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Sydney private school fees soar

Sydney is the most expensive city for a private education in Australia, research shows.

Sydney is the most expensive city for a private education in Australia, according to research released on Monday, with fees at some of the state's top schools rising at twice the rate of inflation.

UK teaching dream for Australians 'not so rosy'

Lured by the promise of work and travel, Australian teachers are flocking to London.

It has been billed as a fun-filled working holiday program that would put an end to Australia's oversupply of teachers, but those who have travelled to the UK to make up for a chronic shortage of teachers have described it as anything but, with underpayment and over-work rife across the industry.

'I was just trying to stop feeling'

Tom Tehan and his mother,  Amanda Wallace.

More than a decade on, Tom Tehan wants to tell his story. It's a story about the car crash that can follow school bullying - and how one man emerged from the wreckage to rebuild his life.

Sydney's education 'latte line' revealed

Nearly 90 per cent of the city's top-performing schools (shown in blue) are above the "latte line".

Analysis of HSC results demonstrates the continuing impact of postcodes on academic success, despite record levels of funding aimed at stemming chronic educational inequality.