Selective school and opportunity class testing will move online for the first time in 2025.
The gender gap in NSW’s public school opportunity classes is growing,with the proportion of girls in the classes falling to 39.5 per cent.
A Muslim community leader has questioned whether NSW public high schools are doing enough to guard against extremism among students.
The 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at a western Sydney church had not attended school for more than six months,and his father had also seen signs of increasing “disobedience”.
The NSW government and Commonwealth are at loggerheads over funding contributions to the state’s public schools.
Thousands of deputy and assistant principals will be forced back into teaching roles to help deal with chronic staffing shortages in NSW public schools.
Former Newington College students have passed votes of no confidence in its old boys union,school council and headmaster at a major alumni meeting.
John Ralston tendered his resignation after reports the NSW Association of Independent Schools allowed a child sex offender to remain on its board after it was advised of his past crimes.
An investigation into grade inflation by Sydney University found a 234 per cent increase in the number of high distinctions awarded over a decade.
More than 44 per cent of students at high-fee private schools,including Redlands and The McDonald College,claimed HSC disability provisions last year.
An annual survey of principals and deputies found 44 per cent had been exposed to violence in schools,with more staff reporting they were victims of cyberbullying.