Rossmoyne Senior High School

About Rossmoyne SHS

Rossmoyne Senior High School runs Western Australia's premier Japanese language immersion GATE program. Students learn a meaningful portion of their curriculum in Japanese from Year 7 onwards, with strong outcomes both academically and in cultural exchange. It is also where AsetPrep teaches our weekend in-person classes.

Rossmoyne SHS draws from Rossmoyne, Bull Creek, Willetton, Riverton, Shelley, Bateman and Booragoon at the inner core, with families across southern Perth (Canning Vale, Leeming, Murdoch, Applecross, Mount Pleasant) also enrolling at competitive rates.

GATE programs at Rossmoyne SHS

Rossmoyne SHS runs the following Department of Education GATE programs:

• GATE Languages: Japanese Immersion (Years 7-12)

Each program has its own intake size and audition or interview requirements beyond the GATE / ASET exam, so always cross-check the school's own admissions page before applying.

What the cut-off looks like

Rossmoyne SHS GATE Languages typically requires around 227 TSS minimum (per the school's 2026 published threshold), placing it among the higher non-Perth-Modern GATE cut-offs. The competitive nature of the Japanese immersion intake means realistic targets should sit a few marks above that floor.

Note: actual cut-offs shift slightly each year based on the cohort. The WA Department of Education publishes Total Standard Scores (TSS) historically per school — we recommend cross-checking the latest Department of Education figures before you build a goal score for your child.

How to prepare your child for Rossmoyne SHS entry

Rossmoyne SHS Languages assesses on the same ASET as the other GATE programs, so the academic preparation is identical: balanced performance across the four sections. The Japanese-immersion element is taught from Year 7, so no prior Japanese is required to qualify; the entry exam is purely the standard GATE.

Our in-person GATE classes at Rossmoyne SHS calibrate every weekly module to the practical cut-off range at this school, and our online platform covers the same material at $22 per week if in-person isn't practical for your family.

Before committing to any program, sit our Free GATE Mock Exam at Rossmoyne SHS this July. You'll get a section-by-section results report that tells you whether your child is tracking towards the Rossmoyne SHS cut-off, or which sections need most of the runway.

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