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Eilidh Sproul-MellisEducation reporter

Eilidh Sproul-Mellis is the education reporter at The Daily Telegraph, covering all stages from early learning and child development to tertiary education and young people in the workforce. She holds a special interest in cyber issues and was previously a digital producer at the masthead.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 6, 2025: People at Sydney University. Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

The university nearly one in four students picked as their top choice

A dramatic shift in student preferences reveals inner-city unis are crushing their suburban rivals, with University of Sydney capturing nearly a quarter of all applications in its state.

The Daily Telegraph Friday 5 December 2025 Naplan Students Lucy Maxwell Micah Wolnizer Emma Stanislaus Jon-Carlos Fletcher students from William Clarke College are excited to have had successful results in the Naplan test. Picture Thomas Lisson

Bang for buck: The low-fee private schools delivering NAPLAN results

The latest NAPLAN data shows dozens of low-fee private schools have proven a high-performance education is possible at less than a fifth the price that some elite colleges charge.

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Public or private? What the 2025 NAPLAN results tell parents

Opportunity classes are lifting NSW public schools’ NAPLAN scores by up to 7 per cent, but there are still some non-selective public schools beating their expensive private school neighbours.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST, 14, 2020: A general view of St Vincent's College in Potts Point. The school confirmed late on Thursday night one of its pupils had tested positive to COVID-19. Look for any cleaning activity at the school, also exterior and signage thanks. Picture: NewsWire/Joel Carrett

$26k inner-Sydney girls’ school fails in search for new leader

The hunt for a new principal to lead an inner-city independent Catholic school ‘into its next phase’ has been unsuccessful, adding to the all-girls school’s growing leadership woes.

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NAPLAN results: Government secrecy vs your right to know

It’s one of the questions most parents want answered – where does my child’s school rank? Unfortunately the NSW government doesn’t want you to know.

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Mapped: Every NSW school’s NAPLAN results

The Daily Telegraph has analysed NAPLAN results for more than 2000 primary schools and 800 secondary schools across NSW. See how your child’s school stacks up.

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NAPLAN results 2025: How Sydney’s top schools performed in reading, writing and arithmetic

How Sydney’s top schools performed in the 2025 NAPLAN

NAPLAN scores at schools in some of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs have tanked, with student performance falling well below the previous year’s results. See how their scores stack up.

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No News.com NO Australian Embargo DAILY TELEGRAPH - NOVEMBER 27, 2025. Pictured at Cabramatta High School are year 9 students Adam Nguyen 14, Amy Phung 15, Thy Tran 14 and Oliver Maung 14. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Meet the school in the spotlight for ‘innovative’ NAPLAN scheme

Sparing the time for personalised, one-on-one post-NAPLAN feedback sessions for every single student is no mean feat. Here’s how Sydney’s 13th largest public school has boosted kids’ results.

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NORTHERN DISTRICT TIMES/ AAP Photos of Macquaire University, different areas and the architecture around the campus on Thursday the 12th March 2020. AAP IMAGE/ Tim Pascoe

Macquarie Uni job cuts will see tutorial time slashed, union claims

Macquarie Uni is expected to forge ahead with redundancies in two faculties this week, but the union claims the move could result in less classroom time for students – a claim the uni itself disputes.

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Tele win for parents: Education Minister backflips on uniform tax

The NSW Government has backed down from its new tax on school uniform suppliers, less than a day after The Daily Telegraph revealed families would bear the brunt of the cost.

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