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22 October 2025Hampstead Primary School for story about schools where the demographics are changing as more well-educated professionals move into the area and enrol their children.Drushti 11, Adara 12, James 12 and Sultan 11.Pic RoyVPhotography

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Ranked: Every state’s most upwardly mobile schools

Official data for every Australian school reveals some have recorded a meteoric rise in the social status of their families over the past decade. Explore the stats for your school.

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Shocking exam bungle: Could you pass a Caesar test without any study?

Nine Queensland schools taught students the wrong topic for a year. How would you go on a Julius Caeasar test without any study? TAKE THE QUIZ

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Victorian Institute of Teaching takes years to resolve cases, damning review finds

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Victorian Institute of Teaching takes years to resolve cases, damning review finds

Victorian Institute of Teaching is being overhauled after a damning report finds it takes up to three years to take no action, leaving accused teachers in limbo.

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26-year-old Plumpton High School teacher Tyson Moon has been charged with child sex offences.

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Ex-drama teacher learns fate after student relationship

A western Sydney drama teacher has been sentenced after pinning the student against table while kissing him inside the school’s performing arts space and sharing more than 1000 WhatsApp messages.

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ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Advertiser Photos OCTOBER 11, 2025: Brothers Harris, 14, (M) and (L to R) Edward & Fergus, 12 (twins), at home ready for sports action. Picture: Emma Brasier

Revealed: The eye-watering cost of kids’ after-school activities

New data reveals the high price of putting your child through dance lessons – and which sports are a cheaper alternative. See the list.

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Adelaide Hills teacher Jude Crowe outside the Mount Barker Community Library. Pictured on 10th October 2025. Picture: Ben Clark

‘Make libraries safe again’: Are these books harmful or vital sex ed?

Two mums have called for restrictions on what they claim as ‘over-sexualised’ sex-ed books, but experts say it will just expose teens to online horrors.

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Boys from ‘wrong side of the tracks’ 10 times more likely to be suspended

Poorer boys are up to 10 times more likely to be suspended or expelled from schools, a decade-long Australian study has found – reflecting a devastating gender and class divide.

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Emma Lowry has been named as the new principal of The Glennie School in Toowoomba.

‘Humbled’: Prestigious Toowoomba school reveals new principal

The Glennie School has appointed its 15th principal in 117 years, following her successful stint as acting head of the prestigious Toowoomba institution.

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Elite Qld school at risk, churches to be sold in $32m court ruling

Queensland’s Presbyterian churches face extinction after a $32m Supreme Court ruling forces the denomination to consider winding up and clouds the future of a top private school.

A new OECD report has found Australia has the second most stressed teachers in the world.

The three workplace issues pushing Aussie teachers to the brink

Many Australian educators are at breaking point despite spending less than half of their working week actually teaching, a global report shows. Three key factors are to blame.

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Florida teacher Melissa Calhoun was sacked from Satellite High School for calling a 17-year-old student by their preferred name, rather than their legal name.

‘Don’t Say They’ law led to US teacher’s sacking – could it happen here?

Using a student’s preferred name cost this US teacher her job under controversial anti-transgender laws. Australia’s approach to the rights of teens and parents is very different.

Are trainee teachers smarter than a 9th graders? The LANTITE test shows nearly 12 per cent of aspiring teachers fail the year 9-standard test at the first time of asking.

Trainee teacher test shows record first-time fails – would you pass it?

Aspiring teachers are struggling to show they are as smart as ninth graders, with 3000 failing to pass the benchmark LANTITE test last year. Take the quiz and see if you’d pass.

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Childcare staffing crisis reveals children are unsupervised despite strict ratios

Childcare educators are risking their jobs by speaking out about dangerous staffing practices leaving up to 14 children with only one adult in the room.

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Temple Christian College students miss out on bus connections after train timetable changed - students Isaac Peplow - 16yrs (Glenalta), Alex Bellas - 16yrs (Pasadena) and Principal Marcel Rijken at the station

Private school, principal taken to court over Covid vaccine sackings

They were sacked after not proving their jab status – now these former staff want an Adelaide private school to pay for its actions.

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