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Abbotsford Primary School principal Keith McNeil with students (front) Juliette, Lior and Chiara, and (rear) Lloyd, Daria and Madeleine.

The change coming to state schools that will save parents money

Expensive branded uniform requirements will be ditched for some clothing items under a move designed to ease costs for families.

  • Alex Crowe

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The primary school is less than 5km from the Brisbane CBD.

Brisbane primary school to close to make way for high school students

Parents of the 73 students have been told their school will be shutting down after next year’s classes to allow for construction of a new high school.

  • Rosanna Ryan
School funding.

We learnt how much funding NSW schools receive: What does yours get?

Top selective schools James Ruse and North Sydney Boys benefited from parent contributions upwards of $2000 per student. Search our table to see how your school fares.

  • Christopher Harris
The $400 school saving bonus is not means-tested.

Dear Jacinta Allan, thanks for the $400, but I really didn’t need it

Millions of parents are under intense pressure. But plenty are in cruise mode – financially chastened, but hardly on the bones of their bums. So why are we all getting free money?

  • Tom Ormonde
Students at six schools this year have been told they must resit the tests.

Number of schools caught by NAPLAN writing scandal grows

Academic integrity experts say the advent of artificial intelligence has made high-stakes tests such as NAPLAN more susceptible to cheating.

  • Christopher Harris
Maxie Allen was arrested after complaining about his daughter’s school on WhatsApp.

British parents arrested after complaining about daughter’s school on WhatsApp

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine were reportedly detained by six officers in front of their three-year-old daughter after posting in a parent group chat.

  • Will Bolton
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Thanh Whittam with her three children at her home in Matraville.

Employers want workers back in the office. How do parents of young children cope?

As more families have both parents working full-time and employers impose return-to-office policies, a new report recommends an overhaul of outside school hours care.

  • Lucy Carroll
Premier David Crisafulli and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announce the new school funding deal in Canberra.

Queensland investing less in state school students than every other state, except Victoria

Queensland students have been receiving thousands of dollars less in state government funding than their interstate counterparts, data reveals. 

  • Marissa Calligeros
Old Lady’s Primary School parents and students with canteen lunches.

Ordered on an app, packed in a brown paper bag: A school’s secret to a $6 canteen lunch

This rare parent-run canteen is so old-school that students get something with their lunch that money can’t buy: a note from their mum.

  • Bridie Smith
How do you help a neurodivergent kid make friends?

Some kids have never been invited to a party. Here’s why

Making and keeping friends can be challenging, but for neurodivergent children, these challenges become more complicated.

  • Felicity Caldwell

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