Private schools across Western Australian have announced they will move to online teaching as the nation remains divided over whether schools should remain open during a pandemic.
Donna Lund faced a workplace dilemma in 2016, working as a career practitioner at St Stephen's School. she had found businesses increasingly reluctant to take on students for work experience.
Fees at most of WA's private schools are on the way up, with the BNiQ database showing the state's most expensive schools are costing parents around $5,000 more per year than in 2013.
SPECIAL REPORT: Several high-profile schools have announced plans for restrained fee changes, including some freezes and reductions, in order to stay competitive after several years of weak economic performance in Western Australia.
Western Australia is ideally located to capitalise on the booming export of education to China, but it needs to be at the forefront of government policy in the coming years, according to the principal of the state's largest independent school.
