Students at Gymea Technology High in Sydney’s south have welcomed the move because they will be less restricted by the school timetable when it comes to HSC subject selection.

HSC students get access to subjects their schools don’t teach

The NSW government will introduce an “HSC Subject Guarantee” policy in a bid to expand access to the hardest subjects.

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Maths teacher Simon Jenkins with year 8 students at Marist College North Shore.

The top 160 high schools for maths and literacy growth

NAPLAN data reveals the best Sydney schools for progress between years 7 and 9.

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Former King’s School headmaster Tony George.

The farewell speech ‘joke’ that ended in private school head’s sacking

Tony George made a joke at a staff farewell. He was later fired and told on Christmas Eve he had a month to vacate the headmaster’s residence.

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William Yu with his father Bruce ahead of sitting the entrance test at North Sydney Girls on Friday.

‘I am not sure if it is fair’:No chaos detected as thousands take high-pressure selective school test

More than 17,000 students are expected to sit the selective entrance test on Friday and Saturday.

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Sydney Girls High School will have increased capacity.

The winners and losers of Sydney’s new selective school gender quotas

More than 17,000 students will sit the selective school entry test on Friday,the first cohort under a new gender quota plan.

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Ilia Ebrahim Nejad missed out on selective school initially but found his way to North Sydney Boys High.

Ilia missed out on selective school – until he found another way in

Schools such as James Ruse and Sydney Boys High open up an entire class of spots after year 7.

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Students at John Colet at Belrose.

There’s a secret to scoring top marks in NAPLAN writing. And it’s easily missed by students

Researchers said a key feature of good writing is downplayed in the official marking criteria.

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Victoria has four selective schools. Western Australia has one. NSW has 42.

The HSC subject 8000 students dumped last year

More than a quarter of students dumped chemistry,physics and engineering,but one subject lost students like no other.

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Former King’s School headmaster Tony George.

Former King’s School head subject to second workplace investigation

A federal court judgment revealed Tony George had been under scrutiny for “controversial” words said at a farewell event for a staff member.

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Kate Nielsen,who thinks the survey is a good idea,with her two children Maddie and Teddy.

Parents are being asked to score schools. But are they the best judges?

Some schools boast satisfaction rates above 90 per cent. Now a new survey of parents will aim to gauge parent satisfaction across the state.

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