This report shows the 2020 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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| 325 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Chan, Hayley | 3 | Rouse Hill Anglican College | Rouse Hill |
| 326 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Dewis, Oscar | 4 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 327 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Brennan, Grant | 5 | Oakhill College | Castle Hill |
| 328 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Kelly, Arden | 5 | Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland |
| 329 | Entertainment Industry Examination | Wigney, Abby | 5 | Karabar High School | Queanbeyan |
| 330 | Filipino Continuers | Santos, Hannah Alyssandra | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 331 | Filipino Continuers | Santos, Hannah Cassandra | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 332 | Filipino Continuers | Enriquez, Catalina Isabel | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 333 | Filipino Continuers | Anorico, Clare | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 334 | Filipino Continuers | Boholano, Daphne | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 335 | Financial Services Examination | Donald, Tamara | 1 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 336 | Financial Services Examination | Caramoan, Marc | 2 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 337 | Financial Services Examination | Smith, Benjamin | 2 | OneSchool Global NSW Sydney | Oatlands |
| 338 | Food Technology | van der Laan de Vries, Alexandra | 1 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 339 | Food Technology | Ashworth, Catherine | 2 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 340 | Food Technology | Farrell, Anthony | 3 | St Dominics College | Kingswood |
| 341 | Food Technology | Rader, Amelia | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 342 | Food Technology | Vegvari, Rachelle | 4 | Bonnyrigg High School | Bonnyrigg |
| 343 | Food Technology | Kelly, Sophie | 6 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 344 | Food Technology | Okladnikov, Mikayla | 6 | Mount St Benedict College | Pennant Hills |
| 345 | Food Technology | Huang, Rui Kimberley | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 346 | Food Technology | Kidd, Melanie | 8 | Greystanes High School | Greystanes |
| 347 | Food Technology | Papasavvas, Olivia | 10 | MLC School | Burwood |
| 348 | French Beginners | Freeman, Zeraphina Artemisia | 1 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 349 | French Beginners | Livette-Vial, Jessica | 2 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 350 | French Beginners | Lydon, Abigail | 3 | Southern Cross School of Distance Education | East Ballina |
| 351 | French Beginners | Hanna, Lilian | 4 | Mitchell High School | Blacktown |
| 352 | French Beginners | Aldridge, Capri | 5 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 353 | French Continuers | Schlesinger, Anne-Marie | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 354 | French Continuers | Vahl, Jules | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 355 | French Continuers | Bhuyan, Anand | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 356 | French Continuers | Poole, Ross | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 357 | French Continuers | Murphy, Eamonn | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 358 | French Extension | Wade, Amy | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 359 | French Extension | McManus-Barrett, Caitlin | 2 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 360 | French Extension | Curic, Ina | 3 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 361 | French Extension | McCredie, Finlay Donald Press | 4 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 362 | French Extension | Kumar, Abbey | 5 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 363 | Geography | Pek, Serena Catherine | 1 | Hornsby Girls High School | Hornsby |
| 364 | Geography | Gong, Noah | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
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| 365 | Geography | De Vecchis, David | 3 | St Gregorys College Campbelltown | Gregory Hills |
| 366 | Geography | Aalders, Thomas Michael | 4 | St Ignatius College | Lane Cove |
| 367 | Geography | Tate, Brendan | 5 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 368 | Geography | Penn, Laura | 6 | Arden Anglican School Epping Campus | Epping |
| 369 | Geography | Harper, Max | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 370 | Geography | Lei, Allen | 8 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 371 | Geography | Males, Simon | 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 372 | Geography | Jenkins, Simonie | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 373 | German Beginners | Lee, Chae-Weon | 1 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 374 | German Beginners | Phillips, Tani | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 375 | German Beginners | Jakovsky-Coleman, Tovia | 3 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 376 | German Beginners | Power, Nina | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 377 | German Beginners | Zhang, Chenxi | 5 | Killara High School | Killara |
| 378 | German Continuers | Deva, Anika | 1 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 379 | German Continuers | Latham, Connor | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 380 | German Continuers | Faith, Julius Hiroshi | 3 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 381 | German Continuers | Grimes, Emily Elisabeth | 4 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 382 | German Continuers | Freeman, Zeraphina Artemisia | 5 | Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre | Laurieton |
| 383 | German Extension | Silcock, Rowan | 1 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 384 | German Extension | Deva, Anika | 2 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 385 | German Extension | Latham, Connor | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 386 | German Extension | Cowdery, Jacqueline | 4 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 387 | German Extension | Grimes, Emily Elisabeth | 5 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 388 | Hindi Continuers | Sahni, Praneet | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 389 | Hindi Continuers | Jain, Manya | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 390 | Hindi Continuers | Dua, Tathagat | 3 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 391 | Hindi Continuers | Gandhi, Shriya | 4 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 392 | Hindi Continuers | Jain, Bhavya | 5 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 393 | History Extension | Nason, Lily | 1 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 394 | History Extension | Stephens, Claire | 2 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 395 | History Extension | Rice, Oliver | 3 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 396 | History Extension | Le, Catherine | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 397 | History Extension | Azzi, Zara-Claire | 5 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 398 | History Extension | Lam, Prisca | 6 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 399 | History Extension | MacCulloch, Sarah | 7 | Kambala | Rose Bay |
