North Perth Primary School is looking for a new Community Representative to join the school board. The School Board plays an important role in establishing the school’s strategic direction and monitoring its progress towards agreed performance targets, which are set out in the Business Plan. The Board is governed by its
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Almost 500,000 students from kindergarten to Year 12 are expected back at public, Catholic and independent schools across the State for the start of the 2018 school year today. Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery today visited Highgate Primary School, whose students are among the 305,000 students expected to start the
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State and Territory Early Childhood Education Ministers have called on the Commonwealth Government to recognise the clear link between high-quality early childhood education and children doing better at school by committing to ongoing, adequate and sustainable funding for early childhood education. Ministers today welcomed Lifting Our Game, the final report of
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Ten of Western Australia's most remote schools in the Kimberley are the first to take part in an initiative to encourage children to attend school regularly and accelerate the progress of Aboriginal students. The Kimberley Schools Project focuses on targeted teaching to students' specific needs in literacy and numeracy, providing improved
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Combating poor school attendance rates and making learning programs culturally relevant for Aboriginal students are the targets of a new multimillion dollar initiative in the Pilbara. Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery and Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan visited Hedland Senior High School today to launch a series of programs and
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Students across Western Australia will have more one-on-one attention and specialist support with extra education assistants and Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers (AIEOs) starting in classrooms for the new school year. The first 100 additional education assistants will be employed in WA public schools across the State in 2018, with 100
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The WA Government is investing more than $55 million in three new primary schools to help cater for students in rapidly growing suburbs and provide a first-class education to Western Australian students. Visiting Baldivis today, Premier Mark McGowan and Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery announced construction of Baldivis North (South
Read MoreThe WA Government has committed $18.9 million to build a new primary school on Lawrence Way in Byford. A key election commitment, construction will begin in 2018 with the school expected to be open to students in 2020. Originally $15.6 million was set aside for the build, however, to accommodate long-term projected
Read MoreGet paid to learn and end up on comparable salary to a university graduate – that is the pitch to graduating high school students to consider an apprenticeship or traineeship. Apprenticeship Support Australia General Manager Nathan Bentley said we know employers are struggling to attract and retain young staff, despite increasing
Read MoreArmadale Senior High School has been selected as the location for a three-year pilot of the Full Service Schools program. Full Service Schools provide a range of services and activities, often beyond the school day, to help meet the needs of children, their families and the wider community. A Full
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