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‘Catholic identity shapes every aspect of school life’
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools has welcomed Bishop-elect Stephen Wang to Melbourne for a series of talks, forums and community gatherings that invited students, families, teachers and leaders to reflect on the distinctive mission and purpose of Catholic education. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Church community celebrates First Nations graduates
Brisbane’s Catholic community celebrated 209 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander senior students at the 2026 Year 12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Graduation Liturgy at St Stephen’s Cathedral. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Catholic Education plan to ensure faith ‘oxygenates’ every classroom
Catholic Education Canberra and Goulburn has set out an ambitious vision for the next seven years, placing Catholic faith at the heart of how students learn, grow and understand the world around them. Source: Catholic Voice.
Catholic Schools NSW sacks CEO after ICAC appearance
Catholic Schools NSW has sacked chief executive Dallas McInerney, days after he appeared before a state corruption watchdog inquiry. Source: ABC News.
Schools must have clear purpose and mission
While the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption’s Operation Rosny has much left to explore, Catholic education can identify practices that fall short of good governance, writes Jack de Groot. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Empowering First Nations students through culture, faith and learning
More than 250 educators, school leaders and community members from across Australia and New Zealand gathered in the Toowoomba region last week for the 2026 Queensland First Nations Catholic Education Conference, titled “Heart on Country”.
Small school wins big prize at Australian Education Awards
For MacKillop Education Waranara School in Sydney’s inner west, success is seen every day when students who once refused to attend school are in class again with their education back on track. Source: MacKillop Family Services.
Broken Bay’s schools go to top of the class
Catholic Schools Broken Bay’s “Shaping Tomorrow Together in Faith Strategy” to strengthen teaching and learning has helped its diocesan schools perform strongly in the latest NAPLAN results.
One in three students fail to meet NAPLAN benchmarks
Reading and writing scores are going backwards for almost every age group in Australia’s national standardised school tests, with one in three students still failing to meet NAPLAN benchmarks. Source: The Guardian.