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VCE physics chief assessor Andrew Hansen and Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority executive director Kelly Jarvis at the VCE exam processing centre in Coburg.

Six weeks and 13 million questions: How VCE exams are marked

Unreadable handwriting and unusual workings – assessors face more than a few challenges as they sort out what marks to give students around the state.

  • Jackson Graham

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Sacre Coeur student Charlotte Martin, and principal Adelina Melia-Douvos. The Glen Iris school was among the highest achieving Catholic schools in the state.

Girls top NAPLAN across government, private and Catholic schools in Victoria

Around the state, girls’ schools are maintaining their academic edge in the latest secondary school results.

  • Jackson Graham
More parents are homeschooling their children instead.

Nearly two dozen illegal schools exposed in crackdown

Victoria’s education registration body unmasked 23 entities potentially operating unregistered, illegal schools after receiving more than two dozen complaints.

  • Caroline Schelle
Chatham Primary School Council president Caroline Kennon with Pamela Nasiakos and Caroline’s children August and Clementine.

‘Can we have more children, please?’ The $5.4 million school renovation sitting half-empty

This “state of the art” government school in Melbourne’s east is desperate for more children to teach.

  • Noel Towell
Churchie, Corinda and All Hallows school buildings.

How Brisbane’s 20 biggest high schools performed in national tests

Some of the highest-achieving high schools are also Brisbane’s most sought-after. Others hold surprises.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Your guide to NAPLAN results 2025

How to read your school’s NAPLAN results

More than a million students took the test, but results take more than raw marks into account. Here’s a guide to reading them.

  • Jackson Graham
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Pictures of Amelia Trinh (7), Golda Paparo (8) and Leopold Boyatzis (8) at Jolimont Primary School in Jolimont, Perth.

The WA schools excelling in NAPLAN for 2025

The students at high-achieving schools showed above-average literacy and numeracy results when compared with pupils of similar socio-educational backgrounds.

  • Holly Thompson
Warrigal Road State School Principal Andrew Duncan greets students at the school gates.

How Brisbane’s 50 biggest primary schools performed in national tests

Students at some of Brisbane’s largest primary schools are among Queensland’s most improved, with state schools holding their own against top private schools.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said he expected teacher aides and cleaners would accept the government’s wage offer.

Teacher aides, school cleaners poised to accept state wage deal

The state expected teacher aides and cleaners would accept its latest wage offer, made more than four months after negotiations with the union began.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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