International baccalaureate results have been released this morning,with a handful of Sydney students scoring top marks.
Up to 95 per cent of students at some of the state’s best selective schools are being privately coached,getting a jump on their peers.
Education is not a competition,readers told the Herald,and the focus on HSC results fails to identify the many benefits of education.
Multiple lower-fee Sydney schools have recorded similar or higher HSC success rates than schools where fees are above $30,000,according to a new Herald analysis.
For Sophie,a 99 ATAR might not quite be enough for her first choice. Read the full list here.
Setting high expectations of behaviour and scheduling study skills sessions have proven the secrets to success.
At Knox Grammar and Menai High,the road to success started long before year 12.
We seldom hear the stories of everyday students who try their hardest to be the best academic version of themselves.
A Herald analysis of this year’s HSC data reveals the gap between the average number of top scores achieved by students at all-boys and all-girls schools is closing,with public boys schools achieving the biggest gains.
Congratulations to all the students who completed 13 years of schooling. Just having reached the end of this marathon is an achievement in itself,never mind scores on a piece of paper.
North Sydney Boys High School’s success in English drove it to the top of the HSC rankings. But it wasn’t the only school to record an astronomical rise in the subject.