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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.
Formation day heralds beginning of 2026 school year
Canberra-Goulburn Catholic Education staff gathered online for a formation day to mark the start of the 2026 school year and reconnect educators around a shared sense of mission and identity. Source: Catholic Voice.
Opposition backs government adviser’s call to fix school curriculum
The federal Opposition has backed a government adviser’s call for the national school curriculum to focus on foundational skills, as one-third of children struggle to read. Source: The Australian.
Continuity for students as college opens junior campus
The new school year has marked a historic moment for Catholic Schools Broken Bay, with the first students starting at the new St Paul’s Catholic College Junior Campus in Balgowlah, in northern Sydney.
Families get back-to-school boost with pop-up shop
More than 200 families in Maryborough, Queensland, have found themselves in a better position ahead of the 2026 school year through Centacare’s School Savvy pop-up shop. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Queensland’s new Catholic education body installed
Brisbane Archbishop Shane Mackinlay has encouraged leaders of Queensland’s new peak Catholic education body to keep the young people in their care at the centre of their policy and procedures. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Catholic sector challenges ‘misleading’ report on education costs
The National Catholic Education Commission has challenged a report on education costs released this week, saying it presents a misleading picture of fees in Catholic schools nationwide.
Catholic sector welcomes announcement of antisemitism taskforce
The National Catholic Education Commission has heralded the Albanese Government’s announcement of an Antisemitism Education Taskforce as an important and necessary step to end the scourge of antisemitism and hate-based rhetoric and action in our society.
Calls to view the world through a ‘Newman lens’
The head of the English archdiocese where St John Henry Newman lived and worked has joined in appeals for the saint’s teachings to be used more imaginatively in education and evangelisation. Source: OSV News.