2025 HSC Results
The HSC Class of 2025 has achieved outstanding results which we are delighted to share with our community.
This cohort has been determined to succeed throughout Year 11 and 12. They worked hard across a range of challenging subjects with 68 per cent of all student results placed in the top two Bands, 5 and 6 (up from 59 per cent in 2024).
They also committed themselves to rigorous Extension subjects, with more than 60 per cent of students engaging in at least one Extension subject. This hard work certainly paid off with 90 per cent of all Extension results placed in the top two performance bands, E3 and E4 (up from 86 per cent in 2024).
The HSC Class of 2025 upheld the values of rigour, curiosity and creativity, embracing challenges and pursuing diverse interests and passions, resulting in a record number of HSC Showcase nominations.
We are proud of each and every one of them and we are delighted to share the highlights below.
Dr Amy Van Arkkels – Deputy, Academic (K-12)
HSC Results
9
Students on the All-round Achievers List
108
Students on the Distinguished Achievers List
7
State rankings
3
First in State rankings
All-round Achievers
Students who achieved a result in the highest band possible (Band 6 or Band E4) in 10 or more units of study.
Click on the profile image to read reflections from the students.
Miles Braithwaite-Young
Biology, Business Studies, English Advanced, Mathematics Standard 2, Modern History
Daniel Carter
Ancient History, Drama, English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, History Extension, Visual Arts
Toby Denton
Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Physics
Archie Felice
Drama, English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Mathematics Standard 2, Entertainment Industry Examination
Jonathon Fitzgerald
Drama, English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Legal Studies, Modern History
Hamish Hunter
English Advanced, English Extension 1, Legal Studies, Mathematics Standard 2, Modern History, History Extension
Oscar McConnell
Ancient History, English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Modern History, History Extension
Hugo Stock
Chemistry, English Advanced, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Physics
Angus Thompson
English Advanced, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Modern History, Physics
Top Achievers
Students who achieved one of the highest places in a HSC course or optional exam and also achieved a result in the highest band.
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Daniel Beretta
1st in Mathematics Standard 2
Maxwell Laidlaw
1st in Construction Examination
Sebastian Wong
1st in Physics
Miles Braithwaite-Young
3rd in Mathematics Standard 2
Haider Faeeh
3rd in Hospitality Examination (Kitchen Operations and Cookery)
Archie Felice
3rd in Entertainment Industry Examination
Daniel Carter
9th in Ancient History
Noteworthy Achievements
2025 students who excelled in the Creative Arts and Technology subjects are celebrated in the NSW Government’s Annual Showcase in 2026.
Shape
An annual exhibition of exemplary Major Projects developed by HSC Design and Technology, Industrial Technology and Textiles and Design students.
Industrial Technology, Timber
Benjamin Adams – Minibar Sideboard (nominated)
Angus Cirillo – Mid-Century Blackwood Drinks Cabinet (nominated)
Charles Fuller – Catho Vanity (nominated)
Ewan Gasowski – Angular Sideboard (nominated)
Archie Gould – Curved Oak Sideboard (nominated)
Robert Hails – American Oak Whisky Cabinet (nominated)
Edward Hicks – Double Door Timber Console (nominated)
Oliver Hyland-Falle – Walnut Entertainment Unit (nominated)
Henry Lapham – Walnut Drinks Trolley (nominated)
Felix Lee – Scandinavian Desk (nominated)
Jackson Marsh – Oak Desk (nominated)
Alexander Sainsbury – Cherry Cabinet (nominated)
Carter White – Oak Storage Unit (nominated)
Tom Williams – Japanese-Inspired Credenza (nominated)
OnSTAGE
Individual Projects
Jordan Green – Design: Promotion and Program (Tartuffe) (nominated)
Aidan Jakab – Design: Costume (Waltzing the Wilarra) (nominated)
Mika Koskela – Design: Set (Antigone) (nominated)
Luc Miller – Design: Promotion and Program (Antigone) (nominated)
Kye Patterson – Design: Promotion and Program – Mr Burns (selected)
Individual Performance
Daniel Carter – The Seagull (nominated)
Henry Corona – Diary of a Madman (nominated)
Finn Dauphinee – Soldier with a Secret (nominated)
Kevin Feeney – Jasper Jones (nominated)
Archie Felice – Howie the Rookie (nominated)
Jonathon Fitzgerald – Twelfth Night (nominated)
Thomas Ryan – True West (nominated)
Group Performance
Daniel Carter, Brendan Egiziano, Michael Korompay, Kye Patterson, George Smith – Lost and Found (nominated)
Henry Corona, Jonathon Fitzgerald, Jordan Green, Jeremy Latham – Mildred (nominated)
Finn Dauphinee, Archie Felice, Kevin Feeney, Harry Keeping, Mika Koskela – Birds of a Feather (selected)
ENCORE
A showcase of exemplary performances and compositions by HSC Music students.
