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The gender gap in NSW’s public school opportunity classes is growing, with the proportion of girls in the classes falling to 39.5 per cent.

Despite authorities closing hundreds of university cheating websites, the purchasing of assignments continues apace.

Some schools have seen the length of their waiting lists double as more parents opt for private education for their children. Here’s how the schools choose who gets in.

The principal of James Ruse Agricultural High School, with the support of North Sydney Boys and Girls highs, has written to 500 principals and asked the Department of Education to intervene.

Up to 95 per cent of students at some of the state’s best selective schools are being privately coached, getting a jump on their peers.

The scarcity of places has created an enormous market for tutoring companies.

A revamped selective school test has failed to boost the proportion of girls applying and accepting places in the public system’s top-achieving schools.

A daily mathematics quiz, phonics and explicit instruction are the reasons for the success of St Raphael’s Catholic Primary School in South Hurstville.

Serious HSC breaches also involved students smuggling mobile phones into exam rooms and concealing notes under chairs or hiding them on their lap.

Schools in Sydney’s north and east claim almost double the disability provisions than those in the west, and nearly 20 per cent of private school students apply.