| 400 | History Extension | Chang, Emily | 8 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 401 | History Extension | Chavan, Aditi | 9 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 402 | History Extension | Richens, Annabelle | 10 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 403 | Hospitality Examination | Johnstone, Samantha | 1 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 404 | Hospitality Examination | Grigson, Isabella | 2 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 405 | Hospitality Examination | Ho, Amy | 2 | Callaghan College Jesmond Campus | Jesmond |
| 406 | Hospitality Examination | Carnegie, Ella | 4 | Willoughby Girls High School | Willoughby |
| 407 | Hospitality Examination | Dunne, Chloe | 4 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 408 | Hospitality Examination | McNamara, Dominic | 4 | Rosebank College | Five Dock |
| 409 | Hospitality Examination | Brownlow, Skye | 7 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | North Parramatta |
| 410 | Hospitality Examination | Parsonage, Luke | 8 | Marcellin College | Randwick |
| 411 | Hospitality Examination | Piscopo, Kasey | 8 | Freeman Catholic College | Bonnyrigg Heights |
| 412 | Hospitality Examination | Smith, Eloise | 8 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 413 | Human Services Examination | Galindo, Nathan | 1 | Good Samaritan Catholic College | Hinchinbrook |
| 414 | Human Services Examination | Mehdi, Gia | 1 | Northern Sydney Institute Meadowbank College | Meadowbank |
| 415 | Human Services Examination | Morellini, Alyssa | 3 | Broughton Anglican College | Menangle Park |
| 416 | Human Services Examination | Vaz, Sian | 3 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 417 | Human Services Examination | Clark, Emily | 5 | South Western Sydney Institute Macquarie Fields Campus | Macquarie Fields |
| 418 | Hungarian Continuers | Konya, Renata | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 419 | Hungarian Continuers | Csizmadia, Nathan Brett | 2 | Castle Hill High School | Castle Hill |
| 420 | Hungarian Continuers | Toth, Vivien Anna | 3 | St Marys Senior High School | St Marys |
| 421 | Indonesian and Literature | Amanda, Karen | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 422 | Indonesian Beginners | Susanto, Natasha | 1 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 423 | Indonesian Beginners | Roberts, Samala Grace | 2 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 424 | Indonesian Beginners | Radwan, Neveen | 3 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 425 | Indonesian Beginners | Sandhu, Kohinoor | 4 | Glenwood High School | Glenwood |
| 426 | Indonesian Beginners | O'Brien, Matilda Taylor | 5 | Coffs Harbour Christian Community School | Bonville |
| 427 | Indonesian Continuers | Maniam, Priyanka | 1 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 428 | Indonesian Continuers | Maharjan, Ishara | 2 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 429 | Indonesian Continuers | Chu, Kevin | 3 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 430 | Indonesian Continuers | Peek, Rebecca | 4 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 431 | Indonesian Continuers | Tjiong, Josiah | 4 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 432 | Indonesian Extension | Meredith-Daly, Elizabeth Marion | 1 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 433 | Indonesian Extension | Tjiong, Josiah | 2 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 434 | Indonesian Extension | Maharjan, Ishara | 3 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 435 | Indonesian Extension | Ransevycz, Zoe Anna Jean | 4 | Burwood Girls High School | Croydon |
| 436 | Industrial Technology | McMurray, Jarrod | 1 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 437 | Industrial Technology | Rodgers, Liam | 1 | Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School | Calala |
| 438 | Industrial Technology | Cardillo, Selena | 3 | Crestwood High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 439 | Industrial Technology | Robilliard, Finn | 3 | Waverley College | Waverley |
| 440 | Industrial Technology | Antonini, Tristan Gregory | 5 | St Francis Xaviers College | Hamilton |
| 441 | Industrial Technology | Fontes, Timothy | 5 | Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls |
| 442 | Industrial Technology | O'Rourke, Oliver | 5 | Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Campus | Freshwater |
| 443 | Industrial Technology | Stevens, Ashlee | 5 | St Benedicts Catholic College | Oran Park |
| 444 | Industrial Technology | Howard, Jorja-Louise | 9 | St Josephs College Lochinvar | Lochinvar |
| 445 | Industrial Technology | Mackay, Ross Sinclair | 9 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 446 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Crowther-Miller, Oliver John | 1 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 447 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | He, Raymond | 2 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 448 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Kyu, Theresa Sandi | 3 | Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus | Ultimo |
| 449 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Palanusitthepa, Chanikan | 4 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 450 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Comninos, James | 5 | Menai High School | Menai |
| 451 | Information and Digital Technology Examination | Holzmann, Karl | 5 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 452 | Information Processes and Technology | Knight, Annabel | 1 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 453 | Information Processes and Technology | Murphy, Caitlin Yvonne | 2 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 454 | Information Processes and Technology | Zadro, Siena | 3 | Santa Sabina College | Strathfield |
| 455 | Information Processes and Technology | Sorbara, Matthew | 4 | Northern Beaches Christian School | Terrey Hills |
