Sarah Duggan

Some Victorian teachers have asked why school staff have not been afforded the same protections from assault and abuse as those working in retail, hospitality and transport sectors under the State Government’s new crime laws.

According to recent data, student satisfaction at Somerville Rise Primary School has dropped. And principal Matt Jackson couldn’t be happier.

School leaders are dealing with a growing number of antagonistic parents who are unwilling to accept their child has any responsibility for their problematic behaviour, an expert has warned.

Sandwiched between the directives of senior leadership and the dynamics of teaching staff, relatively little has been documented about the actual day-to-day practices of middle leaders and the particular tensions they face in their multi-faceted role.

A decade ago, then-principal Paul Kidson was filling out the Workforce Gender Equality Report for his school.