Current Practice in Australia
Parent-teacher interview practice in Australian schools varies considerably from school to school and state to state. Each state has its own education system which may or may not mandate requirements for interviews to be conducted. Non-government schools may be controlled to some extent by federal and state education laws they operate independently in many respects including parent-teacher interviews.
Some schools have just one round of interviews per year, others have several. Two rounds is common, with terms 1 (Feb-April) and 3 (July–September) being popular times. Many schools offer multiple dates, sometimes splitting interviews by year level or by name (e.g. a-k/l-z).
There is often keen demand by parents for times with teachers, though a common observation from teachers is that it's the parents who they don't need to see who attend interviews, while parents who should attend often don't.
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