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

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WA’s private school students funded at four times the rate of public schools

WA’s private school students funded at four times the rate of public schools

Public school funding from both state and federal governments combined increased by only 5 per cent in 10 years,compared to a near-20 per cent rise for private schools.

  • byHolly Thompson
Swimming pools,recreation centres:WA’s top-spending private schools revealed

Swimming pools,recreation centres:WA’s top-spending private schools revealed

Private schools are using taxpayer dollars to build swimming pools and expensive recreation facilities while public schools are squeezing more students into demountables.

  • byHolly Thompson
Two-class school system a great way to entrench low productivity
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Two-class school system a great way to entrench low productivity

You’d expect a Labor government to care about public school students getting a decent education. We’ll soon find out if it does.

  • byRoss Gittins
The reason Sydney schools are axing weekly sport

The reason Sydney schools are axing weekly sport

At least 15 schools have been forced into abandoning weekly sport after the bus transport bill for students doubled in a year.

  • byChristopher Harris
These five private schools spent more on capital works than 3300 public schools

These five private schools spent more on capital works than 3300 public schools

State education ministers are calling for a dedicated fund for public school capital works,like private schools have already,to make up the gap.

  • bySherryn Groch andLucy Carroll
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The private schools with the richest parents in Australia revealed
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The private schools with the richest parents in Australia revealed

About $1.3 billion,or a quarter of all overfunding for private schools,is flowing to those where family income exceeds $200,000 a year. See the schools here.

  • bySherryn Groch
More fee hike warnings from private schools as tax change threatens donations

More fee hike warnings from private schools as tax change threatens donations

Independent schools have sounded the alarm after the Productivity Commission recommended removing tax concessions for donations to school building funds.

  • byRobyn Grace
How one state deal reignited Australia’s school funding wars
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How one state deal reignited Australia’s school funding wars

States have rejected millions of dollars in extra Commonwealth money for public schools as they push for twice as much cash as WA agreed to.

  • bySherryn Groch andRobyn Grace
Landmark $1.6b investment sees WA ‘fully fund’ students in public schools
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Landmark $1.6b investment sees WA ‘fully fund’ students in public schools

Almost $1.6 billion will be invested in West Australian public schools over the next four years through a new state and federal government agreement.

  • byHolly Thompson
World-leading autism expert joins effort to reshape Australia’s education system
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World-leading autism expert joins effort to reshape Australia’s education system

A leading autism researcher will join the national board that oversees school funding as the government takes steps to stop families flocking to the NDIS.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos