The chair of a prominent peak body overseeing independent schools in NSW has resigned effective immediately after the ABC revealed a convicted child sex offender was on its board at the time it investigated a Cranbrook School teacher’s sexually explicit emails. The Association of Independent Schools NSW (AISNSW) and eliteContinue Reading
Star ABC investigative journalist Louise Milligan has revealed the staggering number of legal threats she has received ahead of a Four Corners program on a prestigious Sydney boys school. The public broadcaster’s flagship journalism program is hours away from airing an episode on Cranbrook School, an elite private school inContinue Reading
A retired alumni of a prestigious Sydney boys’ school says its decision to go co-ed will change the “dynamics” and “traditions” of the school, breaking its long-standing male bond. Former construction boss Tony Ratsos, 63, who graduated from Newington College in 1977, also sent his son to the school. MrContinue Reading
Parents of students at some of Sydney’s most exclusive schools are reportedly being charged thousands of dollars just to secure their children’s enrolment. Trinity Grammar, Cranbrook and The King’s School are among city’s elite institutions which charge prospective students a non-refundable enrolment fee. An independent all-boys school, Trinity Grammar hikedContinue Reading