Grieving family prepare for inquest into NT childcare centre death
The grieving parents of a little girl have released a heartbreaking photo of her, ahead of the coronial inquest into a fatal medical incident at a Top End childcare centre.
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56 family daycare centres in Victoria closed under emergency order
Authorities have ordered the interim closure of dozens of centres while compliance and sleep risk assessments are carried out following the death of a baby in Melbourne’s southeast.
Check your suburb: Where 65 kinders will be built, upgraded
Families will have access to 6500 new kinder spaces this year, with 65 centres opening after being built or undergoing upgrades. Search our interactive map to see all the new kinders near you.
Best single-sex schools in Victoria revealed as enrolments surge
Victoria’s single-sex school sector is thriving, with some growing by as much as 30 per cent in the past decade and offering high scores for mid-range fees. See the best ones near you.
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The ‘lifechanging’ development coming to Victoria’s kinders
Children with disabilities will have more freedom and independence at kinder than before, thanks to ‘lifechanging’ upgrades and renovations taking place at more than 400 centres.
Back to school: Territory kids excited to return to the classroom
‘Very excited’: About 34,000 students and 3500 teachers returned to the NT’s 153 government schools, including more than 150 new teachers starting their teaching careers in the Territory.
Gallery: 2025 Toowoomba prep students reveal dream jobs
School’s in for 2025, and some of Toowoomba’s tiniest students have revealed what they’d like to be when they grow up as they head to class for the first time this week. Our mega-gallery here:
NT community fights to keep popular preschool program
A popular preschool trial has been quietly scrapped by the CLP, leading to members of a rural community to fight for it to be reinstated.
How much you’ll really pay for 13 years of private schooling in Brisbane
New research by McCrindle has revealed the total cost parents are forking out on school fees and auxiliary costs like uniforms, transport and devices across 13 years of schooling in Brisbane.
Eye-watering costs families set to fork out for 13 years of schooling
Prep students starting private school this year are tipped to cost their parents the equivalent of three average house deposits in fees over 13 years, forcing many to sacrifice holidays and work more hours to foot the bill.
New demountables arrive early for Top End school with growing pains
A Palmerston primary school that exceeded its built capacity by 13 per cent last year, despite only opening in 2020, will have six demountable classrooms this year, with the department promising an end to makeshift learning spaces.
Revealed: How Queensland’s biggest schools performed in ATAR
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
Qld student tops world rankings with perfect score
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.
WATCH: Gasps, tears, joy as Qld students receive top ATAR
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.
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