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We learnt how much funding NSW schools receive: What does yours get?

Top selective schools James Ruse and North Sydney Boys benefited from parent contributions upwards of $2000 per student. Search our table to see how your school fares.

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Students at six schools this year have been told they must resit the tests.

Number of schools caught by NAPLAN writing scandal grows

Academic integrity experts say the advent of artificial intelligence has made high-stakes tests such as NAPLAN more susceptible to cheating.

  • Christopher Harris
Thanh Whittam with her three children at her home in Matraville.

Employers want workers back in the office. How do parents of young children cope?

As more families have both parents working full-time and employers impose return-to-office policies, a new report recommends an overhaul of outside school hours care.

  • Lucy Carroll
Shore has introduced a new laptop policy which is partly driven by concerns that boys are being distracted.

The battle between Shore school and its former headmaster

Tim Petterson is alleging a breach of employment contract, but the institution says concerns were raised about his “performance and conduct” before he was dismissed in 2022.

  • Lucy Carroll
Schools HSC

Revealed: The state’s most improved schools in the HSC

The NSW Education Department has identified 24 schools as the most improved in lifting band 4, 5 and 6 results over the past eight years.

  • Lucy Carroll
University of NSW vice-chancellor Attila Brungs has unveiled a 10 year plan for the university.

The NSW university that wants to halve students’ rent

The head of the University of NSW says he will double the amount of student housing it offers at half the cost of private providers.

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Students in year 5 at Waverley College will resit their NAPLAN writing test.

The Sydney students forced to take the NAPLAN test again

Some schools were hit by a technical issue which meant they could access predictive text and spellcheck.

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Sebastian Rigley, 12, says Turramurra Public has a school swimming carnival but his family has noticed a difference in attitude to swimming.

In NSW, swimming lessons started in 1880. Now some schools struggle to put a relay team together

After nationwide research showed participation in school swimming carnivals had plunged, experts say a lot of students are missing out on key skills.

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Jackson Teede 11y

School swimming carnivals are dying. It’s putting a generation at risk

One in four schools around Australia have abandoned the annual swimming carnival, research shows, as Royal Life Saving Australia sounds the alarm over safety.

  • Julie Power
Matt Dopierala stepped into the role of principal of James Ruse Agricultural High School in Carlingford late last year.

‘I’m sure it will happen’: James Ruse High’s plan to return to No.1 revealed

For 27 years, the selective school reigned at the top of HSC league tables until 2023, when it was dethroned by North Sydney Boys.

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