Notable Alumni: Portia de Rossi, actress. Motto: Tempus celerius radio fugit, or ‘Time flies faster than a weaver’s shuttle’. Let’s be clear on one important thing: this is not a definitive ranking of Australia’s best private schools and can’t be interpreted that way. Chris Taylor, comedian, The Chaser. Private School News Australia, has compiled all the available 2019 Private School … “While it has taken the schools time to adjust, the shift in mindset is becoming apparent.

There’s co-education, single sex, religious and non-denominational to start with, all before you consider whether to choose public, private or independent. Belinda Hutchison, chancellor of Sydney University. WA did not make it on to the list of top 10 fees at all, in which Victoria and NSW schools ranged from $36,000 to around $41,500 for Geelong Grammar. Private school tuition fees vary considerably across Australia; however you may expect to pay anywhere between $18,000 and $41,000 for a Year 12 day student attending an established, well regarded metropolitan private school in 2020 - with boarding fees in addition. Location: Ojai, California Tuition: $62,280
Prime ministers Alfred Deakin and Malcolm Fraser. Zoe Buckman, athletics Olympian. These are generally prestigious schools and their fees are at the very top end of the range - Catholic schools are usually appreciably less expensive. Georgie Parker, actress. The annual tuition fee in years 7-12 is $14,730. Notable Alumni: Andy Thomas, astronaut. We took a 4-hour flight on the new Delta Airbus jet that Boeing tried to keep out of the US.

Don Burke, television personality. Most schools do, however, provide a discount of some form for families where multiple children attend the same school. An enrolment fee of $1,500.

3. Motto: Ad Superiora Viam Inveniam, or ‘I will find a way to higher things’. Anh Do, author and entertainer. A $2,000 advance fee. We believe that a school's acceptance of any level of public funding should be contingent on a minimum level of transparency, including fees charged and their enrolment policies. Cost: A non refundable registration fee of $100 fee for each new enrollment and a non-refundable $2,500 confirmation fee. Notable Alumni: Barbara Cullen, national president of Country Women’s Association. A $2000 confirmation fee. Artist's impression of PLC's new music centre, on which construction will start later this year. We would rather see this sort of funding integrated within a family's overall financial plan; unless participation is simply seen as a budgeting tool.
In fresh evidence of Western Australia’s struggling economy, Perth’s most exclusive schools are taking parents to court over unpaid fees even as overall the state's private school fee increases are lagging well behind the east coast's. Ewen McKenzie, rugby union coach. Cost: A non-refundable $100 enrolment fee. Virginia Bell, High Court judge. Size: As at the end of 2015, the student population was 920 students in years 7 to 12. Notable Alumni: Joe Hockey, former federal treasurer. Meanwhile Parramatta Marist High School proved to be the most bang for your buck, ranking sixth on the list and offering the lowest tuition fees at $4,357 per annum for a … Cost: A non refundable registration fee of $440. WA’s five most expensive schools all increased fees between 2-3 per cent: PLC to $29,028, Christ Church to $28,320, Scotch College in Swanbourne to $28,300 (though its $26,000 boarder fee stayed flat), Methodist Ladies’ College in Claremont to $28,244 and Hale School in Wembley Downs to $27,200. Motto: Deo Patriae litteris, or ‘To God, for country, and for learning’.