Westlake Boys’ High: Inside the culture driving the North Shore school’s sporting dominance
“We do have good facilities and that’s something we focus on,” says headmaster Paul Fordham. “That’s something that’s…
Cambridge International exams: The NZ schools that produced the highest-achieving students
Yet 12 months earlier, he wasn’t even considering taking PE. He’d long dreamed of being accepted into an…
Power rankings: New Zealand’s top sporting schools of 2025 revealed
The 2025 results are in, and they reveal a new leader in both genders. Also featuring in this…
The cost of keeping principals: Pay packets at top private schools
While comparable figures are not reported by the public school system, the Ministry of Education provided some ranges…
Fisher at Bay Oval leads huge Bay of Plenty summer events lineup
The concert was the latest instalment in the Bay Oval’s expansion beyond cricket games. The sports ground previously…
When disaster strikes: What schools do when left to deal with NZ’s traumatic events
Murray Burton still remembers the horror of the first phone call from police on the evening of the…
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. She was the one expelled
THIBODAUX, La. — The teasing was relentless. Nude images of a 13-year-old girl and her friends, generated by…
Deepfake cyberbullying: Schools confront rise of AI-generated nude images
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — The teasing was relentless. Nude images of a 13-year-old girl and her friends, generated…
‘Help us’ Young MSPs share harrowing mental health battles to back suicide prevention campaign
Youth parliament represenatives have called on ministers to act on the youth suicide epidemic demanding mandatory suicide prevention…
Why have half of secondary school pupils been off with anxiety?
When it comes to anxiety, therapists and psychologists often talk about a “cycle of avoidance”: a pattern of…
Hawke’s Bay secondary school duxes 2025 – our best and brightest students
Oliver Stubbs is an incredibly talented and diligent young man who excelled academically throughout his time at Napier…
Australia risks creating a generation of ‘chronically anxious’ kids unless changes are made to the National Curriculum, report warns
Australia risks creating a generation of “chronically anxious” young people unless limits are placed on the teaching of…