This report shows the 2025 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 | English Advanced | Lin, Valery | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 2 | English Advanced | Phi, Emily | 1 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 3 | English Advanced | Zhang, Weiyi | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 4 | English Advanced | Tran, Justin | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
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| 5 | English Advanced | Parker, Tess | 5 | Wenona School | North Sydney |
| 6 | English Advanced | Fogarty, Ava Lily | 6 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 7 | English Advanced | Liang, Chen | 6 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 8 | English Advanced | Kou, Miki | 8 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 9 | English Advanced | Brown, Alannah Lily Grace | 9 | St Catherines School | Waverley |
| 10 | English Advanced | Yim, Jio | 10 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 11 | English Advanced | Gargya, Jaden | 11 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 12 | English Advanced | Kant, Nandini | 12 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 13 | English Advanced | Knox, Lucy | 12 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 14 | English Advanced | Lee, Erin | 12 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 15 | English Advanced | Cao, Mohan | 15 | The Scots College | Bellevue Hill |
| 16 | English Advanced | Ji, Shirley | 15 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 17 | English Advanced | Loadsman, Thomas | 15 | St Josephs College Hunters Hill | Hunters Hill |
| 18 | English Advanced | Pan, Alicia | 15 | Prairiewood High School | Prairiewood |
| 19 | English Advanced | Pillai, Saira Jaslene | 15 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 20 | English Advanced | Woo, Brendan | 15 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 1 May 2026