
42% of students achieved
an ATAR of 90 or above
Top 20% of the nation
76% of students achieved
an ATAR or 80 or above
Top 30% of the nation
91% of students achieved
an ATAR of 70 or above
Congratulations Class of 2025
In our 2025 edition of Academic Excellence, we introduce you to a broad range of 2025 Year 12 students, examples of how the cohort as a whole showed determination to excel in a broad range of different subjects, projects and arts.
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In 2025, in our cohort of 52 IB Diploma Programme students:
65%
IBDP scores that were 6’s and 7’s
71%
Achieved an ATAR
over 90
99.17
Average ATAR for the
top 10% of students
38
Median IBDP score
In 2025, in our cohort of 124 HSC students we achieved the best results in our history:
HSC scores that were 5s and 6’s (top two performance bands)
70%
The average ATAR for the top
10% of students was
97.8
Number of Showcase
nominations
35
Subjects with 100% of students in the top two performance bands:
Music Extension, Music 1, Music 2, Korean Continuers, Polish Continuers, Chinese Continuers, Chinese Extension, German Extension, French Continuers, German Continuers, Italian Beginners, Italian Continuers, Spanish Extension, Italian Extension, English Extension 1, Science Extension.
In 2025, 42 per cent of the graduating cohort across HSC and IBDP achieved an ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank) over 90 (that is, in the top 10 per cent in NSW). Our students across both credentials have managed to achieve at very high levels in a large variety of subjects, which points to the excellence of our passionate and dedicated teaching staff, who go to extraordinary lengths to ensure students have every opportunity to excel and reach their potential.
Also in 2025, our Year 12 HSC cohort broke St Andrew’s Cathedral School’s record for the number of students to be nominated for HSC Showcases! Thirty-five of our students’ major projects have been recognised by the NSW Education Standards Authority, with three of those selected for inclusion in the Showcases.
This year’s nominations were for a diverse range of work across the arts. Nominations include seven for SHAPE (Design and Technology and Industrial Technology), three for ARTEXPRESS (Visual Arts), ten for ENCORE (Music) and thirteen for OnSTAGE (Drama Group and Individual).
Discover more about St Andrew’s 2025 HSC and IBDP outstanding results in our News posts.
Read about our 2025 Spotlight students here.
IB Diploma Programme
The School introduced the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) for Senior College students in 2009 and the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) to Year 7 students in 2016. Since 2016, all Year 7-10 students undertake the MYP. In 2025, the average ATAR of the top 10 per cent of our IB Diploma students was 99.17.
Higher School Certificate
Each year, around 60-70 per cent of our Year 11 students choose to study the NSW Higher School Certificate as their graduate credential in Year 12. Our students are fortunate to have a large breadth of subject choices offered when undertaking the HSC. The 2025 Year 12 HSC cohort performed the best in our history: the average ATAR for the top 10 per cent of HSC students was 97.8 and 70 per cent of HSC scores were 5s and 6s (top two performance bands).
Reporting
St Andrew’s Cathedral School has three formal methods of reporting on student progress.
They are:
- Academic Reports – provide a comprehensive summary of student progress. These are issued towards the end of Terms 2 and 4 for Year 7 to 10, Year 11 in Terms 2 and 3. Year 12 students receive these reports towards the end of Terms 1 and 3.
- Parent/Teacher interviews – held at various times throughout the year for each year level – provide an opportunity for parents to meet with individual teachers to discuss their child’s progress.
- Weekly Parent Digest – emailed to students and their parents every Friday afternoon and gives a brief summary of student progress and involvement. As well as this, there are informal opportunities for parents to discuss their child’s progress through conversations with individual class teachers.
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