The NSW Department of Education also has School Support services present in 33 locations, boasting a workforce of around 700.

Parents say they're "incredibly nervous" about returning their children to school during NSW's largest COVID-19 outbreak and that "vague" reassurances from the Department of Education haven't helped.

Murat Dizdar has slighted his private sector counterparts by suggesting the education system could be better off without Catholic and independent schools.

Labor and civic groups call for a permanent solution after the Department of Education confirms it is delivering bottled water to almost 50 schools in NSW.

A data stuff-up has resulted in the biometric data of NSW school students being collected by Microsoft Teams – with the Education Department not realising the issue “for weeks”.

The former CIO for the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC), Sandie Matthews, has replaced Stephen Loquet as CIO for the NSW Department of Education.

A NSW Department of Education memo sent to staff this week said anyone who was qualified to teach could “volunteer” to be sent back into schools to fill any shortfall of teachers from November ...

The NSW Department of Education is looking for a new CIO to head its IT directorate after current chief information and data officer Sandie Matthews moved to a new, undisclosed organisation last ...

The former managing director of the ABC, Mark Scott, has been appointed as the new secretary of the NSW Department of Education. Mr Scott, a former teacher, political advisor and editor before ...

As New South Wales schools prepare to begin term three the education department has been forced to take systems offline after a cyber-attack.

NSW government announces school funding to be slashed by 1.25 per cent Public schools in one state have been told to brace for “quite significant” funding cuts, as households opt to send their ...

A NSW Cabinet minister’s wife has been disciplined by the department of education for pro-Palestinian activism at the public school where she teaches.