‘I’ve never met my classmates’: the Australian high schoolers sitting their year 12 exams at home

‘Finally finishing? It’ll be really cool,’ says 17-year-old high school student and professional skateboarder Haylie Powell. Photograph: The Guardian

For the average year 12 student, weekdays tend to consist of PowerPoint presentations in packed classrooms and exam cramming in the library.

But 17-year-old Haylie Powell takes her classes alone – and they need to fit in around her full-on skateboarding schedule. When she sits her final year exams later this month, it will be from her Queensland home, with her parents supervising.