High school
Schools that Excel 2023: Celebrating success of Victorian schools
Find out your school’s result in The Age’s interactive which showcases Victorian schools that have achieved outstanding improvement in their VCE results over the past decade.
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WA schools, parents revisit stranger danger lessons after young girl allegedly taken
A man allegedly took a young girl from outside her Perth primary school, sparking worry from parents and children and inspiring renewed conversations about stranger danger.
- by Holly Thompson
‘Anxiety is a very real thing’: Spike in school refusal sparks call for national plan
One Victorian virtual school enrolled 895 students last year due to school refusal. A new report says there needs to be a national approach to address the problem.
- by Nicole Precel
Caulfield Grammar and Shelford considering potential merger
While neither school will elaborate on their discussions, the schools are nearby and enrolments at Shelford Girls have fallen below the 500 mark.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Nicole Precel
Pressure zone: The Melbourne suburb with no public high school
Grade 5 student Roberta Wooles faces the prospect of heading to high school without her three best friends as a zoning issue sends children in Altona Meadows split “every which way”.
- by Robyn Grace
Perspective
Education
Cracking the code: How to bag a scholarship at a top Brisbane school
If the thought of paying $186k for your child’s education puts you in a cold sweat, you could try for a scholarship using our handy how-to.
- by Felicity Caldwell
After a century of tunics, more Sydney private girls schools start allowing pants
Some of the city’s oldest independent girls schools, including MLC and St Catherine’s, have expanded their uniform options in the past two years.
- by Lucy Carroll
School scrambles for room after accepting hundreds of kids over capacity
An inner-Brisbane school has set up half a dozen demountables and will refuse most out-of-catchment enrolments next year as it bursts at the seams.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Inside the WA school where teachers are ‘just as important as doctors’
Their role within the health system is not well known, but teachers employed to work in WA hospitals play an integral part in helping sick kids recover.
- by Holly Thompson
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Schools
Siblings and high achievers: How students are dodging Brisbane’s strict school zones
More than 10,000 students are enrolling in the city’s most in-demand state schools each year — despite not living in the area.
- by Felicity Caldwell
They’re the voice: The high-schoolers who made a John Farnham musical
This Is Going To Be Big is a high school coming of age movie with a difference, and it’s an absolute delight.
- by Karl Quinn