Adelaide’s Seymour College & Walford Anglican School for Girls raise 2025 year 12 fees above $32,000
Two top private girls’ schools have now joined the exclusive over 30s club – hiking their year 12 fees above $32,000.
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Top Adelaide girls schools will charge more than $32,000 for year 12 tuition next year.
Walford Anglican School for Girls and Seymour College have released their 2025 fee schedules, joining at least four other elite campuses billing parents more than $30,000 for their child’s final year of education.
Walford has raised its fee by 5.4 per cent, to $32,520, making it the third-most expensive Adelaide private school based on data published online so far.
The Advertiser analysis of private school websites shows Seymour has increased its fee by 5.6 per cent, to $32,400.
Pembroke School, which topped the 2024 fee list at $31,251, is among those yet to update their 2025 fee schedules.
Others include St Peter’s Girls School and Wilderness School.
Westminster School has informed parents of a 6.9 per cent fee hike, taking its year 12 tuition cost to $28,728.
All-boys St Peter’s College (charging $32,910 in 2025) is currently the most expensive campus based on information made public by Adelaide schools so far.
The largest percentage increase published online to date is at St Mary’s College.
The year 12 tuition fee at the CBD campus will rise 8.1 per cent next year, from $9800 to $10,600.
Many schools will raise fees by between four and five per cent.
About 54,000 South Australian students are enrolled at an independent school.
Association of Independent Schools of SA chief executive Anne Dunstan said rising inflation, utility costs and operational expenses were factored into school fees.
About 70 per cent of a school’s income was allocated to staffing costs, she said.
Catholic Education SA executive director Dr Neil McGoran said its 101 schools taught about 52,000 students.
In 2025, the majority would freeze their fees for the fourth consecutive year, he said.
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