Residents delighted by Caulfield Grammar crackdown on parking parents

Residents delighted by Caulfield Grammar crackdown on parking parents

School is about to start for the day and all is peaceful in the Glen Iris street adjoining the private school,where new parking restrictions have been imposed.

  • byCara Waters

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Parents ‘absolutely livid’ after parking outside Glen Iris school restricted

Parents ‘absolutely livid’ after parking outside Glen Iris school restricted

Parents at a private school in Melbourne’s east are up in arms over changes to parking rules that mean they cannot park outside the school to drop off and pick up their children.

  • byCara Waters
Marist College principal back at work after sex abuse allegations in civil claim

Marist College principal back at work after sex abuse allegations in civil claim

The principal of a private Brisbane boys’ school,who is accused of historical sexual abuse in a civil court claim,has returned to his role.

  • byMarissa Calligeros
‘Retro,wealthy and weird’:The old boys who are afraid of young girls

‘Retro,wealthy and weird’:The old boys who are afraid of young girls

The Newington College old guard is resisting co-education,but you have to wonder when adults’ identity is so tied to their six years as teenagers.

  • byJacqueline Maley
The waiting list war:The battle to become a private school parent

The waiting list war:The battle to become a private school parent

Some schools have seen the length of their waiting lists double as more parents opt for private education for their children. Here’s how the schools choose who gets in.

  • byChristopher Harris
‘We expected a brawl’:Newington old boys’ council overthrown,as co-ed opposition grows

‘We expected a brawl’:Newington old boys’ council overthrown,as co-ed opposition grows

Former Newington College students have passed votes of no confidence in its old boys union,school council and headmaster at a major alumni meeting.

  • byLucy Carroll
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Chair of independent schools peak body quits ‘effective immediately’

Chair of independent schools peak body quits ‘effective immediately’

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.

  • byLucy Carroll
Brisbane Grammar made $559K in application fees last year,with no guarantee for kids on the wait list

Brisbane Grammar made $559K in application fees last year,with no guarantee for kids on the wait list

Despite a cost-of-living crisis,applications to Brisbane’s most expensive and prestigious school have surged by 85 per cent in four years.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Failure to fly:NSW governor narrowly avoids a Bronwyn Bishop moment

Failure to fly:NSW governor narrowly avoids a Bronwyn Bishop moment

Governor Margaret Beazley was set to charter a police helicopter to travel from the CBD to Bankstown,before commonsense prevailed.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Schools in wealthy areas claim more HSC exam help as provisions double in a decade
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Schools in wealthy areas claim more HSC exam help as provisions double in 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.

  • byLucy Carroll andNigel Gladstone
‘Disloyalty and disrespect’:Coalition taking Trump’s side is tacky point-scoring

‘Disloyalty and disrespect’:Coalition taking Trump’s side is tacky point-scoring

Australia’s diplomatic representatives,whoever they are and wherever they are stationed,deserve loyalty and respect from Australian politicians and should be immune from home-grown party political sniping.