This report shows the 2014 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
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| 1 | Aboriginal Studies | Pulver, Luke | 1 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 2 | Aboriginal Studies | Argent, Zoe Caroline | 2 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 3 | Aboriginal Studies | Tarpis, Sera Mualla | 3 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 4 | Aboriginal Studies | Ahmad, Sana | 4 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 5 | Aboriginal Studies | Runde, Merle | 5 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 6 | Agriculture | Tan, Reynard Ezekiel | 1 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 7 | Agriculture | Gong, Sharon | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 8 | Agriculture | Cao, Yi Ning | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 9 | Agriculture | Kuang, Edwina | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 10 | Agriculture | Chen, Winnie | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 11 | Agriculture | Huang, Rui Xue Michelle | 6 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 12 | Agriculture | Pan, Andrew | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 13 | Agriculture | Wu, Stephanie | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 14 | Agriculture | Judson, Sally | 9 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 15 | Agriculture | Pereira, Luke Noel | 10 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 16 | Ancient History | Penales, Stephanie | 1 | Mount Carmel Catholic High School | Varroville |
| 17 | Ancient History | Bryant, Emma Marie | 2 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 18 | Ancient History | Harding, Sinead Laura Burns | 3 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 19 | Ancient History | McNaughton, Holly Jane | 4 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 20 | Ancient History | Watson-Moore, Lydia Mary | 5 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 21 | Ancient History | Taylor, Charles Richard | 6 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 22 | Ancient History | Saker, Chloe | 7 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 23 | Ancient History | Lo, Calvin | 8 | Hoxton Park High School | Hinchinbrook |
| 24 | Ancient History | Judge, Isleana Myree | 9 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 25 | Ancient History | Bannatyne, Ruby | 10 | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College | Kensington |
| 26 | Ancient History | White, Harry Samuel | 10 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 27 | Ancient History | Lines, Joss Benjamin | 12 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 28 | Ancient History | Goundry, Vanessa | 13 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 29 | Ancient History | Kyriazis, Benjamin | 14 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 30 | Ancient History | Palic, Claudia | 15 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 31 | Ancient History | Vidal, Julian Karl | 16 | Byron Bay High School | Byron Bay |
| 32 | Ancient History | Wang, Edwina Yu Xuan | 17 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 33 | Ancient History | Hilton, Sarah Elise | 18 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 34 | Ancient History | Frederiksen, Emma Louise | 19 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 35 | Ancient History | Mills, Thomas Alexander | 20 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 36 | Arabic Continuers | Ibrahim, Shumokh | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 37 | Arabic Continuers | Samoel, Mena | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 38 | Arabic Continuers | Armanious, Marina | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 39 | Arabic Continuers | Beshay, Caroline | 4 | St Bishoy Coptic Orthodox College | Mount Druitt |
| 40 | Arabic Continuers | Nassir, Tanya | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
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| 41 | Arabic Extension | Benhaddou, Mouemina | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 42 | Arabic Extension | Ibrahim, Shumokh | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Birrong Girls Campus | Birrong |
| 43 | Arabic Extension | El Azzi, Ricardo | 3 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |
| 44 | Arabic Extension | Samoel, Mena | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 45 | Arabic Extension | Karoomi, Lolita | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Boys Campus | Liverpool |
| 46 | Armenian Continuers | Darbinian, Michelle | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 47 | Armenian Continuers | Melkonian, Mariam | 2 | Galstaun College | Ingleside |
| 48 | Armenian Continuers | Panjarjian, Meghrie | 3 | Galstaun College | Ingleside |
| 49 | Armenian Continuers | Gulumian, Narine | 4 | Galstaun College | Ingleside |
| 50 | Armenian Continuers | Mouradian, Kayaneh Nouritsa | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 51 | Automotive Examination | Deall, Tristan Scott | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 52 | Automotive Examination | Krishna, Adrian | 2 | Western Sydney Institute Blacktown College | Blacktown |
| 53 | Automotive Examination | Lonsdale, James | 3 | Hunter Institute Glendale Campus | Glendale |
| 54 | Automotive Examination | Constable, Christopher Lindsay | 4 | Northern Sydney Institute Hornsby College | Hornsby |
| 55 | Automotive Examination | McKay, Hugh | 5 | Western Institute Bathurst Campus | Bathurst |
| 56 | Biology | Goyal, Abhishek | 1 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 57 | Biology | Qian, Lydia | 2 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 58 | Biology | McClatchy, Jessica | 3 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 59 | Biology | Siu, Andrew | 4 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 60 | Biology | Khoshkhesal, Mona | 5 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 61 | Biology | Bourke, Erin Rose | 6 | Duval High School | Armidale |
| 62 | Biology | Arkell, Olivia | 7 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 63 | Biology | Raguram, Kalyan | 8 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 64 | Biology | Wong, Stephanie Lok Yee | 9 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 65 | Biology | Soepardi, Bryan | 10 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 66 | Biology | Coates, Hudson | 11 | St Philips Christian College Newcastle | Waratah |
