Education

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...

2024 Higher School Certificate results are out. With them, the NSW secondary education schools have been ranked according to the scores. Eight North Shore schools landed in the top 20 spots. 1 - North Sydney Boys High School, with 564 Band 6 results 4 - Normanhurst Boys High School, with...

In the wake of forced isolation with COVID-19 and the rise of smartphone access, the social and mental development of children is a pain point among educators and parents alike. Being taken away from social settings has increased the anxiety of school children and impacted their ability to adapt. Nicole...

Lindfield Learning Village (LLV) has hit a historic milestone.  Since opening its doors in 2019 to their inaugural group of Year 7s, these students have entered into their final year of secondary study.  Lindfield Learning Village are guiding their first cohort through their HSC.  The Upper North Shore school was...

Sydney school shake-ups might be further on the cards, with the NSW government delivering on its election commitment to ensure every family in NSW can choose a coed public high school. As demand for co-education continues to grow, the NSW Government has also commenced work to ensure children in all...

Ranked 45th in NSW We are thrilled to acknowledge the outstanding academic achievements of the Class of 2023 in the HSC results. Northholm Grammar continues to build its reputation of achieving academic growth through personalised learning to be positioned 45th in NSW on the SMH HSC rankings. For the third...