<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney's"><span>Sydney's</span></a><span> most prestigious </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/schools" rel="" target="_blank" title="schools"><span>schools</span></a><span> is investigating two students who allegedly entered a staffroom to try and access exam papers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Newington College, a private </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/school" rel="" target="_blank" title="school"><span>school</span></a><span> in Sydney's Inner West, confirmed they were reviewing the circumstances surrounding an incident where two students allegedly entered staffrooms on the school's senior campus in Stanmore last week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Evidence indicates that two students entered staffrooms on the Senior campus last week to gain access to examination papers," Deputy Headmaster and Head of the Senior Campus Andy Quinane said in a letter to the school community yesterday, seen by </span><a href="http://nine.com.au"><span>nine.com.au</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-may-27-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/8a193af4-9f50-47d9-94e0-41f86bd51fdc" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Trump's plan to withdraw units from allied countries</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Disciplinary action for the students has not been decided on yet, but the school insists there has been no damage to the integrity of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/education" rel="" target="_blank" title="education"><span>education</span></a><span> of other students.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The assessment process does not appear to have been compromised," Quinane said, saying the investigation process was still in its early phases.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are also reviewing security measures across the campus."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/newington-college-students-allegedly-attempt-steal-exam-papers-sydney/d790aef4-0611-4de8-9f5e-07a2d919aa9b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is understood police have been notified.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The matter has not been referred to NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), the authority responsible for administering private schools in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="_blank" title="New South Wales"><span>New South Wales</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WEATHER:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-weather-forecast-flood-risk-emerges-near-record-rainfall-hammers-east-coast/b259b04c-f1f3-4e0a-933f-1a9709260ed4" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Flood risk emerges as near-record rainfall hammers east coast</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This is because exams were internal school assessments and not part of the final HSC exams, meaning it is the school's responsibility to manage and investigate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Newington is currently an all-boys school, but is undergoing a plan to become co-educational, though this has been met with controversy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/legal-bid-to-stop-private-school-admitting-girls-struck-down/4c1c296e-6b68-4acc-ac32-1aa3b5df2cc3" rel="" target="_blank" title="legal challenge"><span>legal challenge</span></a><span> attempting to block such a move failed last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier this year, a music teacher who was employed at the school on a casual basis was </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-teacher-charged-after-allegedly-posing-as-teenager-to-groom-14yearold-girl/cd8c392d-85d2-4387-8698-f0548cedc694" rel="" target="_blank" title="charged"><span>charged</span></a><span> after allegedly grooming a 14-year-old student online.</span></div></div>