Lucy Carroll

The student at St Lucy’s in Wahroonga died after being trapped under a lift at the north shore school.

Newington College’s decision to shift to co-education has split its old boys network with one survey showing half its members were opposed to the move.

Australian teenagers are almost two full academic years behind students who went to school in the early 2000s, while the gap between rich and poor students has grown.

Some of Sydney’s private schools will increase teacher pay by up to 8 to 12 per cent in a bid to match historic wage rises across the government sector.

The Crows Nest school’s success ends the phenomenal 27-year reign of James Ruse Agricultural High School. Here’s how they did it.

The principal of James Ruse Agricultural High School, with the support of North Sydney Boys and Girls, has written to 500 principals and asked the Department of Education to intervene.

Embattled private boys’ school Cranbrook is set to announce an independent review into the scandal that forced out its high-profile headmaster Nicholas Sampson.

An inner west public primary school has told parents that students will use an e-library rather than physical books for their home reading program.

The latest National Assessment Program report in science literacy found about a third of year 6 students say they do not have science lessons every week.

The problems at one northern beaches school are just the tip of the iceberg as the state education system grapples with budget cuts and frozen funds.