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Dr Devang Krishna has been tutoring Point Cook P-9 year 8 student Madhav Rajesh ahead of the select-entry high school exam on Saturday.

6000 students, 1000 places. Competition has never been tougher for Melbourne’s best schools

Many families are turning to tutors before the select-entry schools exam. But educators say a revamped test will ensure it is fair.

  • Jackson Graham and Caroline Schelle

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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
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
Dani Hacket with son Xavier who was caught in the selective exam chaos last year and Naplan this year.

‘Not good enough’: NAPLAN test failure run by same company as selective school chaos

Xavier Hacket was caught in two meltdowns caused by tech company Janison. His mother says it’s not fair.

  • Emily Kowal
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Siblings Sharvil and Shanaya Pandir have been tutored for NAPLAN.

NAPLAN boss issues warning to parents on ‘horrendous misuse’ of student results

Some schools are using the exam results in assessing a student’s suitability for enrolment.

  • Jackson Graham, Ellie Busby and Cindy Yin
A student sits the NAPLAN exam in 20024.

Testing chief decries use of NAPLAN scores as entrance exam for private schools

A competitive culture is emerging around the national test, and the NAPLAN head has urged parents to refuse requests by in-demand schools to provide results when trying to enrol their children.

  • Jackson Graham
Sarah Peddie-McGuirk and James Turnbull with their children, Henry, 6, and Sadie, 4.

Sarah thought she had years to pick a high school. By year 3, kids were already leaving

As public education in NSW recorded 7000 fewer students last year, can anything be done to stop the parent rush to private schools?

  • Christopher Harris
HSC students from Aquinas Catholic College in Menai with mathematics teacher Vanessa Bauer.

Revealed: The best public, private and Catholic schools for HSC maths

A systemic Catholic school in the Shire is among those who outperformed top private and selective schools this year.

  • Christopher Harris and Nigel Gladstone