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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
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
Making the cut: Why students’ side hustles are big business
This garage business has earned one student about $3000 a year and proved so successful that his parents now park their car on the street.
- Bridie Smith
Gender play gap: Girls lag far behind in sport participation
Teenage girls participate in sport at half the rate of their male peers.
- Bridie Smith
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The Victorian schools where enrolments are booming
Enrolments have more than doubled at some schools over recent years and many others have also experienced rapid growth.
- Alex Crowe
Where to find Melbourne’s best schools
Almost all of Melbourne’s best public schools are in the same area.
- Alex Crowe and The Visual Stories Team