The resignations come as parents continue to pressure Ballarat Grammar over its response to allegations that up to 10 senior students engaged in sustained physical abuse of younger students.

Key staff at private boarding school step down after ‘strapping’ abuse scandal

The head of Ballarat Grammar’s boarding facility and his deputy have stood down from running Dart House,the principal has told staff.

  • Noel Towell

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Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Croydon.

No one can decide which council this Sydney private school belongs to

Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Croydon is fed up being pulled between two different councils – but two mayors can’t agree on who should take the school.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Mahin Sarker is one of thousands of students taking the 2025 selective schools test.

‘It’s a bit extreme’:Manha’s gruelling daily routine ahead of the selective schools test

Some 17,559 children will sit the selective school test this week for 4200 places. Ninety per cent of them have been coached.

  • Frances Howe
Parents are unhappy at the handling of the hazing scandal at Ballarat Grammar.

Parents of ‘strapping’ boarders blame school for unchecked culture of abuse

A group of parents claims it is unfair and dangerous to place the blame for a hazing scandal onto students,saying responsibility “lies squarely” with the school.

  • Noel Towell
Enrolments at all-boys’ Xavier College have fallen over the past five years.

It may not be trendy,but I’d still send my kids to single-sex schools

Single-sex schools are weird. A relic. A social experiment that makes no sense in the modern world. But if I had my time over again I’d send my kids to one,and they would all choose the same too.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Cranbrook School is under intense scrutiny.

Art,property,shares:The Sydney private schools pursuing your inheritance

Donations and bequests are funding generous scholarship programs,but philanthropy research shows not all charities get their intended gifts.

  • Christopher Harris
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SMH The Scots College John Cunningham Student Centre by JCA Architects.

Inside this Sydney private school’s $60 million castle

Eastern suburbs private school Scots College will this week unveil the faux baronial castle after years of delay and budget blowouts.

  • Lucy Carroll
NSW Education Department secretary Murat Dizdar at the SMH Schools Summit last month.

‘We support parent choice’:Uproar over NSW schools chief’s push to reconsider private schools

Premier Chris Minns says his government is “certainly not” going to take away options for parents after NSW’s head of public schools questioned if private schools should exist.

  • Lucy Carroll andChristopher Harris
NSW Education Department secretary Murat Dizdar at the SMH Schools Summit last month.

NSW Education Department boss questions existence of private schools

Murat Dizdar has slighted his private sector counterparts by suggesting the education system could be better off without Catholic and independent schools.

  • Christopher Harris andLucy Carroll
Kishwar Chowdhury,who is developing cooking classes for Caulfield Grammar students,with her son Mikayle.

Why some school students are learning 60 hours a week

Some schools are offering organised activities 12 hours a day,as parents juggle working and commuting with children’s needs.

  • Bridie Smith