NAPLAN results v school fees: How costs compare to outcomes

The state’s most affordable private schools have recorded stellar NAPLAN results compared with their pricey counterparts. SEE THE FULL LIST

Queensland’s most affordable private schools have scored NAPLAN results to rival their priciest counterparts, The Courier-Mail can reveal.

This week the first school national numeracy and literacy results were released publicly in two years, offering parents an insight into a key academic area.

RANKED: How every Qld school performed in NAPLAN

With schools fees of just $12,650 per year, All Hallows’ School landed the seventh highest NAPLAN secondary – year 7 and 9 – results of all schools in Queensland.

All Hallows' School have recorded stellar NAPLAN results. Pic: Supplied

Their stellar result put them ahead of pricey Brisbane Boys’ College (34th), Stuartholme School (32nd) The Southport School (120th) and Clayfield College (116th), who all command fees of more than $20,000 per year.

Ormiston College, with fees of $13,200 per year, were also star performers, landing eighth on the rankings of secondary schools.

St Rita’s College landed the top result of the major private schools who have fees under $10,000 per year, with their secondary NAPLAN rankings 16th overall, and ahead of schools such as Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School (29th), Nudgee College (98th), and – all which charge more than $15,000 per year.

Brisbane Girls Grammar School Year 8 students Chloe Chau, Martha Fomison, Millicent Hume and Rishika Vijeyakumar celebrating the recent NAPLAN results. Picture: Brad Fleet

But Queensland’s two most expensive schools, Brisbane Grammar School (with fees of $29,000 per year) and Brisbane Girls Grammar School ($27,325), delivered serious bang for their buck.

The neighbouring Spring Hill Schools landed landing the third and second highest scores respectively in the state, just behind the selective entry state school Queensland Academy of Science Mathematic and Technology.

St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School (13th, with fees of $25,360 per year,) Anglican Church Grammar (15th, $24,784) and St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School (10th, $22,890), were also among the high-fee schools who landed among the top schools in secondary NAPLAN results.