A survey of 30 independent schools shows fee increases of an average of 7 per cent as staffing costs skyrocket.
Epping Boys High had its highest share of maths students achieving marks above 90 on record,while Abbotsleigh and Meriden were among the top private all-girls schools.
Schools including St Clare’s in Waverley and Parramatta Marist High are outperforming high-fee private schools.
One Sydney private boys school claimed one-quarter of the 51 perfect ATARs.
When the new principal was appointed in early April,this Sydney high school was struggling with an urgent need to fill more than a dozen vacant teaching positions.
The race between North Sydney Boys and James Ruse was close,while a private school has surged into third.
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.
The NSW government will turn a northern beaches senior high school into a year 7 to 12 campus under a plan to expand access to co-education.
The cash-strapped council is also considering selling a street to SCEGGS Redlands.
An eastern suburbs public school has asked its parents and citizens’ association to help cover teaching costs next year.
Shore’s former headmaster,Tim Petterson,was dismissed following a culture review by the school’s government board.