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Catholic educator steps down after 30 years of promoting excellence
After more than 30 years in Catholic education – four of them as executive director of Brisbane Catholic Education – Sally Towns has resigned for health reasons. Source: The Catholic Leader.
NSW Catholic schools reach highest ever market share
Reflecting growing demand for a Catholic education, Catholic schools in NSW have reached their highest ever market share. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
ACU teacher program recognised at Shaping Australia Awards
Australian Catholic University’s innovative Step Up into Teaching has taken out the Future Builder People’s Choice category at Universities Australia’s 2025 Shaping Australia Awards.
Increase in religious schools, home schooling could prevent ‘kids mixing’
A rise in faith-based education and home schooling risks Australian children growing up without any meaningful exposure to peers outside their cultural and ethnic groups, a Labor frontbencher says. Source: The Guardian.
Ensuring parents have a voice in Catholic education
Catholic School Parents Australia council members gathered in Hobart at the weekend for two days of prayer, planning and national collaboration.
Education union report ‘distorts’ facts on school funding
The National Catholic Education Commission says an Australian Education Union report on school infrastructure funding is a poor characterisation of figures, which advances sector division and undermines the whole of the Australian education system.
Retired teacher accepts Catholic Education offer ‘in a heartbeat’
When Terry McCarthy was asked if he would come out of retirement and step into the role of Interim Executive Director of Catholic Education Tasmania, his initial thought was that he would be there “in a heartbeat”. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Preschool for three-year-olds get kids off to a flying start
The start of the new school year marks an exciting milestone for Catholic Education South Australia, with six schools welcoming their youngest learners through the rollout of a preschool program for three-year-olds.
Sydney Catholic Schools reveals plan to fix school reports
Parents are being short-changed by school reports which lack the “colour and movement” of previous generations, the head of Sydney Catholic Schools has declared while unveiling plans to overhaul and broaden how students are assessed. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.