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Dr Kim Jaggar has been at the school for over 25 years.

The question smart parents ask at Sydney Boys High open day

The principal of one of the state’s top schools says the selective entry test does not measure the things it needs to.

  • Christopher Harris

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Private schools look carefully at their HSC results.

When things go wrong inside Sydney’s most expensive schools

The HSC might not be a race, but among schools it is definitely a competition.

  • Christopher Harris
Anthony Leo Parissis’s short story was among the best in the state.

‘You have some explaining to do’: The taboo story that earned Anthony HSC top marks

The work of the state’s top HSC English students has been released. You can read their stories here.

  • Christopher Harris
Students from Thomas Hassall Anglican College.

The HSC convention that might be past its use-by date

Education bosses have urged a rethink of the 180-minute HSC exam, saying an hour could be cut. Some students approve – but some do not.

  • Christopher Harris
The report calls for an urgent review of the use of take-home assignments in year 12, in a bid to identify cheating and ensure the integrity of qualifications such as the HSC.

AI poses ‘urgent threat’ to student learning and the HSC

A major report says the new tech is endangering learning with cheating so rife it’s undermining the credibility of the education system.

  • Christopher Harris
Students at Gymea Technology High in Sydney’s south have welcomed the move because they will be less restricted by the school timetable when it comes to HSC subject selection.

Levelling the HSC playing field, one subject at a time

Students locked out of challenging subjects will have better opportunities next year.

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Students at Gymea Technology High in Sydney’s south have welcomed the move because they will be less restricted by the school timetable when it comes to HSC subject selection.

HSC students get access to subjects their schools don’t teach

The NSW government will introduce an “HSC Subject Guarantee” policy in a bid to expand access to the hardest subjects.

  • Christopher Harris
Sydney Girls High School will have increased capacity.

The winners and losers of Sydney’s new selective school gender quotas

More than 17,000 students will sit the selective school entry test on Friday, the first cohort under a new gender quota plan.

  • Christopher Harris
Layla Wicks studied at Kempsey High School after missing out on selective school.

I’m proof: You don’t need a selective school and tutoring to get a monster ATAR

I was brainwashed into thinking my HSC and ATAR were doomed because of the school I attended. Here’s how I defied that myth.

  • Layla Wicks
Ilia Ebrahim Nejad missed out on selective school initially but found his way to North Sydney Boys High.

Ilia missed out on selective school – until he found another way in

Schools such as James Ruse and Sydney Boys High open up an entire class of spots after year 7.

  • Christopher Harris