One of Sydney's newest schools, The Ponds High, is already full just three years after it was built and before it is even has years 11 and 12, prompting concerns that the NSW Department of Education has underestimated swelling enrolment figures in high schools.

All that's left of the Gamilaraay language from northern NSW and southern Queensland are a few phrases spoken by less than 50 people.

If you’re a student studying full-time at an Australian university, then you are considered a ‘student’, but only in the state your studying in.

Education Minister Rob Stokes says opening up selective schools to local students would create a more equitable education system, as the NSW Department of Education reviews the decades-old system for teaching the state's brightest students.

The story of Daniel Hu path to HSC success resonated with David Lee. Now he's helping him out in the hope one day he'll pay it forward.

After breaching the Equal Opportunity Act last year, Melton Christian College will allow Sikh students to wear religious turbans.

Employers are far more happy with graduates from smaller universities than those from the bigger "group of eight" institutions.

Asha started taking "mental health days" in high school.

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The NSW Department of Education is investigating how the International Baccalaureate could be offered in public schools in a signal that NSW could introduce the diploma in some high schools as an alternative to the HSC.

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Four Victorian childcare centres were shut down last year and one provider prosecuted after a child twice left a Point Cook centre.

For two Sydney girls, scoring a perfect mark in their final year 12 exams also means they are the top performing students in the world.

Primary principals have warned that young students who struggle with reading have lost vital literacy support after the NSW Department of Education axed its $50 million Reading Recovery program despite "almost no consultation" with teachers.

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A team of 50 literacy and numeracy experts will be recruited to support NSW teachers as the government axes the controversial $50 million Reading Recovery program, which is used in more than 900 schools but was found to be ineffective.

The Dalyell Scholars program will give students the chance to undertake additional units in "Great Books" and access "enrichment opportunities".

More than 87 per cent of Indigenous students in year 9 in NSW will need to resit a reading, writing or numeracy test to be eligible for their HSC, compared to 59 per cent of non-Indigenous students, prompting concerns that the government's new minimum literacy and numeracy standards will further widen the year 12 completion gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.

Labor has refused to say whether it will reverse the cuts, but has pledged it is "fully committed" to the demand-driven system.

A landmark report into sexual misconduct at University of Sydney colleges interviewed fewer than a third of the students it initially intended, relied heavily on focus groups and failed to speak to victims, raising concerns that it may have underestimated the extent of sexual assault and harassment at the colleges.

Just a few years ago, student numbers at Sir Joseph Banks High were dwindling, it was the second choice school for many and its reputation meant the near-by high schools attracted the best and the brightest.

Hackers have infiltrated a University of Queensland feeder college's computer system to inflate the test scores of underperforming foreign students.

You do not need a grand plan, rather instead think in terms of what problems are out there in the world that you could usefully have a crack at.

The bottom quarter of NSW high schools get just 2 per cent of the HSC high scores. But some schools are bucking the trend.

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My dad, despite not knowing a word of English, used a Chinese-to-English dictionary to help me with my homework during primary school.

More than 80 per cent of eligible students received an OP15 or better and more than 32,000 achieved a Vocational Education and Training certificate.

At Clancy Catholic College in Hoxton Park, students start preparing for HSC maths the day they start year 7.

With lustrous brown curls and an English drawl, 29-year-old Benjamin Brown could pass for a young rock'n'roller, especially when he mentions a recent world tour that took him across the United States and Canada before landing in Sydney. 

The individual results were released overnight through the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority website.

When the HSC school rankings were published on Thursday, a wave of excitement rippled through the class of 2017.

Live coverage of the 2017 ATAR release.

A record 68,816 students qualified for their HSC in 2017, which would go close to filling ANZ Stadium. This group, however - the top 7 per cent of the top 1 per cent - could fit on one bus on the way to Homebush.