If you grew up watching Home and Away in the ’00s, you’ll remember

a few important things: captivating storylines like the Summer Bay stalker,

icons like Bec Cartwright and Tammin Sursok releasing music,

confusing storylines around psychic twins, and of course, Summer Bay High. The school was a HUGE part of Home and Away, whether it revolved around Sally’s teaching, principal Donald Fisher, or all the teens and their entangled love webs.

If you’re watching Home and Away in 2024, you may have noticed the school hasn’t appeared for years. In fact, it’s quietly gone without a word. Teens no longer exist in Summer Bay, or if they do, apparently they don’t have to go to school anymore. Long gone are the iconic uniforms, school stabbings, and random teen drama.

For a while now, Home and Away fans have been asking the same question, and we want answers!

What the hell happened to the Home and Away school?

It’s a question that often comes up in Home and Away fan groups and live discussion threads and some moderators are getting a little fed up with it.

“We receive so many posts and comments about the school and when and if it’s coming back! So to answer the question NO it’s not coming back those days are gone! The show has moved on,” one person posted earlier this year.

But still, knowing the school isn’t coming back hasn’t quenched the fans’ yearning for the good old days.

“It’s not just the school, there’s no young people at all!” one person complained. “The original concept with the foster carer family was genius, it ensured a revolving door of new young talent. People will still miss it.”

“It’s a shame,” another agreed. “It had family appeal to it then… but I know it is now targeted to the adult population. Gotta move with the flow.”

“Now it’s a cop show/hospital ED show,” someone else commented, with one person saying, “All they do is drink and jump into bed, nobody works, taken a turn for the worse”.

Others, however, don’t necessarily miss all the kid and teen drama.

“Tbh it’s turning rather creepy how we all are adults here and yet still harp on about the school should be there,” one person pointed out. “We have better things to watch than kids at school.”