After an almost year-long debate, state and federal education ministers have signed off on the revised national curriculum, set to come into force at the start of Term 2.  Acting federal education minister Stuart Robert announced the states' endorsement on ...

Federal politician Alan Tudge has retained his title of education minister despite being stood aside from the position. Tudge was asked by the prime minister to stand aside from the role last year, pending an investigation into allegations of an abusive extramarital ...

Principals, teachers and senior education leaders from across NSW gathered in Sydney this week to attend the fourth annual SMH Schools Summit. The event, marking the first in-person event since COVID-19, dissected some of the major issues facing Australia's education ...

Disadvantaged young people experience significantly lower levels of teacher support and life satisfaction at school than their more affluent peers, research has shown. A new study, led by Flinders University, analysed survey responses from over 3,500 young people aged between ...

School students and teachers across NSW will be freed from mask mandates next week, as the state’s health authorities continue to ease Covid-19 restrictions. From Monday, all students and high school staff will no longer need to wear a face ...

Schools in NSW will continue to hand out rapid antigen tests to help keep kids in classrooms but surveillance testing will end. Eight RAT kits will be offered to each student and staff member in NSW schools, Premier Dominic Perrottet ...

Australia's childcare sector has recorded a spike in serious incidents over the past year, as year 12 completion rates fall to record lows, according to a recent Productivity Commission report.  In 2020-21, there was a total of 20,599 serious incidents ...

Cleaners working in NSW schools have been excluded from the rapid antigen testing scheme made available to teachers and to students. NCA NewsWire has seen an email from a government bureaucrat to the United Workers Union confirming cleaners will not be required ...

Parents could be called in to help supervise children in the classroom under a bold new plan to help schools tackle with Covid outbreaks. Amid concerns of staff shortages, independent schools have been told they can ask parents to volunteer to supervise students in ...

Sydney parents can expect to fork out nearly half a million dollars to put their child through an independent school, at a cost 10 per cent higher than the national average, new data has found. Research from the Futurity Investment ...