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A Herald analysis of financial reports from more than 20 schools shows scholarship and bursary budgets have grown to a total value of more than $200 million.
Attendance levels remain below pre-pandemic levels,while a third of public school students are leaving before finishing year 12.
The number of students tackling advanced and extension maths has plummeted to record lows in the past three years – but there is a way to reverse the trend.
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.