| 67 | Biology | Hugh, Eamon Dominic | 12 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 68 | Biology | Swaraj, Sascha | 13 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 69 | Biology | Wang, Mona Mandy | 14 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 70 | Biology | Dunn, Manjekah Tara | 15 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 71 | Biology | Chen, Xin Sharon | 16 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 72 | Biology | Chung, Rachael | 17 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 73 | Biology | Yu, Susie | 18 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 74 | Biology | Chen, Wen Quan Matthew | 19 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 75 | Biology | Rispin, Sabrina Kathryn | 20 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 76 | Business Services Examination | Hasbany, Jessica | 1 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 77 | Business Services Examination | Unguroiu, Laurentiu Raul | 2 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 78 | Business Services Examination | Hart, Lauren | 3 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 79 | Business Services Examination | Oliver, Teia | 3 | Yanco Agricultural High School | Yanco |
| 80 | Business Services Examination | French, Tayla | 5 | Ulladulla High School | Ulladulla |
| 81 | Business Services Examination | Gorscak, Nikole Karla | 6 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 82 | Business Services Examination | Wakefield, Caitlin Leigh | 6 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 83 | Business Services Examination | Dillon, Kelly | 8 | Marist Sisters College Woolwich | Woolwich |
| 84 | Business Services Examination | King, Emily Peta | 9 | Lucas Heights Community School | Barden Ridge |
| 85 | Business Services Examination | Barakat, Jasmina | 10 | Cerdon College | Merrylands |
| 86 | Business Services Examination | Dhieu, Asha | 10 | Emmaus Catholic College | Kemps Creek |
| 87 | Business Services Examination | Marchand, Clarissa | 10 | St Marks Catholic College | Stanhope Gardens |
| 88 | Business Services Examination | Portugall, Rebecca | 10 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 89 | Business Studies | Reidy, Nathan John | 1 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 90 | Business Studies | Menzies, Brooke | 2 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 91 | Business Studies | Gross, Kyle | 3 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 92 | Business Studies | Bernhardt, Peyton | 4 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 93 | Business Studies | Patterson, Thomas | 4 | Gilroy Catholic College | Castle Hill |
| 94 | Business Studies | Bricknell, Ella | 6 | Pacific Hills Christian School | Dural |
| 95 | Business Studies | Ezad, Hassam | 7 | St Dominics College | Kingswood |
| 96 | Business Studies | Lu, Nina | 8 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 97 | Business Studies | O'Halloran, Charles | 9 | St Josephs College | ? |
| 98 | Business Studies | Nesci, Luke | 10 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 99 | Business Studies | Farlow, Penelope Jane | 11 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 100 | Business Studies | Lee, Chelsea Kay-Lyn | 12 | Pacific Hills Christian School | Dural |
| 101 | Business Studies | Smith, Georgia Anne | 13 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 102 | Business Studies | Wallace, Adelaide Pearl | 14 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 103 | Business Studies | Vu, Lisa | 15 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 104 | Business Studies | Martino, Natalie | 16 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 105 | Business Studies | Long, Scott | 17 | Newcastle Grammar School | Newcastle |
| 106 | Business Studies | Motbey, Alexandra | 18 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 107 | Business Studies | Selig, Sarah | 19 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 108 | Business Studies | Sullivan, Emma | 20 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 109 | Chemistry | Fridgant, Joshua Adam | 1 | Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill, ACT |
| 110 | Chemistry | Calisa, Vaishnavi | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 111 | Chemistry | Muralidaran, Saimurooban | 2 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 112 | Chemistry | Davis, Brandon | 4 | St Patricks College Sutherland | Sutherland |
| 113 | Chemistry | Yan, Aimy | 5 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 114 | Chemistry | Parameshwaran, Kajanan | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 115 | Chemistry | Peng, David | 7 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 116 | Chemistry | Huang, Jasmin Wen Qi | 8 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 117 | Chemistry | Ibrahim, David Mina | 8 | Trinity Grammar School | Summer Hill |
| 118 | Chemistry | Lui, Joseph Dennison Wai-Tuk | 8 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 119 | Chemistry | Shaikh, Hassan | 8 | Richard Johnson Anglican College | Oakhurst |
| 120 | Chemistry | Xu, Ramon | 8 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 121 | Chemistry | Flame, Aki | 13 | Newington College | Stanmore |
| 122 | Chemistry | Yuen, Kenneth Ka-Lok | 14 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 123 | Chemistry | Song, Kay | 15 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 124 | Chemistry | Thirurajah, Samuel Harishan | 16 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 125 | Chemistry | Pham, James Phuc | 17 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 126 | Chemistry | Nelapati, Melwin | 18 | St Columba Anglican School | Port Macquarie |
| 127 | Chemistry | Huang, Arthur Zi Yang | 19 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 128 | Chemistry | Liu, Weber | 19 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 129 | Chinese Background Speakers | Si, Rufei S Sophie | 1 | St Ives High School | St Ives |
| 130 | Chinese Background Speakers | Guo, Chen Yuan | 2 | Canterbury Girls High School | Canterbury |
| 131 | Chinese Background Speakers | Chen, Eryan (Jasmine) | 3 | Turramurra High School | South Turramurra |
| 132 | Chinese Background Speakers | Jiang, Haoran | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 133 | Chinese Background Speakers | Hou, Xiao Xi | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 134 | Chinese Beginners | Warren, Leon Karbic | 1 | St Pius X College | Chatswood |
| 135 | Chinese Beginners | Liengphrapaipun, Thanakrit Alfred | 2 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 136 | Chinese Beginners | Tran, Thi Huyen Trang | 3 | Macquarie Grammar School | Sydney |
| 137 | Chinese Beginners | Lee, Seunggyu Joshua | 4 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 138 | Chinese Beginners | Ongay, Edward Sean | 5 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 139 | Chinese Continuers | Pannach, Sian | 1 | Australian International School Hong Kong | Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong |
