An elite Sydney private school is about to unveil a $60 million student centre built in the style of a Scottish baronial castle once described as a “cut price Hogwarts” – but some locals and parents are not happy. The ...

Hundreds of people rallied at Tyndale Christian School in Adelaide on Wednesday night to oppose possible changes to discrimination laws for faith-based schools. Organisers say the event was in direct response to a recent report by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) ...

NSW public school enrolments have dropped by more than 24,000 since the Covid-19 pandemic, as families opt to send their kids to non-government schools. New figures released last Tuesday show a year-on-year fall in government school enrolments for the fourth consecutive year in NSW. ...

Cranbrook in Sydney’s east is one of the most elite boys schools in Australia. On Monday night, the ABC’s Four Corners program aired claims some female teachers had been bullied by male staff and sexually harassed by students. Amid the ...

The Cranbrook School council has hit back at claims made in Monday night's ABC Four Corners program, that the school has a history of sexual abuse and misconduct among staff and students, declaring that it handles disputes with “care and confidentially” ...

Students and parents ­of those who attend Newington College in Sydney rallied outside the prestigious school grounds last Wednesday to protest the school council's decision to go co-ed. The 160-year-old school in Stanmore, that charges annual fees of $42,201 for ...

Horrified at the thought of accidentally dating a pleb? Unsure whether that Tinder Adonis with perfect arms is of a lower pedigree than you? Darling, fret not. The market has answered. Last week, a private school-only dating app landed in ...

What does it take to increase public school enrolments? A Chaser turned anti-waste advocate? The Public Education Foundation (PEF) is betting on Craig Reucassel and other high-profile, high-achieving Australians to inspire the return of students to government secondary schools, via their #ProudlyPublic campaign. ...

$20 billion could relieve almost all world hunger for a year. It's also the amount Australia lost due to educational inequality in schools between 2009 and 2015 – so avers the Public Education Foundation in its latest issues paper, What Price the Gap? Education ...

A Monash University expert has refuted research that suggests school costs have dramatically risen. Dr David Zyngier, a senior education lecturer, says the numbers in the Planning for Education Index 2018 by education scholarship plan provider Australian Scholarship Group (ASG), "may or may not ...