Series
HSC and the schools, students that excel
New analysis of HSC data shows public schools that are achieving consistently strong results across their whole student cohort.
- Exclusive
- High school
We re-ranked schools based on HSC averages. Here’s what you didn’t know
James Ruse is the highest achieving school in the state no matter what data you use. Search the top 150 public schools to see which excel across the whole cohort rather than just band six results.
- Lucy Carroll, Nigel Gladstone and Syed Ahmad
HSC subjects: where your school ranks on our lists
Whether it is science, maths or business studies, we have analysed subject average data for selective and comprehensive schools to reveal which schools excel in particular fields in the HSC.
- Lucy Carroll, Nigel Gladstone and Syed Ahmad
- Opinion
Why HSC restrictions hide the truths we all need to see
Restricting HSC information for more than two decades has warped our view of success and hidden the stars of public schooling for far too long.
- The Herald's View
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
This year’s laugh fest has kicked off, with more than 2000 performers stepping up to the mic. Here, our writers take a closer look
- 10 stories
Hate of origin: Inside football’s most intense rivalry
Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from some old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal in the mid-80s to last year’s failed bid by the Hawks to poach the Bombers’ captain.
- 5 stories