Prestigious Ballarat Grammar banned from accepting new boarders amid child safety reports

<p>School board apologises after regulator imposes six interim conditions while it conducts a review </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/nov/02/nationals-net-zero-party-room-meeting-coalition-labor-murray-watt-anthony-albanese-apec-mark-butler-medicare-bulk-billing-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Ballarat Grammar has apologised after the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority banned the prestigious school from accepting new boarding students until it proves it can comply with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/childprotection">child safety</a> standards.</p><p>On Friday evening the VRQA chief executive, Stefanie Veal, announced the regulator had imposed six interim conditions on the regional school’s boarding premises registration while it continued a review.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/02/ballarat-grammar-ban-new-boarders-child-safety-reports">Continue reading...</a>