Reports of violence, bullying, and drug taking in South Australian schools have risen to over 10,000 last year. Incidents of violence in school spiked by over 550 to 2915 last year with increasing reports of verbal abuse, intruders on campus, ...

Several Sydney high schools will transition to co-education after community consultation showed strong support for migrating schools away from single-sex education. Randwick Boys and Randwick Girls High School will combine to form a co-ed high school for years 7-12. The ...

High schoolers with smartphone separation anxiety can wave goodbye to playground Snapchats and swimming carnival selfies with a hard-line ban on mobile phones across all public schools starting on the first day of term four. Some schools have forked out ...

Universities and tertiary admissions centres are allowing year 12 students across Australia to apply for – and accept – course offers to university before they sit their final exams, complete year 12, and receive their ATAR. Critics of early university ...

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability was unable to agree on an approach to phasing out ‘special schools’ The Commission released its final report on September 29 after four and a half years ...

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) has named the principal of a small public primary school in country Victoria among the most powerful people in education in 2023. Jacquie Burrows was a teacher at Churchill Primary School (Churchill) prior to taking ...

Department for Education South Australia's chief Professor Martin Westwell has spoken out about the notable increase in racism towards teaching staff in the lead up to the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum on October 14. Mr Westwell wrote an open ...

The NSW government has pledged to improve education outcomes by investing a total of $9.8bn in schools across the state, prioritising education infrastructure in Western Sydney and regional NSW over the next four years. Treasurer Daniel Mookhey handed down Labour's ...

NSW students are increasingly starting kindergarten later compared with a decade ago, according to data from the Department of Education. Many parents are waiting until the year their child turns six before starting kindergarten, with almost 6,000 more children entering ...

South Australian teachers could walk off the job again as early as next week, the state’s education union has warned. Some 170 schools closed on Friday as thousands of teachers waged industrial action over their pay demands. In a branch council meeting held ...