The primary school is less than 5km from the Brisbane CBD.

Brisbane primary school to close to make way for high school students

Parents of the 73 students have been told their school will be shutting down after next year’s classes to allow for construction of a new high school.

  • Rosanna Ryan

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Port Melbourne Primary School

Victoria’s school zones have changed. Here’s how it affects you

With enrolments for the 2026 school year beginning this month,the state government has announced the latest changes to school catchment areas.

  • Noel Towell

Detaining school parents is a bit much,but banning them makes sense

Teachers are fleeing the classroom,and monstrous parents are often to blame.

  • Jenna Price
Both teachers have had their teaching licences disqualified.

WA high school teachers banned for sexualising female students

Court documents have revealed that in both cases,the men’s conduct was “so serious that it is likely to bring the teaching profession into disrepute”.

  • Holly Thompson
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Snakes and skinks and spiders,oh my!

While the passport troubles continue.

Principals.

Why more than half of Queensland’s principals want to quit – and what it means for our kids

Almost 60 per cent of the Queensland principals who took part in a national survey “often seriously consider” quitting – the worst result in the country.

  • Felicity Caldwell
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Year 12 students from Shenton College involved in the Helping Hands Program.

The WA students lending a helping hand to those in need

Students at a school in Perth’s western suburbs are helping build prosthetic hands for children in need,distributed to countries including Africa,India,Mexico and Nepal.

  • Holly Thompson
University High School’s Year 9 campus is on busy Lonsdale Street.

My daughter’s school is a CBD office building. Most kids don’t get outside all day

This “campus” is actually the 6th and 7th floor of an office building in Lonsdale Street,and has no open-air spaces,no canteen,no windows that open. The nearest safe outdoor space is three blocks away. It’s absurd.

  • Nick Feik
Schools are not always aware whether their students are on bail.

Schools in the dark on young alleged offenders in the classroom

The Education Department does not receive or keep records of the numbers of students on bail in Victoria’s schools.

  • Caroline Schelle
Preps eat pizza as a rewarded for coming to school every day of the term as part of Wyndham Park Primary’s effort to lift attendance rates.

Yo-yos,fidget spinners,pizza:Boosting school attendance one slice at a time

This school has worked out how to get students to turn up every day of term. And,as cheesy as it sounds,the answer was right under their noses.

  • Bridie Smith