This Month
As a state school graduate, I believe in private schools
A British financier explains why she educated her children privately, even though the government gave her a good education.
- Helena Morrissey
June
Newington College chairman clocks up 17 years (and counting)
There is nothing so compelling as private school politics.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Former Cranbrook teacher sues school alleging unsafe environment
Sydney private school Cranbrook is dealing with a new legal action brought by a former teacher who alleges the environment was unsafe for female staff.
- Updated
- Max Mason and Julie Hare
Cranbrook settles with former headmaster, but ABC in line of fire
Nicholas Sampson says he has been “vindicated”, but he still has an axe to grind with the national broadcaster over its “Four Corners” program.
- Julie Hare and Kylar Loussikian
May
‘Managing editor’ search keeps the bonfire going at Newington
The extravagant addition would bring the number of media staffers at the school to five.
- Lucas Baird
March
Poor kids who choose the IB do better than rich kids who don’t: study
Jasmine Werneberg says the International Baccalaureate she did at high school was more academically rigorous than her business-law degree at university.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Schools
Emails revealed as ousted Cranbrook head hires top silk
If Cranbrook governing council thought a quick resignation from headmaster Nicholas Sampson would bring about a swift end to its media agony, it was wrong.
- Kylar Loussikian and Julie Hare
What happens behind closed doors at Australia’s elite schools
The saga at Sydney’s Cranbrook School could trigger a new wave of accountability for how private schools operate.
- Julie Hare
Clare threatens to take funding away from Cranbrook
Education Minister Jason Clare has threatened to withdraw federal funding from Cranbrook School if an investigation finds “evidence of a pattern of immoral or unethical behaviour”.
- Julie Hare
Cranbrook head wanted $2m to leave two years ago: sources
The death of Nicholas Sampson’s brother in a car accident would have been used as a pretext for the headmaster’s retirement, a confidential document shows.
- Aaron Patrick, Julie Hare and Myriam Robin
Cranbrook to overhaul whistleblowing, child protection, bullying
Cranbrook School has written to its community with a raft of measures designed to restore trust in the school’s management and governance.
- Julie Hare
Cranbrook in turmoil after headmaster resigns
Nicholas Sampson resigned as headmaster of the elite private school after its council became aware of allegations against a teacher of “extremely concerning past conduct”.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
- Analysis
- Sydney
The Cranbrook headmaster’s greatest sin
Nicholas Sampson was admired for setting high standards at the private school. But his council couldn’t forgive him for making it look foolish.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- International Women's Day
Why it’s time to end single-sex schooling
All forms of segregation have been systematically rooted out of society except the gender divide in our most elite schools.
- The Parrhesian
Cranbrook Revisited (by the ABC)
Parents’ groups displayed no indication of any shift of allegiance away from battle-scarred headmaster Nicholas Sampson. Given the history, this is no wonder.
- Myriam Robin
February
- Opinion
- Opinion
Working women swing to Labor – and to private schools
As soon as families can afford it, they have been switching to independent schools. No amount of public money is likely to reverse that soon.
- John Black
January
Why high-fee private schools took the biggest price hit in 2024
School fees are rising faster than inflation, and the most expensive schools are charging the biggest increases.
- Julie Hare
School fees paid? Then double your budget
Rising school fees are heaping stress on household budgets. And then there’s the extra cost of uniforms, sports gear, music lessons and camps.
- Julie Hare
December 2023
Seven ways to cope with school fees set to rise by up to 18pc
Many parents are making big sacrifices to put their children through private schools. These strategies can ease the financial burden.
- Duncan Hughes
Why this prestigious boys’ school is not for turning coed
St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill counts rugby great Kurtley Beale, former High Court chief justice Murray Gleeson and the late artist John Olsen as old boys.
- Samantha Hutchinson
