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‘This is disgusting’: Elite college staff unleash on unapproved student booklet

Brisbane Boys’ College has forced to remove a controversial “spirit booklet” after profiles of students with inappropriate references were included.

29/8/2024: Brisbane Boys College Headmaster Andre Casson with year 9 students (L-R) Andre Venter, Shanuka Silva, and Jacob Bardell, at the College in Toowong, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

‘Less distraction’: Truth behind Qld’s single-sex school debate

It’s the age old question, single-sex vs co-ed? We may finally have the answer.

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An artist's imagination of the proposed St John Henry Newman College campus. Picture: Ink Duck

First look at Brisbane Catholic school’s new campus design

An upcoming Catholic school, which expects to open in 2026, has revealed their campus design with new buildings and renovation on existing structures, including 24 parking spaces.

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Parents, staff asked to complete (not so) ‘confidential’ survey on principal

A prestigious Brisbane school is seeking feedback from staff and parents in a “confidential” survey on its principal but to do so, respondents must identify themselves by requesting access to it.

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‘Is your son autistic’: Churchie’s shock student humiliation claims

Prestigious Brisbane school Churchie is facing growing complaints of discrimination and mistreatment of children with learning disabilities.

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$66k pay rise: Eye-watering salaries of Qld’s elite school principals revealed

The massive salaries of Queensland’s elite school principals can be revealed, with the majority receiving pay packets worth more than Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – one even getting a $66,000 pay rise in year.

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Elite Brisbane school old boy’s scathing letter slams ‘learning difficulty exclusions’

A third-generation Churchie old boy has written a scathing letter to its council claiming the prestigious East Brisbane boys’ school has a practice of excluding children with learning difficulties or poor academic records.

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‘Sh*t hit the fan’: Elite school parents lobby Anglican Church to end headmaster’s reign

Parents of prestigious Brisbane boys’ school Churchie are lobbying the Anglican Church not to renew the contract of its controversial headmaster.

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Chairman of Anglican Church Grammar School is standing down just months into role

‘In strife’: Prominent developer exits elite school council after chair quits

The chair of the elite Churchie school in Brisbane has quit, and another member departed soon after, with a high-profile Queensland identity already named as his replacement.

The parents of a young Aboriginal boy claim a Whitsunday private school denied his enrollment due to the length of his hair.

‘Insulting, hypocritical’: Private school rejects brothers with hair too long for school

Parents told to cut their boys long hair or have their enrolments rejected say the rule will strip away the cultural identities of their children.

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The QASMT, a sign warning that access to a community garden is closed and principal Kath Kayrooz.

Inside story: How P&C at Qld’s most elite school imploded

It is the top secondary school in Queensland, but after three divisive years, the P&C voted itself out of existence.

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Saint Stephen's College at Upper Coomera.

Elite school board accused of ‘gross ineptitude’ after mass exodus of 100 staff

The board of an elite private school has been accused of ‘gross ineptitude’ after the shock exit of a principal amid allegations she created an unsafe workplace, with more than 100 staff leaving during her tenure.

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Brisbane school mourns deaths of two past leaders

The Padua College school community is mourning the deaths this week of two former leaders, one of whom had been involved with the school for half a century.

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Former Kimberley College principal Paul Thomson, 79, and daughter Amy Leigh Ferguson, 38, leave the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday, March 9. Picture: Jessica Baker

‘To protect my job’: Ex-private school principal accused of bullying

A former colleague of Paul Thomson, Kimberley College’s founding principal facing charges of fraud and computer hacking, has accused him of bullying staff.

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