This is a list of selective and agricultural high schools run by the Department of Education and Communities. Entry to these schools is managed centrally by the department's Selective High School and Opportunity Class Placement Unit. Prospective students ...
Winning a coveted place in a selective high school is parenting's new holy grail. But is the intensive coaching required - often to the detriment of a happy, carefree childhood - really teaching kids how to think?
Principals from leading private schools have warned that a new literacy and numeracy test which year 9 students must pass to qualify for their HSC will divide students, place too much emphasis on NAPLAN and cause anxiety among teenagers.
