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HSC exams at Penola Catholic College in Emu Plains.

Focus on HSC band six results creating a 'perverse incentive', experts say

Education heavyweights have called for more information about HSC results to be released, saying the current public data pushes students into lower-level subjects.

  • Jordan Baker

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Akina Li and her mother, Ying Liu, react as Akina gets her 99.95 ATAR result.

‘I’m scared it’ll go away if I say it’: Meet the students who got a 99.95 ATAR

Akina Li trembled with anxiety on Friday as she counted down the minutes and seconds until her ATAR appeared on the screen. She was one of 48 students to receive 99.95 after a tumultuous year.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos, Anna Patty, Pallavi Singhal and Wendy John
Flynn Broom.

‘Pretty good’: After a sleepless night, Flynn wakes to six band sixes

Flynn’s restless thoughts were put at ease at 6am Friday, when about 76,000 students received their Higher School Certificate marks online or through text message.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Anna Patty
Composite image of Reg Mombassa and his new artwork for the class of 2020. 

'Onwards and upwards': Iconic Australian artist's gift for HSC graduating class

Some 68,673 students will be mailed their formal HSC credentials and a piece of artwork by iconic Australian artist Reg Mombassa in the signature style of his Mambo designs.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Year 12 graduate Charlotte Lowe is among the majority of students hoping they can enjoy a full university campus experience next year.

High school graduates want face-to-face campus life as unis prepare for 2021

Survey data from Year13, an organisation which helps students with post-school choices, shows 65 per cent of school-leavers want face-to-face education at uni and just 1 per cent want to learn online.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Schoolies Mistie Mildenhall and Sav Smith from Ballina Coast High School celebrate finishing their school year.

'Just have to make the most of it:' Upended schoolies descend on Byron Bay

The pandemic may have forced plans to change, but that hasn't stopped the class of 2020 from celebrating in style.

  • Matt Dennien
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School students prepare for their formal after a year of mostly home-based learning.

Daphne's formal dress hung on her wall while she self-isolated. This month she finally got to wear it

The Class of 2020 endured a year of uncertainty – now, they've celebrated at COVID-safe formals across Sydney.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Janie Barrett
Year 12 students Andrhea Alabe and Clare Wilkes leave St Marys Senior High School for the last time after their final HSC exam on Wednesday.

70,000 students put a difficult year behind them as HSC ends

The principal of the state's largest year 12 cohort faced a "mammoth" task: preparing 30 back-up HSC venues for 450 students.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Strathfield Girls' students Annabel Knight, Gina Lee, Jenny Yang, Devika Coleman and Sela Deng were glad to finish the first English exam.

First English exam passes the test: In a year of COVID-19, year 12 given no further curve-balls

Students were bracing for a challenge, after unexpected essay questions in last year's English exam threw year 12 off their game. But this year's exam has so far been warmly received.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Tiffany Nie and other students have been preparing for HSC exams by studying at Starbucks in Chatswood from 7.30am every day.

Crunch time is over: HSC exams begin after the 'most uncertain year'

After a year filled with more stress and uncertainty than most, experts are reminding year 12 students to look after their wellbeing and remain focused on the bigger picture.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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