A ban on mobile phones at public secondary schools, introduced a year ago, has shown significant improvement in student behaviour and interactions.

Urrbrae Agricultural High School’s $10 million facility upgrade has been officially opened.

Boosting the education of young people about the important role civics and citizenship play in our society will be the focus of sweeping nation-leading curriculum reforms.

Enrolments are now open for all five technical colleges, with families encouraged to apply for places in 2025 and 2026.

Ensuring young people have important guidance in their development of respectful relationships will be the focus of a new $4 million program in all public schools.

Thousands of five-year-olds are taking their first exciting step into the classroom today as the first intake of midyear school students start school

Reidy Park Primary School has undergone a $5.33 million facility upgrade to refresh multiple classrooms and provide additional all-weather outdoor learning spaces.

New designs for the Mount Gambier Technical College have been released today with a focus on integrated industry-specific workshops.

Roxby Downs Area School has undergone a $7 million facility upgrade, which features a nature playground and a new amphitheatre providing an open-air performance space for students to showcase their talents.

A complete re-evaluation of the way public school infrastructure priorities and investment is decided has been detailed, providing a new framework for the equitable distribution of funding over the next few decades.

World-leading research to determine the benefits of teaching children how to learn and manage their own learning is being undertaken with 4,000 students at 57 primary schools across South Australia.

The State Government will invest $715 million over five years to implement universal 3-year-old preschool and other key recommendations from the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care.

The State Government will invest $218 million to build a new preschool and primary school at Mount Barker, and a new secondary school in the northern suburbs of Adelaide.

An additional 12.2 million has been committed to a redevelopment project for Fregon Anangu School on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, bringing the total budget for the work to $33.2 million.

A $6.3 million facility upgrade has been officially recognised at Parafield Gardens Primary School featuring new classrooms and an art suite.

A new performing arts facility, named after a former student who has performed for royalty, is the centrepiece of a $14 million facility upgrade at Valley View Secondary School.

Students are set to move into the new building at Adelaide Botanic High School today, with the $98 million expansion project almost complete.

South Australia’s only specialist science and mathematics school, based in Adelaide’s inner south, has undergone a $3 million facility upgrade.

Construction of the Tonsley Technical College is underway, with concrete pouring and other key work taking place on site.

A $12.14 million redevelopment of Henley High School, in Adelaide’s west, has officially opened.

South Australian public school students will receive a new, innovative curriculum with the first four subjects of the South Australian Curriculum for Public Education now released.

Music education in schools will be expanded over the next three years with a $7.5 million commitment by the State Government.

A further $6 million is being invested in school supports by the State Government to reduce violence in schools.

Students at The Heights Technical College will be looking to the skies through an aero skills specialisation.

A trial of a mathematics assessment is underway at nearly 100 South Australian primary schools to improve numeracy outcomes for the next generation of students.

A trial to support families with out of hours preschool care for children will begin this year, with 20 locations across South Australia.

Whyalla Secondary College, a new $100 million school designed to merge the town’s three existing high school campuses has officially opened.

More than 86,800 students across South Australia will start National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing today.

Mathematics is in the spotlight at the Department for Education Numeracy Summit at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Tuesday 5 March.

Road safety education in South Australian public schools will be revamped to ensure students are provided with the right information to help them make safe decisions when on the road.

A significant relationship has been forged between global resources company BHP and the State Government’s Technical College at Port Augusta.

More than 52,000 school breakfasts have been served to an extra 2,000 students across the state accessing the school breakfast program between terms 1 and 3 of last year – a direct result of increased funding to the program.

The new Morialta Secondary College has officially opened today in order to meet the growing enrolment demand in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs.

South Australia’s first Specialist Teacher Workforce Plan has officially launched.

More than 70 high school students have been awarded scholarships worth up to $10,000 to support learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects.

Find out more about the $33 million Digital Strategy that will support generations of students to come.

An almost $21 million school expansion has begun in Adelaide’s inner north with a sod turning at Roma Mitchell Secondary College.

The first of the State Government’s technical colleges – Findon Technical College – has officially opened its doors to students and staff today.

Today will see everything from tears to delight at the school gate, for both students and their parents, as the 2024 school year gets underway for more than 185,000 youngsters who are attending government schools and preschools statewide.

The latest round of successful applicants for Parents in Education funding have been announced for the 2024 school year.

Apprenticeship safety will be a key area of focus in 2024, with this work to be bolstered through the formation of a new apprentice and trainee safety committee.

School Card applications for the 2023 school year are now open.

The State Government’s ban on mobile phone use in public high schools has seen a dramatic decrease in violent incidents, according to latest data.

Woodville High School has undergone a $10 million facility upgrade which includes the construction of two new purpose-built buildings ensuring the school can welcome more students in the future.

Latest figures reveal South Australia is leading the nation with the number of students enrolled in vocational, education and training (VET).

Year 1 students in South Australia’s public schools are continuing to show improvements in literacy – with results from the 2023 phonics screening check climbing for the fifth consecutive year.

Springbank Secondary College has undergone an $11.5 million upgrade, including new learning areas and break out spaces.

The Premier’s Reading Challenge will this year celebrate its 20th anniversary with South Australian children reading more than 27 million books over the 20 years.

In classrooms from Ceduna to Clare, more than 60 university students will gain firsthand teaching experience across regional South Australia in 2024 after being awarded a State Government scholarship.

South Downs Primary School will officially change its name to Taparra Primary School.

South Australia claimed multiple awards, including Silver for both Innovation in VET and Small Training Provider of the Year, at the Australian Training Awards held in Hobart, last night.

Memorial Oval Primary School in Whyalla has undergone a $2.1 million facility upgrade, officially opened by Minister for Education, Training and Skills, Blair Boyer today.

The Australian Education Union is taking industrial action on Thursday 9 November 2023.

The 2023 Premier’s ANZAC Spirit School Prize has been awarded to 20 Year 9 and 10 students from across South Australia, with the recipients to attend a 12-day study tour to Vietnam in April 2024 to coincide with Anzac Day.

From next year, South Australian apprentices will be able to study at university and earn money while working for a defence employer under Australia’s first genuine Degree Apprenticeship, supported by funding from the State Government.

Australian submarine company ASC has agreed to a significant partnership with Tonsley Technical College that will provide employment pathways for school students into defence industries.

After fire destroyed the historic building at Kapunda High School last year, the school has turned its devastation into a learning opportunity for students.

Educators devoted to supporting and motivating the state’s children and young people were recognised at the 12th annual South Australian Public Education Awards tonight.

A South Australian teacher who helped inspire one of her students to become a Paralympian is featuring in a national teacher recruitment advertising campaign.

South Australian educators have been recognised in the 2023 Minister’s Arts Education Awards.