Schools as diverse as Fairfield Heights Public,Plumpton High and Abbotsleigh and Newington are among the 100 in NSW to be identified as high achieving in this year’s results.
Restricting HSC information for more than two decades has warped our view of success and hidden the stars of public schooling for far too long.
Find out who The Age’s Schools that Excel are. Use our dashboard to track your school’s VCE improvement results over a decade.
An independent school with a “whole student” approach and a government school that guides others in success have been awarded The Age’s Schools that Excel in Melbourne’s west.
A state school which has become the first choice for many families,and an evangelical Christian school which helps students find purpose are The Age’s Schools that Excel in Melbourne’s east.
A public school that focuses on identifying students’ interests and an independent school growing at a giddying pace have been awarded The Age’s Schools that Excel in Melbourne’s north.
A public school focused on positive pathways and a non-government school that believes potential is not determined by postcode are The Age’s Schools that Excel in regional Victoria.
The Age Schools that Excel celebrates schools that achieve outstanding improvement in their VCE results over a decade. Find out who won and use our dashboard to track your school’s results.
Experts say the trend reflects students embracing the ideal of lifelong learning. But one warns early employment without training could leave graduates unprepared for future jobs markets.
A public school where students compete against teachers and an independent school with a custom-built marketplace have been awarded The Age’s Schools that Excel in Melbourne’s south.
The schools The Age has celebrated in its fourth annual Schools that Excel series are diverse,but common threads can be found in how they drove improvement.