A Catholic school education in Adelaide is more expensive than in any other Australian city, the Australian Scholarship Group says.
At Melton Secondary College, perched on the fringe of Melbourne’s north-western sprawl, teachers are forced to roster class heating and cooling.
Supersized schools are being proposed to cater for booming student numbers, with soaring enrolments prompting one school to truck in almost 50 portables and run five staggered lunchtimes.
Melbourne’s skyrocketing population is putting enormous pressure of the state’s education system.
New data from The Good Schools Guide regarding Year 7 enrolments has revealed the top growth areas in metropolitan Melbourne over the last 10 years.