Private schools
Private school students’ personal data proves prime target for hackers
Cybercriminals see private schools as increasingly attractive extortion targets and are threatening to publish sensitive data on the dark web.
- by Matthew Knott
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Three Sydney private schools draft more than $400 million in new building plans
Proposals are in the pipeline for science centres, performing arts spaces and new sports complexes.
- by Lucy Carroll
To stop screen addiction, this school will give out phones. But there’s a catch
As families struggle to manage their children’s screen obsessions, Pymble Ladies’ College has devised a ground-breaking way to help.
- by Jordan Baker
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Briony Scott: The surprising sex talk Sydney’s most respected principal gives her students
Dr Briony Scott is resigning, not retiring. But at 61, she says, she’s “more ready to hit something new than I ever have” been.
- by Peter FitzSimons
More Sydney schools are going co-ed. Is that best for boys?
Worsening problems with online porn and gaming addictions point towards the need to better cater to boys in education, says the head of an international school association.
- by Christopher Harris
This Sydney school ditched screens for a week. Here’s what happened
Research was done using hard copy textbooks; teachers photocopied class notes; and essays were drafted by hand.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Cranbrook appoints first female head after scandal
The Sydney private boys’ school, which will become co-educational from 2026, has appointed its first female head in its more than 100-year history.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Sydney private school fees to increase by as much as 9 per cent
Parents will face school fee hikes in 2025 as teacher pay rises and surging operational costs drive up prices.
- by Lucy Carroll
St Kevin’s student suffers fractures in freak school balcony fall
The teenage boy was on the year 7 and 8 deck during recess when the incident occurred at the Toorak boys’ school.
- by Bridie Smith, Alex Crowe and Marta Pascual Juanola
Parents spend big to lock in a spot at WA’s most expensive schools
All but two of the 12 Perth schools with the highest annual cost increased their enrolment fees this year – the most expensive now over $8000.
- by Holly Thompson
The private schools, the pigeons and the anonymous letter
Animal activists have described the practice as cruel but pigeon-fanciers say they are well looked after and it is better for the environment.
- by Christopher Harris
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