High school
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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From complex needs to career pathways: WA public schools’ biggest changes in 2024
The man behind the changes in arguably one of the more demanding state government portfolios gives the year in review and answers our rapid-fire questions.
- by Holly Thompson
The state’s top schools for HSC mathematics revealed
Epping Boys High had its highest share of maths students achieving marks above 90 on record, while Abbotsleigh and Meriden were among the top private all-girls schools.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
‘Horrific acts of animal cruelty’: Dozens of chickens killed at NSW high school
NSW Police are investigating after 29 birds were slaughtered south of Sydney.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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The low-fee Sydney schools that outrank expensive rivals in the HSC
Schools including St Clare’s in Waverley and Parramatta Marist High are outperforming high-fee private schools.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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
The Brisbane private schools increasing fees the most in 2025
Three schools will surpass the $30,000 mark for the first time, but some school sectors have bigger increases than others.
- by Felicity Caldwell
The schools that surged up the HSC rankings – one by 220 places
When the new principal was appointed in early April, this Sydney high school was struggling with an urgent need to fill more than a dozen vacant teaching positions.
- by Lucy Carroll
HSC results 2024 as it happened: NSW year 12 students receive marks, ATARs
The day has come. Join us as we celebrate the Class of 2024 as they receive their results this morning. Follow our live coverage.
- by Anthony Segaert and Angus Thomson
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
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