I went to North Sydney Boys High (all boys academic selective, like you). I think we benefited. I think the schools we were taken out of did not. Back in the er

I went to North Sydney Boys High (all boys academic selective, like you). I think we benefited. I think the schools we were taken out of did not. Back in the era of narrower catchments for selective schools, it was more like losing the top 10-20% for a bunch of nearby schools rather than skimming off a few people from every school in Sydney.