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Why parents vote with their wallets to get kids into selective school

The state has created a two-tier public education system. But at what cost?

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Mahin Sarker is one of thousands of students taking the 2025 selective schools test.

‘It’s a bit extreme’: Manha’s gruelling daily routine ahead of the selective schools test

Some 17,559 children will sit the selective school test this week for 4200 places. Ninety per cent of them have been coached.

  • Frances Howe
Chris Chau, founder of Integral Education tutoring, with Samyak Jain (left) and Maahir Deora.

Families pay up to $20,000 to tutor children for select-entry school exams

As thousands of Victorian students prepare for the select-entry schools entrance exam, there are calls for reform to the admissions process and the tutoring industry.

  • Noel Towell
Sydney Boys High School

The ‘fully funded’ Sydney selective school desperate for donations

One of Sydney’s top-performing public schools will seek to cut costs and ask parents to pay more after its budget was slashed.

  • Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
Dr Michele Bruniges’ research found public schools educate almost all of the most disadvantaged students.

Former education chief’s call to curb new selective schools

Michele Bruniges will use a speech at The Sydney Morning Herald Schools Summit on Wednesday to outline how public schools disproportionately educate disadvantaged students.

  • Christopher Harris
Teacher Dr Briony Schroor with Year 9 students at Nossal High School in Berwick.

How Melbourne’s selective schools stack up academically

The four select-entry public schools outperform many of their high-fee paying rivals – but are not without their critics.

  • Alex Crowe
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Wealthy families dominate Melbourne’s best public schools

Select-entry government schools are supposed to be the great equaliser, but very few disadvantaged kids go to them.

  • Alex Crowe
James Ruse Agricultural High was No.1 in the HSC league tables for 27 years, but lost the top spot in 2023.

Revealed: The top Sydney school caught in racism storm

The former principal of James Ruse has spoken to parents over the use of overtly racist language, including the N-word and students being called “slaves”.

  • Christopher Harris
James Ruse Agricultural High

New James Ruse principal poached from top rival school

North Sydney Boys deputy Matthew Dopierala will take up the principal’s position at rival selective school James Ruse, which ended its 27-year-reign as the top-ranked school last year.

  • Christopher Harris
Sydney Grammar expands

Sydney Grammar’s $39 million inner-city expansion plans revealed

One of the state’s oldest all-boys schools has bought a large inner-city office block that was once the headquarters of Sony Australia.

  • Lucy Carroll

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