Selective schools
Popular inner-city school to move entire year level off-site
University High in Parkville will move year 9 students to a CBD campus next year due to overcrowding, but parents say the government is dragging its feet on a permanent solution to the booming student population.
- by Alex Crowe
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More boys are getting top ATARs. Here’s how they’re doing it
Boys now make up 60 per cent of students who get ATARs above 99.
- by Christopher Harris
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Coaching colleges the big winners in NSW’s selective schools mania
Some coaching colleges are making a motza playing on parents’ hopes their children can make the grade in the selective school test.
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I always knew Sydney school parents had lost their minds. Now I have proof
Schools catering for gifted kids have an important place in public education, but we have veered well away from this ambition in NSW.
- by Alexandra Smith
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‘Your child cannot receive an offer’: Parents pay for selective school predictions
A major Sydney coaching college is instructing parents on which selective schools they should choose, which analysts warn is misleading and fuelling anxiety among students.
- by Lucy Carroll
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‘Unauthorised access’: Parents hack selective school results website
More than 100 selective school candidates secured access to a department website which allowed them to view their school offers.
- by Lucy Carroll
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More Sydney schools targeted for co-education by Minns government
Options include making Balgowlah Boys co-ed, doing the same with Mackellar Girls, or allowing local students to enrol at Manly Selective until year 9.
- by Christopher Harris
James Ruse principal leaves top-performing selective for rival all-girls school
The outgoing head of James Ruse Agricultural High Rachel Powell said she believes in parents having “school choice” between single-sex and co-ed options.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Why selective schools are missing the mark
Despite a revamp, children from disadvantaged backgrounds are severely underrepresented in selective schools. There’s more to do.
- by Millie Muroi
Selective school students were asked if they were satisfied with life. Then they were scored
A major study of NSW students spanning more than a decade has measured life outcomes of children who attended a selective school.
- by Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
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The most popular Sydney selective schools revealed
The top school for students vying for entry into the selective system had almost double the number of first preferences than the best-performing HSC school.
- by Lucy Carroll
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