HSC ACHIEVEMENTS
HSC 2025
In 2025, 30 students sat for the NSW Higher School Certificate in 16 courses.
- 100% of HSC Music 1 students achieved in the top 3 Bands
- 100% of HSC Dance students achieved in the top 3 Bands
- 100% of HSC Visual Arts students achieved in the top 3 Bands
- 89% of Drama students achieved in the top 3 Bands
- 84% of Design and Technology students achieved in the top 3 Bands
- 94% of English Advanced students achieved in the top 3 Bands
We received the following nominations in 2025:
HSC Dance – CALLBACK NOMINATIONS
Core Composition – Sif Astrup, Skye de Groot Rietveld, Aaron Le
Core Performance – Sif Astrup, Skye de Groot Rietveld, Frankie Goldsbrough, Erin Ihsan-Ly, Aaron Le, Bethany Grace Milbourn, Isabella Miranda
Major Study Performance – Sif Astrup, Frankie Goldsbrough, Erin Ihsan-Ly, Bethany Grace Milbourn, Isabella Miranda, Ethan Papanicolaou
HSC Drama – ONSTAGE NOMINATIONS
Individual Performance -Keeva O’Kelly, Emily Bester
HSC Visual Arts – ART EXPRESS NOMINATIONS
Bruno Varga, Ella Duque MacDonald
Ella Duque Macdonald’s (Y12) Body of Work was selected for Art Express at the AGNSW.
HSC 2024
- 83.3% of HSC Music 1 students achieved in the top 2 Bands
- 100% of HSC Dance students achieved in the top 3 Bands
- 100% of HSC Visual Arts students achieved in the top 3 Bands
- 86% of English Advanced Students achieved in the top 3 Bands
- 100% of Design and Technology Students achieved in the top 3 Bands
We received the following nominations in 2024:
HSC Dance – CALLBACK NOMINATIONS
Core Composition – Laura Chen
Core Performance – Zoe Harris, Natasha Savinova
HSC Drama – ONSTAGE NOMINATIONS
Group Performance – Beyonce Codis, Julian Johnstone, Elise Slowgrove
HSC MUSIC – ENCORE NOMINATIONS
Performance Bridgette Chilvers, Helena Tees
HSC 2023
- 81% of HSC Music 1 students achieved in the top 2 Bands
- 89% of HSC Dance students achieved in the top 2 Bands
- 80% of HSC Visual Arts students achieved in the top 2 Bands
- 83% of English Advanced Students achieved in the top 3 Bands
- 100% of Design and Technology Students achieved in the top 2 Bands
- 100% of Spanish Continuers student achieved in the top 2 Bands
We received the following nominations in 2023:
HSC Dance – CALLBACK NOMINATIONS
Major Study Performance – Lara Vasan Young, Charlotte Dietiker, Natalia Flores
Core Composition – Indra Suardana, Lara Vasan Young
Core Performance – Lara Vasan Young, Indra Suardana, Charlotte Dietiker, Natalia Flores, Isaia Ta’ale, Taneisha King
HSC Drama – ONSTAGE NOMINATIONS
Individual Performance – Ellacoco Hammer-McIver
Individual Projects – June Reeve
HSC MUSIC – ENCORE NOMINATIONS
Performance – Stephanie Calia, Ellacoco Hammer-McIver, Chlore Maramara, Harrison Ratner
HSC 2022
Visual Arts
Izel was nominated and selected for ARTEXPRESS as part of the 2023 HSC Showcase season. Her stop motion movie titled MOTHER was displayed at the Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC) and the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre.Lucy Reid was nominated and selected for ARTEXPRESS for her drawing series titled ‘Sinister’ for the Virtual Exhibition VX, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Glasshouse Regional Gallery.
Music
Sapphire was nominated for Encore which is a program of outstanding performances and compositions by students from the HSC Music examinations.
- 100% of Music 1 students achieved a Band 5 or higher
- 100% of Dance students achieved a Band 4 or higher
- 100% of Visual Arts students achieved a Band 4 or higher
- 90% of Drama students achieved a Band 4 or higher
- 89% of PDHPE students achieved a Band 4 or higher
- 83% of English Extension 1 students achieved in the top 2 bands
- 77% of English Advanced Students achieved a Band 4 or higher
- 72% of Design and Technology students achieved a Band 4 or higher
HSC 2021
- 100% of Music 1 students achieved a Band 5 or higher
- 100% of Dance students achieved a Band 4 or higher
- 100% of Visual Arts students achieved a Band 4 or higher
- 83% of English Extension 1 students achieved in the top 2 bands
- 75% of English Advanced Students achieved a Band 4 or higher
In 2021, Carys Hakin was nominated and subsequently selected to perform at Encore for her vocal performance of When Sunny Gets Blue (Fisher/Segal). Encore 2021 showcased the best performances from the 2021 HSC Music 1 and 2 cohorts at the City Recital Hall.
HSC 2020
- 100% of Music students acheived a Band 4 - Band 6
- 100% of English Extension 2 students acheived in the top 2 bands
- 90% of Visual Arts students acheived a Band 4 - Band 6
- 85% of Dance students acheived a Band 4 - Band 6
- 85% of Drama students acheived a Band 4 - Band 6
Two 2019 Drama students, Laura Banning and Lola Bond, were nominated for OnStage, a showcase of the best Individual Performances across the state.
Lola Bond was nominated for Callback in 2019; a selection of outstanding performances and projects from HSC Dance students.
Post school destinations of our graduating class of 2019 include: Queensland University of Technology, the Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney, ED5 International, Screenwise Australia and Billy Blue College of Design.
Lola Bond was awarded the QUT Excellence scholarship (Elite Visual and Performing Arts) valued at $30,000. The award of an Excellence Scholarship acknowledges outstanding achievement in the creative industries; it is awarded to the top two candidates from the audition process; Lola was one of the top two of over 500 auditioned across Australia.
HSC 2019
In 2019 two students were nominated for ArtExpress: Ieisha Acampora and Lola Bond.
Both students’ works were selected for exhibition; Ieisha’s work was exhibited at the Armoury Gallery and Lola’s work was exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
- APGS' 2019 Dux and Valedictorian Lola Bond achieved an ATAR of 94.9. Lola scored a near perfect mark of 49/50 in English Extension 2.
- 100% of HSC Music 1 students achieved a Band 5 or Band 6
- 75% of HSC Dance students achieved a Band 5 or Band 6
- 75% of HSC Visual Arts students achieved a Band 5 or Band 6