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Australian students’ reading and maths results plunge in global rankings
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (1040+ words) September 8, 2026 — 3:30pm Australian high school students have recorded their worst maths and reading results in international tests, and 15-year-olds are now two and a half years behind teenagers who went to school at the turn of the millennium. Programme for International…...
‘I have nothing to hide’: Redeemer Baptist School principal speaks for first time
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (792+ words) September 6, 2026 — 5:30pm A controversial Sydney private school faces the prospect of having to repay thousands in wages to staff who claim to have been exploited. The Independent Education Union has filed an application with the Federal Court to recover wages for…...
Independent school over-claimed $23 million in disability funds
1+ week, 4+ day ago (677+ words) September 1, 2026 — 5:06pm A Melbourne independent school is facing a federal government demand to repay taxpayer-funded disability payments worth nearly $23 million. Hester Hornbrook Academy, a special assistance school, announced deep cuts to programs and staff numbers on Tuesday after the school was…...
‘The pressure is astronomical’: Why this WA principal quit her job – and what it can teach us about our schools
1+ week, 6+ day ago (902+ words) August 31, 2026 — 1:00am Jenny Cole was working as a principal at a Perth public school when she received a phone call that finally tipped her over the edge – she handed in her resignation and never went back. It was the middle of…...
The six-year learning gap dividing WA students
2+ week, 5+ day ago (666+ words) August 25, 2026 — 3:00am West Australian students who come from advantaged backgrounds could be more than six years ahead of their peers when it comes to learning outcomes, new research suggests. For the first time, researchers have developed a methodology to convert NAPLAN…...
This school has a pool, tennis courts, soccer and cricket pitches. Now it wants the nearby public park
3+ week, 4+ day ago (915+ words) August 19, 2026 — 3:00am A plan for an exclusive all-boys school to lease public parkland in exchange for upgrading the park’s facilities has split the community and sparked concerns it would lock up public land for private use. Brighton Grammar School has applied…...
School leaders must wake up to a toxic culture
3+ week, 6+ day ago (532+ words) August 16, 2026 — 10:52am In 2021, as part of the Teach Us Consent campaign I launched, we gathered more than 500 testimonies that alleged sexual assault by current or former Scots or Cranbrook students in Sydney. These were among 7000 testimonies alleging sexual assault from schools…...