| 456 | Information Processes and Technology | Thomas, Angeleena | 4 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 457 | Information Processes and Technology | Crown-Milliss, Patrick | 6 | Epping Boys High School | Eastwood |
| 458 | Information Processes and Technology | Polak, Christopher | 6 | William Clarke College | Kellyville |
| 459 | Information Processes and Technology | Lin, Chris Tao | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 460 | Information Processes and Technology | Qin, Zitian | 8 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 461 | Information Processes and Technology | Venkatesh, Anoushka | 10 | Blacktown Girls High School | Blacktown |
| 462 | Investigating Science | Fletcher, Nathaniel | 1 | St Pauls College West Kempsey | West Kempsey |
| 463 | Investigating Science | Rath, Oscar | 2 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 464 | Investigating Science | McDonagh, Addison | 3 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 465 | Investigating Science | Butler, Max | 4 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 466 | Investigating Science | Jones, Eva | 4 | Alstonville High School | Alstonville |
| 467 | Investigating Science | Clifton, Maggie | 6 | Galston High School | Galston |
| 468 | Investigating Science | de Vera, Arzycki | 6 | Parramatta Marist High School | Westmead |
| 469 | Investigating Science | Kalifa, Evelyn | 6 | St Charbels College | Punchbowl |
| 470 | Investigating Science | Singh, Gurveer | 9 | Wyndham College | Quakers Hill |
| 471 | Investigating Science | Gregg, Natasha | 10 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 472 | Italian Beginners | Duggan, Sascha | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 473 | Italian Beginners | Yi, Claudia Xin | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 474 | Italian Beginners | Rice, Jemima | 3 | Mosman High School | Mosman |
| 475 | Italian Beginners | Gardiner, Imogen | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 476 | Italian Beginners | Brown, Phoebe | 5 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 477 | Italian Continuers | Kingston, Jemima | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 478 | Italian Continuers | Napoli, Grace | 2 | Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst |
| 479 | Italian Continuers | Hadjimichael, Sophia | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 480 | Italian Continuers | Burrows, Jasmine | 4 | Brigidine College Randwick | Randwick |
| 481 | Italian Continuers | Briganti, Therese | 5 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 482 | Italian Extension | Kingston, Jemima | 1 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 483 | Italian Extension | Briganti, Therese | 2 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 484 | Italian Extension | Milne, Amelia | 3 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 485 | Italian Extension | Pacini, Matilde | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 486 | Italian Extension | Turini, Vanessa | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 487 | Japanese and Literature | Kawanami, Seiji | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 488 | Japanese and Literature | Koyama, Fuka | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 489 | Japanese Beginners | Son, Yeleen | 1 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank |
| 490 | Japanese Beginners | Cai, Qianya Hannah | 2 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 491 | Japanese Beginners | Lai, Wing Yan | 3 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 492 | Japanese Beginners | Zhang, Yimei | 4 | Macquarie Fields High School | Macquarie Fields |
| 493 | Japanese Beginners | Tu, Chia-Hsuan | 5 | Chatswood High School | Chatswood |
| 494 | Japanese Continuers | Ki, Sung-Jun | 1 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 495 | Japanese Continuers | Christopher, Niamh | 2 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 496 | Japanese Continuers | Mills, Haley | 2 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 497 | Japanese Continuers | Zou, Hangxi | 2 | The Hills Grammar School | Kenthurst |
| 498 | Japanese Continuers | Wong, Kai | 5 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 499 | Japanese Extension | Wen, Angela | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 500 | Japanese Extension | Park, Caleb | 2 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 501 | Japanese Extension | Zhang, Jessica | 3 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 502 | Japanese Extension | Weerasinghe, Lakmi | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 503 | Japanese Extension | Hu, Jiayi | 5 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 504 | Japanese in Context | Tomishima, Taro | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 505 | Japanese in Context | Nomura, Risa | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 506 | Japanese in Context | Bamba, Sakura | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 507 | Khmer Continuers | Pov, Sievling | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 508 | Khmer Continuers | Leang, Chea Lymign | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 509 | Khmer Continuers | Chea, Tito | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 510 | Khmer Continuers | Khat, Lisa | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 511 | Korean and Literature | Jeon, Baerim | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 512 | Korean and Literature | Chun, Yourim | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 513 | Korean and Literature | Han, Jeong Yeon | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 514 | Korean and Literature | Kim, Minji | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 515 | Korean and Literature | Lee, Sohyun | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 516 | Korean Beginners | Leung, Hiu Ting | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 517 | Korean Beginners | Ocampo, Kayla | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 518 | Korean Beginners | Feng Zhuo, Jane | 3 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 519 | Korean Beginners | Fu, Yu Qi | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 520 | Korean Beginners | Roger, Sarah | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 521 | Korean Continuers | Sekuljica, Danijela | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 522 | Korean Continuers | Hirachan, Anubhuti | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 523 | Korean Continuers | Zhu, Jiaxin | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 524 | Korean Continuers | Elston, Olivia | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 20 Oct 2024