Education
The public and private Sydney high schools most popular with parents
While enrolments in public high schools are down, others have recorded astronomical growth. Search the full list.
- byChristopher Harris andCraig Butt
Latest
Death of Melbourne Grammar rower caused by rare disease, not overtraining: coroner
The death of a Melbourne Grammar School student who collapsed after rowing training last year was caused by a rare vascular disease, a coroner’s report has found.
- byNicole Precel andCaroline Schelle
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Education
Push for Melbourne’s top science school to introduce gender quotas
Two of Melbourne’s most sought-after state high schools must reach gender parity by next year. But not this one.
- byBridie Smith
‘We’ve got an equity problem’: HSC overhaul for thousands of students
Sophie Geeves had a battle on her hands to prove she had cerebral palsy. Now her advocacy has made it easier for all students.
- byChristopher Harris
State school teachers threaten to strike as pay talks stall
The teachers’ union says members will stay home from 1600 government schools next month without concessions from the state government on pay.
- byNoel Towell andJackson Graham
Opinion
Antisemitism
History teachers are terrified by new hate speech laws, with good reason
Could explaining historical antisemitism be perceived as vilifying Jewish people? Newly enacted NSW laws could lead to silence.
- byClaire Golledge
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University
Impasse over pay, work conditions pushes staff at WA’s biggest uni to brink of industrial action
Hundreds of lecturers at Curtin University have pledged to stay off campus as semester one begins over claims of unsustainable workloads, unfair pay and “draconian limitations” on work-from-home opportunities.
- byHolly Thompson
Serious incidents in Victorian childcare jump as staff qualifications slide
Almost 5050 children were injured, became ill or experienced trauma in early learning centres in Victoria last year, according to new data.
- byNicole Precel
Trouble getting your kids to school? So do many Australians
Since the pandemic, a lot of Australian students are missing school, but programs like Hands On Learning have helped students like Mimi Highgate re-engage, and even find a sense of belonging.
- byNicole Precel
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Private schools
‘Relax a bit’: New Sydney Grammar head’s warning on coaching colleges
Almost half of Sydney Grammar’s 2025 cohort got an ATAR above 98 – because it does things very differently from other selective schools, its new headmaster reveals.
- byChristopher Harris
The Sydney suburbs running out of kindergarten students
Search our table for enrolment changes at every school.
- byChristopher Harris andNigel Gladstone