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One type of school has been falling out of the top HSC results over the past 20 years.

These types of schools are becoming harder to find in the HSC rankings

The same 19 selective schools have placed in Herald’s HSC top 100 for the past 20 years. Other public schools have become scarce.

  • Mary Ward

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They topped the HSC decades ago. Where are they now?

As HSC students prepare to receive their results this week, we tracked down high achievers of decades gone by – from the Opera House all the way to NASA.

  • Cindy Yin
Year 12 MacRobertson Girls VCE student Kaia McNeal got a score of more than 40 in multiple subjects, including biology.

How this high-achieving school reduced student anxiety (and raised VCE scores)

These Victorian schools achieved the most study scores above 40 in popular subjects, including English and maths in the state.

  • Nicole Precel and Craig Butt
Inside the North Sydney Boys class of 2026 camp.

This island was once a mental asylum. Now, a top Sydney school uses it to improve HSC scores

It’s the secret camp that propelled North Sydney Boys to the top of the HSC rankings last year. This is how its incoming year 12 spent their weekend.

  • Christopher Harris
The teachers were accused of having sexual relations with Queensland high school students.

Two Queensland teachers banned for preying on students

Two teachers have been banned from Queensland schools – including a woman whose registration has been removed indefinitely.

  • Cameron Atfield
School dux Jennifer Schutz (left), Lola Aughey and James Edgar at Forest Hill College, which has broken into the ’30 club’.

‘We have incredibly talented teachers’: Three schools crack coveted VCE 30 club

A median study score of 30 is a key marker of a school’s academic credentials. Schools making the list for the first time share their keys to success.

  • Caroline Schelle and Craig Butt
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Nossal High School principal Tracey Mackin.

The top-performing VCE schools for 2025 revealed

Addressing impostor syndrome among a cohort of exceptionally bright students has fuelled one state school into a group of elite Victorian performers.

  • Bridie Smith and Craig Butt
VCE schools interactive

VCE 2025: Every school’s median study score revealed

Search this interactive list of how well your school performed in the VCE.

Michaela Loukas from Marist Catholic College Penhurst, took home the title of Young Scientist of the Year for her project Assessing the Accuracy and Interpretability of a Recurrent Neural Network for Breast Cancer Classification and Molecular Subtyping using Ribonucleic Acid Sequencing Data.

Meet the HSC student who built an AI model to detect breast cancer

In the middle of her HSC, Michaela Loukas was able to identify malignant tissue with 98 per cent accuracy.

  • Emily Kowal
VCE honour roll 2023

VCE 2025: Student honour roll

Find out how many 40+ scores your school attained and in which subjects.

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