Education

With 25 years of teaching experience, Ms Peta Holmes has seen many HSC. Since joining Loreto Normanhurst in 2023, she has helped local students navigate their senior year. As the Class of 2026 begins their HSC, Ms Holmes shares her insights for what students can expect, how to manage the year...

The intensive HSC sprint is over; now begins the self-coached marathon. Success relies on transferring the discipline of planning and progress monitoring—like an athlete—to your new world of radical independence. Start with proactive, informed reflection on what systems worked for you in Year 12. For university students, the core requirement...

HSC season is among us. Year 12 students are buckling down for the last stretch in their secondary education, with the final hurdle beginning this month: the HSC exams. Exams kick off on Thursday 16 October with English Advanced, Standard, and Studies as the first subjects, and the final exam...

Macquarie University are trimming the fat as more than 75 jobs are axed and courses scrapped. The Faculty of Arts are facing 42 job losses while the Faculty of Science and Engineering will see 33 job losses. Students studying a Bachelor of Arts will now no longer be able to...

For seventy-five years, Macquarie Community College has been committed to shaping stronger communities through learning and connection. Today, Macquarie Community College is Western Sydney’s leading not-for-proft provider of community-based education and training. At its inception, the facility was known as Eastwood Evening College. Since those first days, the College has...

In 2025, Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Community College (HKCC) proudly marks its centennial— celebrating 100 years of empowering individuals through education and fostering community connections. Since 1925, HKCC has evolved with our community's needs while staying true to our core values of inclusion, lifelong learning, and social impact.

The Course Guide for the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Community College for Term 1, 2025

New principals are arriving at St Ives Public and St Ives High School. For St Ives Public, Kelly McGowan will become principal following her role as Deputy Principal at St Ives North Public School. For St Ives High School, Tracey Casey, former Principal at Sydney Secondary College, Leichhardt Campus, is...

Asquith Girls High School have been winners of the Law Society of NSW’s Mock Trial Competition.  After twelve years, Asquith Girls are the first NSW Public school to take home the title, defeating St Paul’s Catholic College in the finals. 

Knox Grammar School students have achieved exceptional results in the 2024 Higher School Certificate, with an unprecedented seven Knox students scoring the top ATAR of 99.95, 42 students achieving an ATAR of 99+, 146 students achieving 95+ and 215 students attaining an ATAR of 90+. The median ATAR was an...