Selective schools
‘Is the job satisfaction better? 100 per cent’: Why this boss doesn’t mind being broke
The son of Sri Lankan immigrants, Shaun Christie-David is a former banker and now an award-winning social entrepreneur.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Some Sydney high schools take hundreds of extra students. Yet selectives haven’t budged
As Sydney’s population grows, some of its very best schools are not growing with it.
- by Christopher Harris
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HSC
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
HSC 2023 results explained in five charts
HSC results provide interesting insights into the way our education system works.
- by Nigel Gladstone
How North Sydney Boys pulled off the greatest heist in HSC history
The inside story about how a school, so often the next-best, took on the most successful selective school in Australia’s history, and won.
- by Christopher Harris
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High school
The Sydney areas with the most selective school applicants
For students in some parts of Sydney it is “the moment that practically decides their lives”, but in other areas of the city, hardly any children apply for selective school.
- by Christopher Harris
Rise in selective schools drains HSC stars from comprehensive system
“There is a culture that has developed around selective schools; they are the ultimate prize for many families,” says one education expert.
- by Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
‘I frequently teach students who are much brighter than me’: Eddie Woo
The YouTube sensation and Ultimate Classroom presenter admits he was a “real latecomer to mathematics. I was always slow, always behind the eight ball.”
- by Ben Pobjie
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Education
Boys outnumber girls in race for selective school offers
Almost 1000 students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be offered a spot at the state’s selective schools in next year’s intake.
- by Lucy Carroll