Eastern suburbs private girls’ school Kambala was the best school for the subject in the 2024 HSC. Here’s how they did it.
On a warm November day last year,students took a train an hour north to the Hawkesbury River and boarded a creaky ferry to Milson Island. There,they built their ‘secret little academic weapon’.
Lily Thompson took on some of the HSC’s most difficult subjects,and is thrilled with her band 4s and 5s,while her classmate Isaac Warwar was shocked by his ATAR.
The race between North Sydney Boys and James Ruse was close,while a private school has surged into third.
Anubhav Ammangi combined his love of multiple STEM subjects to make the calculation – and has added to his tally of HSC first-in-course awards with a subject he almost dropped.
Sydney Grammar has scooped eight first-in-course awards,while Knox and Pymble Ladies’ College were not far behind. Search the list for the top student in every course.
As they await their HSC results on Wednesday,these students reflect on their schooling.
Female authors,poets and directors will make up 49 per cent of creative works on the prescribed text list,but some teachers have criticised the changes.
Built a decade ago to cater for the growing number of children in Sydney’s north-west,The Ponds High and its neighbour,Riverbank Public,are two of the city’s super-sized public schools.
Some of Sydney’s top private schools posted surpluses of millions of dollars last year before imposing sharp fee hikes on parents.
Boys now eclipse girls at both primary and high school in the latest international maths and science tests. See how Australia ranks.