Selective schools
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
Hundreds of parents appeal their child’s rejection from selective school. Only a handful will win
Analysts say the proliferation of coaching colleges is giving parents false hope and misguided notions about how talented their child is.
- Christopher Harris
Popular inner-city school to move entire year level off-site
University High in Parkville will move year 9 students to a CBD campus next year due to overcrowding, but parents say the government is dragging its feet on a permanent solution to the booming student population.
- Alex Crowe
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