One of Victoria’s oldest Catholic boys’ schools will admit female students for the first time in 2025 as part of a landmark program guaranteeing direct entry to university without an ATAR. Parade College, which dates back to 1871, will enrol ...

Exorbitant school uniform prices that are the most expensive in Australia has driven the Victorian government to announce a review into their cost. Schools, parents, students, principal peak bodies and social and community sector organisations will be consulted on how ...

Students chucking a sickie to attend a national climate rally have been offered a mock doctor’s certificate – signed by two top scientists – that cites a “major climate health concern” preventing kids from being in the classroom. Environmental activist ...

A primary school in country Victoria is set to start 2024 with no year three to six teacher despite multiple efforts to fill the vacancy. Located in a small tourist town approximately 300 km west of Melbourne, Minyip Primary School ...

The state of Victoria must apologise and pay over $435,000 in compensation for failing to protect five Jewish students from anti-Semitic bullying at a Melbourne state school. The case was brought by former Brighton Secondary College (BSC) students Joel and ...

The Victorian opposition pledge to provide free lunches to state school students has been welcomed by a nutritional expert. Last week, the Victorian Liberals announced a $300 million pilot program to take pressure off parents through the increasing cost of ...

Imagine being the principal of a school with just two students. But if that wasn't bad enough, imagine the school had a poor reputation, too. That was the predicament facing new acting principal Chris Burgess of Taradale Primary School, 100km ...

The Victorian Labor government will fund free dental care for primary and secondary students at government schools if it wins the next election – a move welcomed by health groups. Premier Daniel Andrews said his party would roll out 250 ...

Three strikes and bullies are out, if principals say so. That’s one of the tenets of Victorian leader of the opposition Matthew Guy’s answer to school bullying across the state. Guy’s office said the $15.3 million plan – which the ...

A $23.9 million state budget boost will improve road safety around Victorian schools. The funds will be used to extend the school crossing supervisor program, improve pedestrian crossings, and install electronic variable speed limit signs on high risk roads. "School crossings ...