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More NSW students are going to private schools – where are they coming from?

More NSW students are going to private schools – where are they coming from?

The largest proportion of students attending private schools in New South Wales is still in major cities. But inner regional areas are catching up.

23.06.2026 20

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Sally Larsen

Is the focus on NAPLAN’s ‘top’ schools a good idea?

04.12.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Sally Larsen

Is the focus on NAPLAN’s ‘top’ schools a good idea?

On Wednesday, we got the results of how individual schools performed in this year’s NAPLAN tests.

03.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Sally Larsen

Despite improvements to early education, more children are starting school developmentally behind. What’s going on?

An Australian study suggests early education is not making as much of a difference as it should when it comes to young children’s development and...

15.09.2025 10

The Conversation

Sally Larsen

NAPLAN is just one test. Here’s what to do if your child’s results were in the bottom bands

If the results are disappointing, try not to catastrophise them. For one thing, NAPLAN was done about four months ago – students will have made...

30.07.2025 10

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Sally Larsen