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Coaching colleges target selective students and ‘undermine’ HSC
Up to 95 per cent of students at some of the state’s best selective schools are being privately coached, getting a jump on their peers.
- by Lucy Carroll
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‘One number does not a good person make’: Does the HSC result matter?
Education is not a competition, readers told the Herald, and the focus on HSC results fails to identify the many benefits of education.
The low-fee private schools outperforming expensive rivals in the HSC
Multiple lower-fee Sydney schools have recorded similar or higher HSC success rates than schools where fees are above $30,000, according to a new Herald analysis.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
The ATAR cut-off for every university course revealed
For Sophie, a 99 ATAR might not quite be enough for her first choice. Read the full list here.
- by Christopher Harris and Nigel Gladstone
The school that rocketed up the HSC rankings by 200 places
Setting high expectations of behaviour and scheduling study skills sessions have proven the secrets to success.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
The state’s top schools for HSC mathematics revealed
At Knox Grammar and Menai High, the road to success started long before year 12.
- by Christopher Harris, Nigel Gladstone and Lucy Carroll
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If only we had an HSC honour roll based on more than a number
We seldom hear the stories of everyday students who try their hardest to be the best academic version of themselves.
- by Lisa Schofield
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Boys close the gap on girls as single-sex schools outperform co-ed
A Herald analysis of this year’s HSC data reveals the gap between the average number of top scores achieved by students at all-boys and all-girls schools is closing, with public boys schools achieving the biggest gains.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
School is over, but life is just beginning
Congratulations to all the students who completed 13 years of schooling. Just having reached the end of this marathon is an achievement in itself, never mind scores on a piece of paper.
The schools that blitzed HSC English
North Sydney Boys High School’s success in English drove it to the top of the HSC rankings. But it wasn’t the only school to record an astronomical rise in the subject.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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So much changes for us at North Sydney Boys. But so much stays the same
The five values by which the school abides do not change, despite no longer being “second best”.
- by Mark Ju and Jordan Ho