St Patrick’s College in Gympie has achieved remarkable results in this year’s ATAR exams with two students standing out as being “top of the class” for 2024. Here’s what they scored and their plans for the future.
At the end of the first year of Queensland’s ban on mobile phones in schools, there’s been an extraordinary revelation on how it came about.
Cleveland High’s Ivan Lai has been ranked in the top 1 per cent in the world after receiving a near-perfect score in his Year 12 International Baccalaureate results this year.
The QAO data recorded within a single year has laid bare the staggering frequency of bullying in Queensland schools with more than 75,000 bullying incidents recorded.
The Year 12 ATAR results of some of Queensland’s biggest schools can be exclusively revealed in yet another magical milestone for the Class of 2024. SEARCH THE TABLE
The wait is over for Queensland’s most recent graduates with ATAR scores revealed on Friday. But what if your score wasn’t what you expected?
Julie and Gavin Whitham could afford to send their son to a private school, but were surprised to find what the state’s public schools had to offer.
Emotional videos have captured the moment some of Qld’s top graduates received their ATAR results with a quarter of the 28,000 students participating landing an ATAR of 90 or above.
Aggressive recruitment campaigns are targeting rising numbers of Aussie youngsters to put gap years before uni. Find out where they are headed.
A Gympie Times analysis of data for the region’s primary and secondary schools has revealed the top performing NAPLAN schools for 2024. SEARCH YOUR SCHOOL
Analysis of new data has revealed the North Burnett’s top performing schools in this year’s Year 5 and Year 9 NAPLAN results. SEE HOW YOUR SCHOOL PERFORMED:
A Fraser Coast Chronicle analysis of data for the region’s primary and secondary schools has revealed the top performing NAPLAN schools for 2024. SEARCH YOUR SCHOOL
The 2024 NAPLAN results were unveiled last week, with Bundaberg’s top-performing school revealed. SEARCH YOUR SCHOOL
Struggling industries could be seeing a boost very soon as Queensland school leavers take up degrees in droves.
Staff at the University of Southern Queensland have been told at least 150 of their colleagues will be let go as the organisation works to plug a multi-million dollar budget black hole.
One of Queensland’s top universities has been slammed after hundreds of students missed out on graduation ceremony tickets with a livestream offered instead.
Queensland’s universities have smashed ratings in a respected tertiary guide, earning top placings in a number of key areas.
An exclusive analysis has revealed Qld’s top NAPLAN performers for primary and secondary schools with a mix of public, independent and Catholic for 2024. SEARCH YOUR SCHOOL
A well-known private school with three campuses in southeast Queensland will expand with a brand new college to be built west of Ipswich.
Whimsically named the Bumble Bee room, a quiet space in a childcare centre became the backdrop for a tragedy which devastated a two-year-old’s family and landed the business in court.
A new program – the first of its kind in Queensland – has been designed to boost early childhood teaching numbers in the midst of an ongoing workforce shortage.
More than 13,000 Year 12 students will sit their QCE biology exam papers next week. Here, a former student who received 100 per cent in last year’s paper shares her tips and tricks.
As physics students gear up for not one, but two papers, an education expert and former star student have revealed their last minute guide to tackling the external exams.
Experts, former students and tutors weigh in on how to smash today’s QCAA two-hour English external exam, worth 25 per cent of their overall result.
Thousands of students have entered the final hurdle of their secondary schooling – external exams. We have compiled a complete guide to navigating the exam block.
Joyal James wanted to be like the teachers he looked up to, instead he was thrown in with no training and faced off with students vaping in class with no fear.
Schools will fail to fill thousands of teaching roles in time for term one amid a mass exodus of educators. See how your state fares.
A former student at an elite North Brisbane private school claims she was subjected to bullying for years about her body and family’s financial status after she was made to disclose it to her peers.
The details of more than 2400 WorkCover claims have laid bare the physical and mental harm being done to teachers by unruly students. SEARCH THE LIST
A teacher who likens the stress of the classroom to a war zone has returned home to NSW after a decade on the Queensland frontline.
The principal of a Brisbane state school has adopted some “main character energy” and left children and parents in stitches with his “lit” video presentation to reveal a new library refurbishment.
A Queensland teacher who repeatedly walked in on girls while changing, flicked or rubbed their bra straps has been removed from the registry of teachers, a tribunal has heard.
Qld’s richest schools, some of which are charging $30,000-plus a year, have no choice but to hike their fees, writes Kylie Lang as she argues there’s even a benefit to state schools as a result. HAVE YOUR SAY
2024’s NAPLAN scores are out, revealing which parts of the country are achieving the greatest academic success. Here is your guide to the results by state.
Sarah Lions was happily living on the Sunshine Coast with her husband, Jaycob, and their three young children when she felt the call to adventure.
A Catholic school “experiment” should spell the end of Australia’s Choose Your Own Adventure approach to teaching kids.
The nailbiting wait is over for Queensland schools that participated in NAPLAN testing in 2024. See which South West Queensland schools performed best. SEE THE RESULTS.
The wait is over for Queensland schools that participated in NAPLAN testing in 2024. Find out which of the Southern Downs’ schools performed best. SEE THE RESULTS.
Moreton Bay schools received their NAPLAN results today. See the complete rankings for every school in the region.
A Courier-Mail analysis of data for more than 1700 primary and secondary schools revealed Queensland’s top performing NAPLAN schools for 2024. SEARCH YOUR SCHOOL
Do you tell your children you were an academic ace back in the day? Here’s your chance to prove it. Take our snap NAPLAN quiz now!
The last time he was education minister, John-Paul Langbroek set a NAPLAN standard. Queensland has fallen short, writes the editor.
A Brisbane primary school teacher has outlined the shock rise of violence in her classrooms … and the even more shocking failure of the people supposed to help her.
Furious parents have accused a prestigious Brisbane private school of “price gouging”, following new school fee hikes despite facilities remaining “embarrassing”.
The cost of elite Queensland schools continue to surge, as fees for 2025 are revealed. SEARCH FOR YOUR SCHOOL
It’s the biggest event Queensland may ever host, and some serious calls need to be made around who will be able to attend.
Parents at one of the Gold Coast’s most prestigious private schools are fuming at an unexpected fee increase that will see families fork out thousands of dollars more next year.
Griffith University offers a range of options showing how teenagers can optimise their university application to help them reach their potential
One family has opened up on their living nightmare, as it’s revealed Aussie school students are among the most bullied in the world.
The mental burden of enduring cancer was as challenging as the physical stress. I hated the fact that I wasn’t in control of my life; I hated that I couldn’t go to school and see my friends, writes Sebastian Khoury.
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