HSC
More boys are getting top ATARs. Here’s how they’re doing it
Boys now make up 60 per cent of students who get ATARs above 99.
- by Christopher Harris
Latest
Top teacher program axed under planned NSW Education Department restructure
More than 240 teaching positions will be cut under a major department reorganisation, including the “best in class” program.
- by Lucy Carroll
‘We have a few secrets up our sleeve’: The Sydney girls' school rising in the HSC charts
An analysis of HSC average scores shows all-girls fully selective and comprehensives outperform all-boys counterparts.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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Education
Revealed: The state’s top schools for HSC English, maths and science
North Sydney Boys is the state’s top-ranked HSC school. But plenty of Sydney’s comprehensive schools are not far behind when subject averages are examined.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
Opinion
Editorial
If an HSC student gets 88 for everything, why shouldn’t they be recognised?
Parents of school-aged children should be entitled to better information than simply HSC band sixes.
- by The Herald's View
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Education
Sydney’s top-ranked school has an HSC average subject score of 89.4. How does your school fare?
By band sixes or averages, North Sydney Boys is the state’s top school. A new analysis of HSC scores has shaken up the top five.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
Series
HSC Study Guide 2024
HSC Study Guide 2024
All the tips and tricks to help you do your best in this year’s exams.
Dancer’s star turn in business studies
Tips and advice from a top-ranked student and HSC exam marker.
A Japanese odyssey for big dreaming Lilliana
Lilliana Davis’s passion for the Japanese culture gave her the drive to master the language and excel in the HSC.
Can you answer these 50 HSC questions?
From physics to mathematics and business studies - take the 2024 HSC quiz.
The pre-teen whiz kids tackling the HSC
Jakob Lal, 11, could do algebra when he was four years old. Josefine Pisano and Charles Fawcett are equally gifted. They’re among the youngest candidates in the year 12 exams.
- by Megan Gorrey