| 140 | Chinese Continuers | Pan, Jenny | 2 | Kingsgrove North High School | Kingsgrove |
| 141 | Chinese Continuers | Yang, Norman | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 142 | Chinese Continuers | Hong, Davin | 4 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 143 | Chinese Continuers | Taranto, Gianluca Michael | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 144 | Chinese Extension | Taranto, Gianluca Michael | 1 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 145 | Chinese Extension | McCowage, Angus Donald | 2 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 146 | Chinese Extension | Evans, William John | 3 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 147 | Chinese Extension | O'Driscoll, Donal Tanin | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 148 | Chinese Extension | Needham, Nicholas Harry | 5 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 149 | Classical Greek Continuers | Kynaston, Grant | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 150 | Classical Greek Continuers | Wijetunga, Asanka | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 151 | Classical Greek Continuers | Stratton, James | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 152 | Classical Greek Continuers | Hatzis, Phillip | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 153 | Classical Greek Continuers | Barlin, George | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 154 | Classical Greek Extension | Kynaston, Grant | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 155 | Classical Greek Extension | Wijetunga, Asanka | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 156 | Classical Greek Extension | Clarke, William | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 157 | Classical Greek Extension | Stratton, James | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 158 | Classical Greek Extension | Hatzis, Phillip | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 159 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Schapiro, Raizel | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 160 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Charak, Miriam | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 161 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Niasoff, Mimi | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 162 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Berman, Ryan | 4 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 163 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | Koncepolski, Rivka | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 164 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Schapiro, Raizel | 1 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 165 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Charak, Miriam | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 166 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Niasoff, Mimi | 3 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 167 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Koncepolski, Rivka | 4 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 168 | Classical Hebrew Extension | Lederman, Gedalya | 5 | Kesser Torah College | Dover Heights |
| 169 | Community and Family Studies | Tyler, Rebecca Louise | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 170 | Community and Family Studies | Piggott, Monique Alicia | 2 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 171 | Community and Family Studies | Youdale, Emma | 3 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 172 | Community and Family Studies | Magiera, Frances | 4 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 173 | Community and Family Studies | Sidiropoulos, Eirene | 5 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 174 | Community and Family Studies | Forsyth, Georgia | 6 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 175 | Community and Family Studies | McCann, Amy Catherine | 7 | Broughton Anglican College | Menangle Park |
| 176 | Community and Family Studies | Bradshaw, Julia Sarah | 8 | Winmalee High School | Winmalee |
| 177 | Community and Family Studies | White, Courtney Ann | 9 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 178 | Community and Family Studies | Rountree, Mia | 10 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 179 | Construction Examination | McMullen, Riley Lawrence | 1 | The Riverina Anglican College | Wagga Wagga |
| 180 | Construction Examination | Majoor, Vaughn Vincent | 2 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 181 | Construction Examination | Kempton Sladden, Lewis James | 3 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 182 | Croatian Continuers | Mihaljevic, Mia | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 183 | Croatian Continuers | Andacic, Zorana Tereza | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 184 | Dance | Goodfellow, Jessica Elizabeth | 1 | Newtown High School of Performing Arts | Newtown |
| 185 | Dance | Holloway, Mikala Dane | 1 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus | Manly Vale |
| 186 | Dance | Mulholland, Bridget | 1 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | Lismore |
| 187 | Dance | Gomola, Katarina Louise | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 188 | Dance | Rana, Lotus | 4 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 189 | Design and Technology | Hodge, Edward | 1 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 190 | Design and Technology | Mangraviti, Sophia | 1 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
| 191 | Design and Technology | Mace, Courtenay Jayde | 3 | St Johns College | ? |
| 192 | Design and Technology | Kougias, Victoria | 4 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 193 | Design and Technology | Sutevski, Monique | 5 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 194 | Design and Technology | Crowe, Kaitlyn Elle O'Connor | 6 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 195 | Design and Technology | Telfer, Chelsea Elizabeth | 6 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 196 | Design and Technology | Mathews, Jonathon Andrew | 8 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 197 | Design and Technology | Rogers, Emily Anne | 8 | New England Girls School | Armidale |
| 198 | Design and Technology | Barman, David | 10 | Blue Mountains Grammar School | Wentworth Falls |
| 199 | Design and Technology | Cemal, Patrick | 10 | Masada College | St Ives |
| 200 | Design and Technology | Gilbert, Isabella | 10 | Stella Maris College | Manly |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 14 Feb 2023