Home
Search
thewest.com.au
NewsChevron Right Icon

Education

‘I am struggling. Not with the separation or the emotional shift or even the snacks for the lunch boxes. It’s the WhatsApp,’ writes Edwina Bartholomew.

opinion
opinion
Edwina Bartholomew CommentsPremium
opinion
Why I’m hitting mute on my kid’s school WhatsApp groups

I want to be engaged, get to know other parents and stay in touch with the teacher but it’s all slightly overwhelming. Is anyone else on the same page?

Edwina Bartholomew

Photos have emerged of students boxing each other at Halls Head College.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
EducationPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Year 8 students operating brutal ‘fight club’ at school

It’s where boys go in secret to let off steam and prove their worth - and risk getting broken jaws, swollen cheeks and black eyes while being beaten to a pulp. And it happens in a classroom in school time.

Troy de Ruyter

Nurses and midwives have demanded the ability to prescribe basic medications and issue diagnostics in a move that would reduce wait times and costs. NewsWire/ Naomi Jellicoe

newsPremiumNurses issue seven demands to Labor

Nurses and midwives have demanded the ability to prescribe basic medications and issue diagnostics in a move they say would reduce wait times and costs.

Jessica Wang

WA children sitting their national literacy and numeracy tests have dodged problems impacting students in other states.

EducationCommentsPremiumWA students escape widespread online NAPLAN glitch

WA children sitting their national literacy and numeracy tests have dodged problems impacting students in other states with the help of the big time difference between the west and east coasts.

Bethany Hiatt

Lighthouse Maths, a teacher training program that is changing how maths is taught in WA classrooms.

Making maths count: The Chevron-Scitech partnership transforming the classroom

A look into declining maths results across the board and what’s being done to fix it.

Scitech 

Advertiser Content
Geoffrey Cheeseman unearths the time capsule at Mt Barker Community College.

Times pastMBCC time capsule a blast from the past

Mt Barker got a glimpse into its past last month when it unearthed a time capsule buried 25 years ago.

Jacki Elezovich

Ollie Mansfield and Kate Goldsmith at Manea Senior College ball 2025.

College ballPremiumManea Senior College students attended a summery ball

The Manea Senior College graduating class danced the night away at their college ball last month. 

Sofia Fimognari

Mothers in rural areas report quitting their jobs due to a dearth of childcare. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumElection push for childcare as rural kids 'held back'

Farmers, families and advocates are calling on all side of politics to improve "dire" access to childcare in the bush, where there are years-long waiting lists.

Stephanie Gardiner

Leinster Community Daycare centre director Christine Bell, pictured right, recruited FIFO educator Tracey Mouna, left, last month.

EducationCommentsPremiumWA’s childcare crisis pushes centres to turn to FIFO

Regional and rural childcare centres are offering fly-in fly-out positions, accommodation and relocation incentives to attract staff amid a critical worker shortage which is forcing some centres to shut down.

Rhianna Mitchell

If you’re a parent of a school student in Year 3, 5, 7, or 9, your child is probably sitting the NAPLAN test this week, along with about 140,000 other students in WA. 

opinion
opinion
OPINIONCommentsPremium
opinion
West Aussie kids playing school catch-up with rest of world

In WA, only 12 per cent of Year 4s and 13 per cent of Year 8s reached the “advanced” proficiency level in maths.

Jordana Hunter & Daniel Petrie

Two boys use their boogie boards on a flooded patch of grass in Scarborough, Brisbane.

StormsVideoAll the schools closed across NSW and Queensland tomorrow as Alfred chaos continues

See the full list.

Digital Staff

The University of WA has banned student announcements at the start of lectures, following widespread concerns about rising levels of racism, intolerance and anti-Semitism on university campuses. 

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
EducationCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Prestigious WA uni bans students from disrupting lectures

Students risk disciplinary action if they ignore the new restrictions.

Bethany Hiatt

Australia’s leading after-school care service was slapped with a series of fines after it was revealed several children had managed to leave the premises without anyone noticing. 

Courts & JusticePremiumAfter-school club fined $220k for kids leaving premises

Australia’s leading after-school care service was slapped with a series of fines after it was revealed several children had managed to leave the premises without anyone noticing. 

Harriet Flinn

Not Supplied

UPDATEDPremiumMan shot dead by cops near private school

Chaos has unfolded outside a private school on the Gold Coast, leaving one man dead and two others injured.

Rhiannon Lewin

Isobel McNab, 8, has won the Scout of the Year award for her work with Dolly's Dream in her school.

Speaking upPremiumDonnybrook primary school student named Scout of the Year

An eight-year-old girl from Donnybrook has been recognised for her dedication to ending bullying in her school community.

Sofia Fimognari

Eliza Zaknich 6, Dr Amelia Harray and Samuel Zaknich, 8, eating breakfast.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
HealthCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Skipping breakfast linked to poor NAPLAN results

Kids who skip breakfast are more likely to have poorer NAPLAN results than their breakfast-loving counterparts, new research has found. 

Hannah Cross

Ian Maraei started his new position as Katanning Senior High School principal on February 5.

STAR SCHOOL LEADERSHIPPremiumKatanning senior school to transform with new leadership

A known driving force for positive transformational leadership across regional schools has been appointed to take the helm at Katanning Senior High School for the 2025 school year.

Hannah Whitehead

Speed limits have already been reduced in suburbs including Collingwood and Fitzroy. NewsWire / David Crosling

NewsPremiumState’s huge plan to slash speed limits

Speed limits in residential streets could be slashed to a crawling 30km/h under sweeping new proposals suggested by the state’s infrastructure advisory body.

Alexandra Feiam

Nationwide, about 100,000 - or one in six - kids in the age group are not in preschool or school. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumHousing, health and complexity hold back early learning

Early learning advocates, service providers and children advocate peak bodies say housing, health and system complexity is holding back kids from early learning

Luke Costin

NSW public schools will benefit from $4.8bn in funding over the next 10 years, which could see them fully funded under a new agreement reached by the federal and state governments. NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

NewsPremiumLatest state signs $4.8bn schools deal

NSW public schools are set to benefit from $4.8bn in funding after the state and federal governments reached a new agreement.

Emma Kirk

Despite the war tearing their country apart, a passion for the age-old artform of circus is helping talented Ukrainian children cope with devastation and despair.

Conflict and WarPremiumUkrainian circus kids training for circus in bomb shelters

Despite the war tearing their country apart, a passion for the age-old artform of circus is helping talented Ukrainian children cope with devastation and despair.

Bethany Hiatt

Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the US.

EducationPremium‘Teacher’s Hamas praise deserving of the sack’: Ambassador

A former Israeli ambassador to the US believes a Perth teacher who praised a dead Hamas terrorist in a public school classroom should be sacked.

Bethany Hiatt

WA is experiencing a huge rise in anti-Semitic attacks, with school students facing comments including “go back to the gas chambers, you filthy Jew” from classmates.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
EducationPremium
The West Australian exclusive
New measures to address anti-Semitism scourge in WA schools

WA is experiencing a huge rise in anti-Semitic attacks, with school students facing comments including ‘go back to the gas chambers, you filthy Jew’ from classmates.

Rhianna Mitchell

Braeside Primary School principal Geoffrey Noel MacNicol has had his teaching registration cancelled.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
CrimePremium
The West Australian exclusive
WA primary school principal charged with child sex offences

The alleged offences occurred during the January school holidays and in the metropolitan area.

Jake Dietsch