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22 October 2025 Hampstead Primary School for story about schools where the demographics are changing as more well-educated professionals move into the area and enrol their children. Drushti 11, Adara 12, James 12 and Sultan 11. Pic RoyVPhotography

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Ranked: Every state’s most upwardly mobile schools

Official data for every Australian school reveals some have recorded a meteoric rise in the social status of their families over the past decade. Explore the stats for your school.

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Victorian Institute of Teaching takes years to resolve cases, damning review finds

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Victorian Institute of Teaching takes years to resolve cases, damning review finds

Victorian Institute of Teaching is being overhauled after a damning report finds it takes up to three years to take no action, leaving accused teachers in limbo.

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Louise Paech and husband Locky say finding the time to get children Oskar and Ella to school with a healthy lunch requires a team effort.

What cost of living crisis? Aussie parents spend big to escape hated chore

Feel like there’s not enough hours in the day? You’re not alone – and many parents are willing to splash a surprising amount of cash to get out of one particularly tedious task.

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Serious mother talking to sad upset preschooler daughter kid at home. Mum consoling quiet girl, giving love, comfort, support, touching shoulder of child at home. Psychology, therapy, empathy concept

‘Re-enacting abuse or porn’: Kids’ sexual behaviour soars at schools

Reports of disturbing behaviour between children in schools have quadrupled since 2020, as experts warn it is now Australia’s fastest-growing form of sexual abuse.

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Girls and boys learn in some segregated classes at Pittwater House.

Co-ed schools that segregate boys and girls – is it the best of both worlds?

Some co-ed schools have a secret weapon pitting them head-to-head with high-performing single-sex schools – they hold segregated classes for girls and boys. But does it work?

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School children running away. They are wearing uniforms and carrying backpacks. They are having a race. Multi ethnic group with Asian, Caucasian and Aboriginal children. Rear view

OSHC supervision fails as kids go missing

An after-school care site and kindergarten face new security measures after safety breaches, including children wandering off and a stranger entering the premises.

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Claire Spinkston and her son Hugh, 14mths with Aleksandra Golat and her son Noah, 2 at Dave's Angels Playgroup in Burnside SA. Pictured on 17th September 2025. Picture: Ben Clark

Sleep, activity, screens – what parents of toddlers are doing wrong

Half of all Australian kids are developmentally delayed when they start school, but university researchers have identified one key factor that makes a huge difference.

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Dr Emma Goodall and Tania Allen will co-lead Dara School. Picture: Supplied.

SA’s only gifted school makes big change for a ‘very bright future’

Australia’s first school dedicated to gifted education from reception will embrace a radical new approach to leadership, appointing two principals to share power.

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‘Not medical professionals’: Teachers struggling with ADHD students

More than half of Australian teachers admit they cannot identify ADHD in students, with many turning to Google for guidance.

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Year 7 student Felicia threatened to run away from camp in the lead up to a school trip to Woodhouse. Her fears were eased by mum Kathy showing her the layout of camp among other things. Story about school camp anxiety. Picture: Brett Hartwig 9th September 2025

‘Too anxious’: Inside the death of the school camp

It was once a rite of passage but kids are increasingly refusing to go to camp and be away from their parents.

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The parents of many basketball players from St Kilda Primary School are scrambling to find a training ground after the St Kilda PCYC announced it will close its gym next month. It comes after the primary school lost its school hall in 2018 due to school renovations, with the hall never rebuilt. (L-R) Walter, 8, Remi, 8, Elise, 6, Mae, 9 and Sid, 10. Picture: Josie Hayden

First, St Kilda students lost their school hall. Now it’s the gym

St Kilda Primary School pupils who lost their school hall to renovations have suffered a fresh blow after being left without a basketball training venue.

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Fitzroy Community School Principal Tim Berryman with his kids Abi, 7 Xavier,9 Christian, 11. Melbourne Principals and psychologists are asking the government to open up schools for ChildrenÃs Mental health because of Covid 19 lockdowns. Picture: Jason Edwards

Police interview three men over primary school ‘bash-up room’ claims

Three men have been interviewed by police amid shocking new claims from parents about a so-called ‘Lord of the Flies’ private school in Melbourne. The school denies any wrongdoing.

Schoolchildren cruel boys filming on the phone torturing bullying their classmate in school hall. Puberty difficult age

Bullies zero in on disabled kids – five things schools must do to stop them

More than seven in 10 students with a disability are bullied at school – accused of “faking” their condition, mocked, shoved, excluded, harassed. Hear their heartbreaking stories.

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National Socialist Network member Thomas Sewell (C) leads his supporters during a

Race hate in the playground: Teachers report nasty surge in Nazi slurs

Teachers are seeing a surge in sickening racist taunts after recent anti-immigration rallies – one group of white teens screamed “deport, deport, deport” at a Muslim classmate.

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