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Normanhurst Boys High School students Harry Shin, Ronny Jo and Lam Doan after their English Extension 1 exam on Tuesday.

Batteries taped to pens: How HSC students prepare for this marathon exam

In the lead-up to their English extension 1 exam, Normanhurst Boys High year 12s squeezed putty to build up hand strength. 

  • Emily Kowal
Rohan Green achieved the highest possible ATAR score in 2024.

Review, refresh and rest: How Rohan aced the VCE English exam

Rohan Green achieved the highest possible score of 50 for VCE English in 2024. He says that on the day before the exam, pushing himself would have been counterproductive.

  • Alexander Darling
Anh Tran-Nam and her son Jake.

This eastern suburbs school didn’t have a selective class. So parents created their own

From term one next year, the school will run a full-time selective stream after places were cut at the local opportunity class.

  • Lucy Carroll
Students at Fort Street High.

Girls and boys given equal places in selective schools under radical overhaul

At Sydney’s oldest fully selective high school, Fort Street, girls make up just 24 per cent of the year 7 cohort.

  • Lucy Carroll
William Ao wants more students to have the chance of attending a select-entry school.

Victoria’s select-entry schools are in demand, but experts warn against their expansion

The state’s four select-entry schools perform competitively against their high-fee, private school rivals in VCE. So why aren’t there more of them?

  • Noel Towell and Caroline Schelle
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Some of Sydney’s tutoring centres, including Matrix Education, run up to 400 classes a week.

Prevalence of tutoring for selective school students should be questioned

NSW has more selective public schools than any other state.

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Colleges face collapse under planned international student caps.

‘Children are up to two years ahead’: Calls to regulate billion-dollar private tutoring industry

More than half of students attend private academic tutoring at some Sydney schools, while coaching centres are running at least 500 maths, English and HSC tutoring classes each week.

  • Lucy Carroll
Abigail Barfield, who went to an independent school, is now studying neurobiology at ANU.

Public, selective or private school? The students most likely to finish university

A new report reveals we are facing a “catastrophe in terms of education for males”.

  • Emily Kowal, Adam Carey and Noel Towell
Poonam Singh with her daughters Kashvi and Prisha, who commute for more than ten hours a week - each - to get to and from their respective schools.

Car, two trains and a bus: Schoolgirl’s gruelling 15-hour weekly commute to class

Many families in Melbourne’s west place a high premium on their children’s education. For some students, that can mean a daily trek to the other side of town.

  • Bridie Smith

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