NSW schools may accept students transferring into their school during Years 7–12. Transferring students may be from another NSW school, home schooling, interstate or overseas.
Students in Years 7–10 may transfer at any time.
Students studying Preliminary courses may transfer at any time.
HSC students transferring schools and changing courses must enter new courses before 30 June in the year that they wish to sit the HSC exam.
Schools with outgoing transfers are responsible (where applicable) for:
1. providing to the student’s new school, the outgoing student’s grades for any Stage 5 courses satisfactorily completed
2. providing to the student’s new school, and/or submitting the outgoing student’s Preliminary grades in Schools Online
3. providing to the student’s new school, and/or submitting the outgoing student’s HSC school-based assessment data in Schools Online
4. providing to the student’s new school, and/or submitting the outgoing student’s Life Skills course outcomes achieved
5. finalising the outgoing student’s VET course competency outcomes in Schools Online.

Students with atypical circumstances