Australia has perhaps the widest range of schooling options in the English-speaking world, including a comparatively high proportion of single-sex schools in both the public and non-government sectors. While co-education is the predominant mode of schooling in the US and Canada, and is rapidly becoming so in the UK as well, gender-specific education remains a […]
If you didn’t attend a boarding school yourself, your impressions of residential schools have probably been formed, at least in part, by Hollywood. It seems that every decade produces an era-defining tale set in a boarding school. From the 60s counter-culture touchstone, If, to Australia’s own haunting 70s classic, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Dead Poets Society […]
Australia’s boarding schools are undergoing a resurgence as students increasingly embrace the advantages of living at school, particularly during the week. The popularity of Monday to Friday boarding is strongest with “HSC boarders” — senior students who have chosen boarding to allow them to focus more intensely on their studies, free of the distractions of […]