NSW and Victoria will transform their early education sectors as part of two billion dollar reform packages set to introduce an extra year of kindergarten. By 2030, children in NSW will attend five days of pre-kindergarten before they start primary ...

The NSW education department has launched legal proceedings against the state's largest education union over a series of teachers' strikes held in May. According to supreme court documents obtained by the Daily Telegraph, the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) breached orders ...

Young men are less likely to attain an ATAR and are performing lower in their university courses than women, University Admissions Centre (UAC) data has shown. In 2020, boys were "significantly underrepresented" in the 38-98.7 ATAR range, despite accounting for ...

Victorian schools will have the authority to ban parents who engage in threatening behaviour online or in person, with a possible penalty of up to $10,000 for those who don’t comply. The Victorian Government announced the extended powers last month ...

One of Melbourne’s most prestigious colleges is seeking to become the state’s first private online school under an ambitious new venture called Haileybury Pangea. Elite private school Haileybury, which already has four campuses across Melbourne and a site in Darwin, ...

Free sanitary items will be made accessible to students across schools in Queensland yet six out of ten students do not feel comfortable talking to their teachers about their periods.  State schools in Queensland will soon provide free sanitary products ...

The NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) has slammed the state government's new public sector wage policy, saying a three per cent pay rise is 'not enough' to relieve the pressures of inflation. On Monday, Premier Dominic Perrottet announced the 2.5 per ...

Schools across Australia have installed mini-supermarkets on their grounds in order to help students with disabilities gain life skills.  The project launched in 2017 and has been implemented at 12 schools so far, and is set to expand to 25 ...

A Blue Mountains student was hospitalised after suffering a seizure as a result of vaping in the school toilets, highlighting growing concerns about the habit among young people. Blue Mountains Grammar school administration wrote to parents to warn about the incident and to ...

A Sydney MP claims there has been a “horrifying” cover-up of asbestos in a local high school. Castle Hill MP Ray Williams claims the school community was told Castle Hill High School was all clear despite a 2016 test returning ...