During the federal election campaign we can expect to hear candidates talk passionately about school funding. This is one of the most contentious areas of education policy – and one many families and voters care deeply about. You may hear ...

Public education unions are calling on Peter Dutton to confirm whether or not he will uphold school funding deals struck between state governments and the Commonwealth under a Coalition government. The Albanese government has reached deals with each state and ...

A stand-off over public schools funding between the NSW Government and their federal counterparts has been resolved after the state has secured an extra $4.8bn for its public schools. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the deal, which will result in ...

Independent Schools Australia (ISA) will ask all political parties to rule out funding cuts to independent schools in the next election to put an end to what it calls the "blame game" that pits school sectors against each other. The ...

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released on Monday reported an increase of 45,008 students enrolled into Australian schools in 2024 compared with 2023. About 39,600 of these students went into private schools, with only 5,419 enrolled in the public ...

A report by the Productivity Commission has revealed a startling disparity between funding funnelled into private schools and that given to their public counterparts. The private schooling sector saw a 22 per cent faster growth in government funding over the past decade ...

The funding wars are a step closer to being resolved after the Prime Minister announced the federal government will meet demands to increase its public school funding offer to 25 per cent on Friday. During an address to the National ...

Geelong public schools will undergo more than $10m worth of upgrades next year, including a new wellbeing centre and additional unisex toilets – but parents from a local state school are accusing the government of neglecting the region’s most urgent ...

The ACT is the most recent state to sign onto Jason Clare's Better and Fairer Schools Agreement, which will offer even more money to the territory's already fully-funded schools. It will become the first jurisdiction in Australia to achieve 102.5 ...

The Albanese government is giving $70.9 million to education providers to fast-track 1500 new teachers into schools across Australia. The government statement said it is "tripling the number of teachers entering the High Achieving Teachers (HAT) program, which provides financial ...