The boy who is suing his private school
The student alleges the school’s governing council contravened the terms of a 19th-century charitable trust by implementing its plan to admit girls.
- by Christopher Harris
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HSC students receive university offers: Search our database for cut-off scores
Use our interactive database to search for university and college courses throughout Australia in 2025 and their minimum entry requirements.
- by Craig Butt, Christopher Harris and Cindy Yin
The top schools for HSC English revealed
Eastern suburbs private girls’ school Kambala was the best school for the subject in the 2024 HSC. Here’s how they did it.
- by Christopher Harris and Nigel Gladstone
Inside the island study camp where North Sydney Boys plotted their HSC success
On a warm November day last year, students took a train an hour north to the Hawkesbury River and boarded a creaky ferry to Milson Island. There, they built their ‘secret little academic weapon’.
- by Christopher Harris and Anthony Segaert
‘One of the worst sleeps of my life’: Class of 2024 receive HSC results and ATARs
Lily Thompson took on some of the HSC’s most difficult subjects, and is thrilled with her band 4s and 5s, while her classmate Isaac Warwar was shocked by his ATAR.
- by Christopher Harris
North Sydney Boys goes back-to-back atop the HSC rankings
The race between North Sydney Boys and James Ruse was close, while a private school has surged into third.
- by Lucy Carroll, Nigel Gladstone, Christopher Harris, Nick Newling and Anthony Segaert
How long is a piece of string? HSC star Anubhav has the answer
Anubhav Ammangi combined his love of multiple STEM subjects to make the calculation – and has added to his tally of HSC first-in-course awards with a subject he almost dropped.
- by Christopher Harris
The top student in every HSC subject revealed
Sydney Grammar has scooped eight first-in-course awards, while Knox and Pymble Ladies’ College were not far behind. Search the list for the top student in every course.
- by Lucy Carroll, Nigel Gladstone and Christopher Harris
You met these kindy twins 13 years ago. Now, they reveal the best (and worst) parts of their schooling
As they await their HSC results on Wednesday, these students reflect on their schooling.
- by Christopher Harris
Dickens, Orwell and Plath dumped from HSC English lists
Female authors, poets and directors will make up 49 per cent of creative works on the prescribed text list, but some teachers have criticised the changes.
- by Christopher Harris
These Sydney mega-schools have 2000 students. Now they’re getting something more
Built a decade ago to cater for the growing number of children in Sydney’s north-west, The Ponds High and its neighbour, Riverbank Public, are two of the city’s super-sized public schools.
- by Christopher Harris
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