After nearly one hundred years, an all-girls independent college in Brisbane has welcomed male students for the first time. Clayfield College, located in Brisbane's inner-north suburbs, had its first cohort of Year 7 male students walk through its doors in ...

Public school enrolments in Australia have slid for the second year in a row, according to new ABS data, while independent and faith-based schools popularity continues to rise. New schools data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday ...

The NSW Government has announced the introduction of a Chief Behaviour Advisor to help tackle poor student behaviour in classrooms across the state.  In a first cross-sector agreement, the advisor will work with Government, Catholic and Independent schools to help ...

Despite the Independent schools union being critical of the federal education minister’s plans to bring forward funding to Independent and Catholic schools if they meet certain attendance conditions, several may have agreed to the deal. While data on how many ...

Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has threatened to wield a big stick at independent schools that do not resume face-to-face teaching for children whose parents want it or need it. Indeed, Tehan has threatened to remove funding if such independent ...

As is the practice in some circles, Jessie has already private high school-shopped for her toddler. Her multi-ethnic three-year-old is advanced for her age, so Jessie knew she wanted to choose a school that embraced both multiculturalism and academic excellence. ...

Melbourne is one of the most expensive Australian cities for education, irrespective of school type, whereas Darwin is the least expensive. That’s according the ASG Planning for Education Index, which broke down the estimated total cost of Government, Catholic and ...

Sector politics has long plagued school funding. But with the federal government's announcement of an extra $4.571 billion for independent schools, partisan outrage has peaked. There's even intra-party vexation. (Liberal) NSW Education Minster Rob Stokes told ABC Radio Sydney that it's "not fair" ...

The Association of Independent Schools in NSW has welcomed a $5 billion increase in funding to all schools in NSW over the next six years. Representatives from the AISNSW have met with officials from NSW and Australian government to discuss ...

Critics of independent schools say fees have risen too much over the past decade but supporters argue that they match CPI increases and are essential for basic operations. The past decade has been nothing short of turbulent in economic terms. ...