Henry Corona – Percussion performance (nominated)
Seyoung Jeong – Saxophone performance (nominated)
Aska Yeldham-Ono – Cello performance (nominated)
Savvas Sousamidis – Pipe Organ performance (nominated)
Young Writers Showcase
A selection of outstanding major works by English Extension 2 students across a range of literary genres including creative fiction, poetry and podcast.
Joe Callow – Salvage Realities: Cyberpunk and the OntoFictionalPresent (nominated)
Oscar McConnell – Stealing Guavas, Hitting Budapest: A Childist Reading of NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names within the Post-African Turn (selected)
ARTEXPRESS
A showcase of exemplary bodies of work by HSC Visual Arts students.
Finn Dauphinee – Images of Friends: ‘Fact through Distortion’ – Francis Bacon (selected)
Henry Lea – Tight-Fisted Hand at the Grindstone – film (nominated)
VET Excellence Award
Haidar Faeeh – VET Excellence Award – Hospitality
Distinguished Achievers
These students achieved a Band 6 or E4 in one or more subjects.
Benjamin Adams
Industrial Technology
Felix Ancher
Biology, Mathematics Advanced, Modern History
Thomas Andrews
Geography
Nicholas Antipas
English Advanced
Yiasemis Begetis
English Extension 2
Daniel Beretta
Business Studies, Mathematics Standard 2, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Joshua Bolton
Mathematics Standard 2
Miles Braithwaite-Young
Biology, Business Studies, English Advanced, Mathematics Standard 2, Modern History
Joe Callow
English Extension 1, English Extension 2
Michael Caredes
Geography
Daniel Carter
Ancient History, Drama, English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, History Extension, Visual Arts
Aidan Chandler
Mathematics Standard 2
Asher Chaudhary
English Extension 1
Nathan Chong
Biology, English Extension 1, Mathematics Advanced, Latin Continuers, Latin Extension
Angus Cirillo
Industrial Technology, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Henry Corona
Drama, Music Extension
Alexander Cousins
English Advanced, English Extension 1, Modern History
Finn Dauphinee
Drama, English Extension 1, Visual Arts
Zac de Hennin
Geography, Mathematics Standard 2
Harrison Dean
Business Studies, Legal Studies, Mathematics Standard 2
Toby Denton
Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Physics
William Donnelley
Business Studies, Mathematics Standard 2
Jack Duddy
English Advanced, English Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 1
Oliver Durand
Visual Arts
Louis Ewington
Business Studies, Geography, Mathematics Standard 2, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Haidar Faeeh
Business Studies, English Extension 1, Legal Studies, Hospitality Examination (Kitchen Operations and Cookery)
Kevin Feeney
Drama, English Extension 2, Entertainment Industry Examination
Archie Felice
Drama, English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Mathematics Standard 2, Entertainment Industry Examination
Theo Fendekian
Mathematics Standard 2
Jonathon Fitzgerald
Drama, English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Legal Studies, Modern History
Charles Fuller
Industrial Technology, Mathematics Standard 2
Rohan George
Legal Studies, Mathematics Advanced
Ewan Gleeson
Mathematics Standard 2
Edward Goldsmith
Industrial Technology
Archie Gould
Industrial Technology
Callum Grantham
Business Studies, Mathematics Standard 2, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Jordan Green
Drama
Ashwin Gunja
English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Mathematics Advanced, Studies of Religion II
Harry Halleen
Mathematics Advanced
Paul Hardjawana
Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2
Nicholas Herbst
English Advanced, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Physics
James Hong
Biology, English Advanced, English Extension 1, Geography, Mathematics Advanced
Finnian Howells
Mathematics Standard 2
Hamish Hunter
English Advanced, English Extension 1, Legal Studies, Mathematics Standard 2, Modern History, History Extension
Edward Ingham
Mathematics Extension 1
Diesel James
Business Studies, English Extension 1, Mathematics Standard 2, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Seyoung Jeong
Music Extension
Lucas Johnson
