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Hannah, Eliza, Poppy, Hannah and Chloe from Genazzano’s senior cross-country team at the interschool cross-country competition at Cruden Farm on Friday.

Gender play gap: Girls lag far behind in sport participation

Teenage girls participate in sport at half the rate of their male peers.

  • Bridie Smith

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McKinnon Secondary College principal Michael Kan, school captains Amelie and Jake and assistant principal Kellie Felmingham.

The Victorian schools where enrolments are booming

Enrolments have more than doubled at some schools over recent years and many others have also experienced rapid growth.

  • Alex Crowe
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Where to find Melbourne’s best schools

Almost all of Melbourne’s best public schools are in the same area.

  • Alex Crowe and The Visual Stories Team
Coburg High School student Florence Nichols, and her rabbit Quincy, studying for her vocational major VCE.

Thousands of high school students shun ‘two years of hell’ in favour of vocational VCE

The vocational major VCE has breathed new life into vocational education and training in Victorian schools, but there are calls for the government to do more.

  • Noel Towell
Education Minister Ben Carroll.

Exam authority board sacked after thousands accessed VCE tests early

The report published on Tuesday found web pages that inadvertently published sample cover pages containing exam content had been viewed thousands of times.

  • Alex Crowe and Rachel Eddie
Waverley Christian College principal Rod Ramsay (second from right) with (from left) head of secondary school Andrew Bawden and year 11 students Zoe Setiawan, Amy Conlon and Jonathan Tan.

The low-fee private schools outperforming their rich rivals

Enrolments in private schools in some parts of Melbourne have increased by up to 45 per cent over three years, partly driven by demand for lower-fee non-government schools.

  • Daniella White
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Margaret Crawford has served many years as a senior public servant and was previously Auditor-General of NSW.

Government overseer to watch over VCE exam development after bungle

This year’s VCE exams will be developed under the strict supervision of a government-appointed monitor after tests were compromised in the state’s 2024 exam leak scandal.

  • Caroline Schelle
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
Cormac Murphy, 16, Nina Zepcan, Taleaha Kops, 16 and Naomi Yang, 17 at Monash University, Clayton. VCE Summer Tutor is a summer program for disadvantaged kids heading into VCE.

Why Cormac is commuting five hours a day to study over the summer holidays

Meet the Victorian students sacrificing their summer holidays in the hopes of gaining an edge before embarking on their most crucial high school years.

  • Alex Crowe
Mia Chircop completed a La Trobe University subject while still at secondary school.

How VCE students can study at university – free

A growing number of students are doing university subjects while still at secondary school. They are getting points for it, but not the bill.

  • Bridie Smith

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