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Schools that Excel 2025
Celebrating Victorian schools that have improved their end-of-year VCE performance over the past decade.
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This sporty school changed its tune and danced its way to VCE stardom
This boys’ school, known for being a feeder to the AFL draft, has added dance to its repertoire. And the results are starting to show.
- Bridie Smith
These students are ditching screens for boots and garden tools to dig up VCE success
A 200-acre property replete with apricot and lemon orchards is helping this independent school stand out among its rivals.
- Caroline Schelle
Schools that Excel 2025: Find out your school’s VCE results over the past decade
The Age’s Schools that Excel series celebrates schools that achieve outstanding improvement in their VCE results over a decade. Find out who won and use our dashboard to track your school’s results.
- Craig Butt and Noel Towell
Where and why Brisbane kids are leaving primary schools for year 5 entry
Eight-year-old Henrietta is set to switch schools when she gets to year 5 – and she’s part of a growing trend of families making the leap to high school early. Here are the primary schools with the biggest exodus.
- Felicity Caldwell
Plans unveiled for a new high school at Macquarie Park
Construction will begin next year on the eight-storey secondary school for 2000 students – a key step in the area’s transition from industrial to mixed-use.
- Anthony Segaert
The best way to get into select-entry schools, from kids who have done it
Students who aced their exams are now part of the 2026 intake for select-entry schools. Here are their tips for those wanting to sit the test next year.
- Caroline Schelle
‘I really want to make my parents proud’: Tears of fear then relief as Sriaradhya makes selective cut
It’s the moment 17,559 school children have been waiting for. Selective school test results are out, but not without a last-minute glitch.
- Emily Kowal and Frances Howe
‘Significant failure’: Verdict on selective school test fiasco
As students receive their results today, the chaos they endured in testing won’t happen again after the riot squad was needed to control crowds this year.
- Lucy Carroll
These students’ superpower guarantees VCE success, but the western suburbs need more schools
In a special series on Melbourne’s west, we reveal the top VCE schools in the booming region where many students have fewer choices and face long commutes.
- Noel Towell and Craig Butt