What you pay vs what you get at Darling Downs private schools

The wider Darling Downs is home to some of the most prestigious elite boarding schools in Queensland, see how much parents can expect to fork out to send them to these schools in Toowoomba and Warwick.

The wider Darling Downs is home to some of the most prestigious elite boarding schools in Queensland, here’s how much parents can expect to fork out.

To attend a Darling Downs private school parents are looking at up to $46,000 in boarding and tuition fees, while.

While the Courier-Mail revealed parents are spending at least $30,000 in just tuition fees at some of Brisbane’s most prestigious private school.

There’s a stark comparison for those parents who are paying for tuition fees alone, with secondary day school fees costing almost $20,000 a year.

Private primary school parents can expect to pay up to $10,000 in tuition fees alone.

Find out the value for money of sending your child to Darling Downs, private boarding schools and search the interactive table below.

PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL FEES

DOWNLANDS COLLEGE | TOOWOOMBA

Boarding for Years 11-12: $37,370

Downlands College cheer squad. Toowoomba Grammar School vs. Downlands College in annual rugby game for the O'Callaghan Cup, held at Downlands College. Saturday August 31st, 2024 Picture: Bev Lacey

Revered for its dedication to sports and in particular rugby league, with seven sporting ovals, six tennis courts, two full indoor netball courts as well as outdoor courts, Olympic length outdoor heated swimming pool and so much more.

ST URSULA’S COLLEGE | TOOWOOMBA

Boarding for Years 11-12: $32,667

St Ursula's College in Toowoomba. Photo: Supplied

Another sport driven Darling Downs private school, St Ursula’s in collaboration with St Mary’s have partnered with the Liverpool Football Club offering Queensland’s first three year school soccer program.

TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Boarding for Year 11-12: $46,324

Toowoomba Grammar School generic.

From sport training, to performing arts and cadet training, Toowoomba Grammar School is also home to the most comprehensive learn to swim program on the Darling Downs with an impressive indoor aquatic centre.

CONCORDIA LUTHERAN COLLEGE | TOOWOOMBA

Boarding for Year 11-12: $40,772

Concordia Lutheran College is a co-educational boarding establishment with a focus on 'learning in residence'. Picture: Concordia Lutheran College

If you’re considering sending your child to Concordia, there’s more than a dozen reasons with impressive technology and research facilities, multiple sporting ovals, an art space and so much more.

SCOTS PGC COLLEGE | WARWICK

Boarding for Years 11-12: $40,491

The Scots PGC College, Oxenham Street Campus, Warwick. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

Unique for its agricultural and equestrian programs, Scots provides opportunities for those raised in the city to discover a new world of regional experiences.

FAIRHOLME COLLEGE | TOOWOOMBA

Boarding for Years 11-12: $44,502

Fairholme College equestrian team captains Torra MacDonald and Simone Sorrenson celebrate the school winning a third straight Lorette Wigan Cup.

With a prestigious arts and sports centre Fairholme offers a range of activities, with its campus overlooking the Lockyer Valley region.

THE GLENNIE SCHOOL | TOOWOOMBA

Boarding for Years 11-12: $40,686

RISE OF THE WEST = The Glennie School, Toowoomba, Thursday, March 18, 2021 – Picture: Richard Walker

From water polo to campdrafting, orchestras and quartets, there’s a range of unique experiences and opportunities on offer at the Glennie School.

TOOWOOMBA ANGLICAN SCHOOL

Boarding for Years 11-12: 41,486

Toowoomba Anglican College and Preparatory School, The Chronicle Garden Competition Carnival of Flowers 2014, Tuesday, September 9, 2014. Photo Kevin Farmer / The Chronicle

With a high end film studio complete with a green screen to a performing arts centre and a technology and robotics centre, Toowoomba Anglican’s costly annual tuition is matched by its impressive campus and facilities.

ST SAVIOURS COLLEGE | TOOWOOMBA

Boarding for Years 7-12: $26,815

St Saviour's College Toowoomba.

Compassion is at the forefront of St Saviours College with a dedicated social justice and advocacy curriculum which sees students participate in projects with a different advocacy organisation each term.

St Saviour's College Toowoomba.

It also offers impressive co-curricular academic subjects such as debating, mooting, titration and more.

PRIVATE DAY SCHOOL FEES

Private school tuition fees vary across the southwest with Southern Downs coming in with the most expensive primary and secondary fees.

Scots PGC College parents can expect to pay up to $9000 in junior school fees and up to $15,000 in senior school tuition fees in 2024.

Search the interactive tables below to see what it costs around the southwest.

The southwest regions most affordable primary school was Sacred Heart Primary in Cunnamulla with an annual tuition fee of $920.

Coming in as the most affordable private secondary school in the region was St Joseph’s School Stanthorpe costing parents up to $2,585 in annual tuition fees.