Business Studies, English Advanced, English Extension 1, Mathematics Standard 2
Alexander Jones
English Advanced, English Extension 1, Legal Studies, Mathematics Standard 2, Modern History
Harry Keeping
Drama
Michael Korompay
Ancient History, Drama, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, History Extension
Mika Koskela
Drama, Legal Studies
Yanni Krallis
English Extension 1, Mathematics Standard 2, Modern Greek Beginners
Maxwell Laidlaw
Mathematics Standard 2, Construction Examination
Henry Lapham
Industrial Technology, Mathematics Standard 2
Jeremy Latham
Drama, Music 1
Henry Lea
Visual Arts, Entertainment Industry Examination
Felix Lee
Industrial Technology
Henry Li
Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Ryan Lynch
Mathematics Standard 2
Lachlan Mackay-Sim
Industrial Technology, Construction Examination
Jackson Marsh
Industrial Technology
Johan Martinello
Mathematics Standard 2
Oscar McConnell
Ancient History, English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Modern History, History Extension
Harry Millar
English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Legal Studies, History Extension
Justin Morley
English Extension 1
Liam Morris
English Extension 1, Mathematics Standard 2, Modern History
Huon Morton
Ancient History, Biology, Geography, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Advanced
Billy Negri
Mathematics Extension 1
Hugo Ni
Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2
Felix Paszkiewicz
Mathematics Standard 2
Kye Patterson
Drama, English Extension 1
Thomas Peacocke
Chemistry, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Physics
Nathan Perkins
Mathematics Standard 2
Tyson Price
Business Services Examination
Roman Radice
Mathematics Standard 2
Lachlan Richmond
English Advanced, English Extension 1, Mathematics Advanced, Modern History, History Extension
Jack Robertson
Earth and Environmental Science, Mathematics Standard 2, Modern History, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Fynn Roche
English Advanced, English Extension 1, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Ishan Roy-McKean
English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Legal Studies, Mathematics Advanced
Benjamin Ryan
English Advanced, Mathematics Standard 2, Modern History, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Thomas Ryan
Visual Arts
Keaton Saggers
Mathematics Standard 2
Oscar Shaw
Visual Arts
Dylan Simmons
Mathematics Standard 2
Franklin Skouteris
Modern Greek Beginners
Sebastien Sorensen
Geography
Savvas Sousamidis
Modern History, Music 2, Music Extension, Latin Continuers, Latin Extension
Sanjay Spencer
Biology, English Advanced, English Extension 1, Geography, Modern History
Hugo Stock
Chemistry, English Advanced, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Physics
Daniel Tallentire
Geography
Charles Taubman
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Ashton Thomas
Construction Examination
Angus Thompson
English Advanced, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Modern History, Physics
Rory Tunica
Studies of Religion I
Oliver Turner
Chemistry, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Physics
Harrison Veitch
Mathematics Standard 2
Lucas Veloz
Business Studies, English Advanced, English Extension 1, Mathematics Standard 2, Spanish Beginners
Samuel Walker
Mathematics Standard 2
Lewis Walters
Biology, Business Studies, Earth and Environmental Science, Mathematics Standard 2
Andrew Wayling
Chemistry, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Physics
Carter White
Geography, Industrial Technology, Construction Examination
Cameron Wilk-Ellis
Business Studies, English Advanced, Geography
Tom Williams
Industrial Technology, Hospitality Examination (Kitchen Operations and Cookery)
Sebastian Wong
Chemistry, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Physics
Aska Yeldham-Ono
Mathematics Standard 2, Music 2, Music Extension
Marcus Yoo
English Extension 2, Visual Arts
Angus Young
Mathematics Standard 2
From the 2025 HSC Dux
Sebastian Wong
‘My biggest hurdle during Year 12 was staying motivated and not burning out, which I overcame by having a good study plan, exercising frequently, and having a great mentor in Mr Rivera.
