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Teacher Dr Briony Schroor with Year 9 students at Nossal High School in Berwick.

How Melbourne’s selective schools stack up academically

The four select-entry public schools outperform many of their high-fee paying rivals – but are not without their critics.

  • Alex Crowe

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Melbourne High School blazer

Wealthy families dominate Melbourne’s best public schools

Select-entry government schools are supposed to be the great equaliser, but very few disadvantaged kids go to them.

  • Alex Crowe
James Ruse Agricultural High was No.1 in the HSC league tables for 27 years, but lost the top spot in 2023.

Revealed: The top Sydney school caught in racism storm

The former principal of James Ruse has spoken to parents over the use of overtly racist language, including the N-word and students being called “slaves”.

  • Christopher Harris
James Ruse Agricultural High

New James Ruse principal poached from top rival school

North Sydney Boys deputy Matthew Dopierala will take up the principal’s position at rival selective school James Ruse, which ended its 27-year-reign as the top-ranked school last year.

  • Christopher Harris
Sydney Grammar expands

Sydney Grammar’s $39 million inner-city expansion plans revealed

One of the state’s oldest all-boys schools has bought a large inner-city office block that was once the headquarters of Sony Australia.

  • Lucy Carroll
NSW is the capital of selective schooling in Australia.

Hundreds of parents appeal their child’s rejection from selective school. Only a handful will win

Analysts say the proliferation of coaching colleges is giving parents false hope and misguided notions about how talented their child is.

  • Christopher Harris
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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.

  • Alex Crowe
Parramatta Marist High School year 12 students (l-r) Joseph Baini and Jean-Paul Boutros

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.

  • Christopher Harris
Perhaps we need to teach computer hacking at school to prepare Sydneysiders for parenthood.

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.

  • The Herald's View

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.

  • Alexandra Smith

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