The NSW Government has announced that it will delay its implementation of the national curriculum until 2014.

The Baillieu government is threatening to deviate from the new national curriculum over its downplaying of language teaching.

Religious instruction in Victorian schools takes a number of forms across the various school sectors and often plays an important part in the school curriculum.

Victoria's $57 million maths and sciences coaches program will be discontinued at the end of the year as part of the $441 million in cuts to be made to the education budget over the next four years.

Almost all schools use Years 7 to 10 to give their students a solid grounding in the most important areas of learning and a chance to find out what they like and are good at before they specialise.

The development of a national curriculum continues and further information can be found on the VCAA and ACARA websites.

Independent schools are non-government institutions that generally do not belong to a system.

Without a doubt, the best way to start the search is to give some thought to your child?s potential to succeed at different things and in different environments.