I believe my greatest academic success at Newington was achieving full marks in the Maths Extension 1 trial HSC exam. A result made possible thanks to the support of my Maths teacher, Mrs Kennedy.
Looking ahead, I plan to pursue my passion for Mathematics at University, and hope to have the opportunity to spend part of my studies overseas in the future.
Beyond academics, music has played a big role in my time at Newington. I played piano in the band ‘The Striped Ties’ from Year 7 to Year 12 and my favourite memory is performing at Rockfest this year. It was a unique and once in a lifetime experience that I will never forget.
I’ve always felt that music and mathematics share a common thread in pattern recognition during the early stages, however as you progress in both fields, they diverge greatly.’
Subject Achievement in the HSC
Comparison of Newington Students vs NSW Students (% Top 2 Bands by course).
Aboriginal Studies
20
Newington
33
NSW
Ancient History
67
Newington
35
NSW
Biology
55
Newington
36
NSW
Business Services
25
Newington
25
NSW
Business Studies
69
Newington
37
NSW
Chemistry
50
Newington
38
NSW
Chinese Continuers
100
Newington
79
NSW
Construction
82
Newington
35
NSW
Design and Technology
100
Newington
49
NSW
Drama
100
Newington
59
NSW
Earth and Environmental Science
63
Newington
37
NSW
Economics
27
Newington
53
NSW
Engineering Studies
67
Newington
28
NSW
English Advanced
78
Newington
65
NSW
English Extension 1
95
Newington
95
NSW
English Extension 2
100
Newington
88
NSW
Enterprise Computing
100
Newington
40
NSW
Entertainment
14
Newington
29
NSW
Geography
97
Newington
41
NSW
History Extension 1
96
Newington
87
NSW
Hospitality
50
Newington
31
NSW
Industrial Technology
70
Newington
23
NSW
Latin Continuers
100
Newington
80
NSW
Latin Extension
100
Newington
98
NSW
Legal Studies
63
Newington
44
NSW
Mathematics Advanced
68
Newington
51
NSW
Mathematics Standard 1
0
Newington
16
NSW
Mathematics Standard 2
69
Newington
30
NSW
Mathematics Extension 1
73
Newington
77
NSW
Mathematics Extension 2
100
Newington
84
NSW
Modern Greek Beginners
50
Newington
75
NSW
Modern History
66
Newington
36
NSW
Music 1
100
Newington
67
NSW
Music 2
80
Newington
86
NSW
Music Extension 1
100
Newington
98
NSW
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
77
Newington
35
NSW
Physics
45
Newington
38
NSW
Science Extension
67
Newington
76
NSW
Software Engineering
100
Newington
36
NSW
Studies of Religion I
80
Newington
46
NSW
Studies of Religion II
60
Newington
48
NSW
Visual Arts
100
Newington
64
NSW
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