A kindergarten to year 12 education at one of Sydney's private girls' schools costs $587,975 after fees increased this year, making it the most expensive school in the country. Rose Bay school Kambala also increased its year nine tuition to ...
More »Ministers pledge to fund NSW public schools at 100 per cent
Education ministers in NSW have committed to giving public schools 100 per cent of the minimum funding required to meet students' educational needs. On Friday, Federal Education Minister Jason Clare and NSW Education Minister Prue Car signed an agreement at ...
More »Budget 2020-21: the sector reacts
Public schools have been dubbed one of the losers in the government’s 2020-21 Budget. Private schools will have their funding grow by 25.6 per cent over the next three years, to $16.1 billion by 2023/24. But public schools will only ...
More »Parental contributions fuelling growing divide in NSW public high schools
Public schools of both low and high socioeconomic status (SES) are being privatised “from within” by parental contributions that fuel inequality, a new study has found. In their study entitled ‘Inequalities in the private funding of public schools: parent financial ...
More »Amid #libspill, NSW teachers cry out for funds
How would schools fare under a Peter Dutton-led government? According to the NSW Teachers Federation, they couldn't do much worse than the status quo. The union is using the battle for leadership of the Liberal party to highlight one of ...
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