FULL LIST: Qld’s boarding schools ranked from most to least expensive
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Queensland is home to more than 40 different boarding schools, from big city schools to regional facilities from Toowoomba to Townsville.
While some top the list academically in the state, they can also come with a hefty price tag.
With costs ranging from around $20,000 to nearly $70,000 per annum in tuition and boarding fees, finding the right one requires attention and careful planning.
Using available and current information from each boarding school’s 2024 Schedule of Fees, take a look at the total annual costs of Queensland’s boarding schools.
The following are based on tuition, boarding, compulsory levies and application fees for a full-time domestic Year 7 boarding student.
1. Brisbane Grammar School
Type of School: Non-denominational, all-boys
Suburb: Spring Hill, Brisbane
Cost per annum: $69,790
Cost breakdown:
- Tuition fees: $32,760
- Boarding fees: $32,180
- Confirmation fee: $2850
- Technology package levy: $1420
- Application fee: $550
One of the state’s top schools, Brisbane Grammar School (BGS) houses boys from Years five to 12 and recently underwent a $5 million redevelopment to improve its individual and modern rooms for its students.
Discounts are also available for students who pay their annual boarding and tuition fees in full at the start of the school year, and those who have siblings attending the school at the same time.
BGS also recently opened a $70m STEAM precinct, a new science building with hi-tech equipment, 15 laboratory spaces, a 300-seat auditorium and classrooms.
2. Brisbane Boys’ College
Type of school: Uniting & Presbyterian Church, all-boys
Suburb: Toowong, Brisbane
Cost per annum: $67,564
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $32,460
- Tuition fees: $29,436
- Confirmation fee: $2250
- Campus development levy (per family): $1480
- Technology levy: $1388
- Application fee: $550
Brisbane Boys College’s (BBC) Rudd House has been boarding students since 1909, providing boarding facilities for 150 students from Years seven to 12.
Students are provided their own private living and study area, as well as common rooms with Foxtel enabled TVs, board games, table tennis and daily prepped meals.
A 10 per cent sibling discount on tuition fees is applicable for those who have siblings attending BBC at the same time, or attend Somerville House, Clayfield College and Sunshine Coast Grammar School.
3. Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie)
Type of school: Anglican, all-boys
Suburb: East Brisbane
Cost per annum: $62,043
Cost breakdown:
- Tuition fees: $29,176
- Boarding fees: $27,912
- Confirmation fee: $1875
- Building fund levy: $1000
- Technology levy: $995
- Application fee: $530
- Outdoor education levy: $335
- Book rental levy: $220
Anglican Church ‘Churchie’ Grammar School offers modern and purpose-built boarding facilities, including two main residences, Goodwin and Gerald House, as well as an additional Year seven centre.
Churchie’s Senior School comprises of approximately 1300 students and 150 boarders who are provided with individual rooms, common spaces, study areas and access to the 22-hectare campus and the school’s sporting, recreation and learning facilities.
4. Somerville House
Type of school: Uniting & Presbyterian Church, all-girls
Suburb: South Brisbane
Cost per annum: $58,250
Cost breakdown:
- Tuition fees: $28,500 (includes laptop)
- Boarding fees: $28,200
- Enrolment fee: $1200
- Registration fee: $350
One of Queensland’s top performing schools, Somerville House is a prep to Year 12 all-girls school, that offers boarding for 93 students across Years six to 12.
With modern facilities, shared leisure spaces, supervised study spaces and soundproof music practice areas, Somerville House has three main residences for boarders, including a seniors only McDougall Hall.
Somerville House offers a 2.5 per cent discount for upfront annual payments of boarding and tuition fees, as well as a 10 per cent discount for families who have an older sibling attending a PMSA school.
Uniforms, stationery, camps, special excursions and non-compulsory subject-related items are charged on an individual basis and separate to tuition fees.
5. St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
Type of school: Anglican, all-girls
Suburb: Ascot, Brisbane
Cost per annum: $56,935
Cost breakdown:
- Tuition fees: $29,036
- Boarding fees: $26,109
- Confirmation fee: $1250
- Application fee: $250
- Boarder transport levy: $180
- Boarder support group levy: $110
Boarding approximately 185 girls, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School offers its students a number of amenities, including access to the school’s main pool and tennis courts, year level common areas, a boarding house reception and a staffed health centre.
Sibling discounts from five to 15 per cent off tuition fees apply for students with one or more siblings at the school, as well as a tuition fee discount of 1.5 per cent for those we pay their annual fees upfront.
Tuition fees at St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School covers all compulsory activities including QGSSSA sport, technology, year level camps and class excursions.
Fees do not cover textbooks, stationery, co-curricular sporting camps and tours, Global Exchange and private lessons.
6. St Peters Lutheran College
Type of school: Lutheran, coeducational
Suburb: Indooroopilly, Brisbane
Cost per annum: $52,598
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $28,532
- Tuition fees: $21,884
- Confirmation fee: $1250
- Application processing fee: $300
- Technology levy: $132
Offering full-time, weekly, short-term and overnight boarding, St Peters Lutheran College has been boarding students since 1945 and now provides 150 students from Years six to 12 with accommodation.
St Peters has four recently refurbished boarding houses, two male and two female, and includes pastoral care facilities, daily supervised study sessions, an on-site medical clinic and diverse catering options.
Boarding fees include laundry service and all meals and does not include books, uniforms and extra student activities, including year level camps, boarder camps, excursions, tours and cocurricular activities are separate to boarding and tuition fees.
Discounts on tuition fees are available with sibling concessions from 10 to 20 per cent for multiple boarding siblings, as well as a 2.5 per cent discount for full upfront annual fee payment.
7. Clayfield College
Type of school: Uniting & Presbyterian Church, coeducational
Suburb: Clayfield, Brisbane
Cost per annum: $51,411
Cost breakdown:
- Tuition fees: $25,236
- Boarding fees: $24,900
- Enrolment acceptance fee: $1000
- Enrolment registration fee: $275
Recently transitioning from all-girls to co-ed, Clayfield College currently offers boarding for girls from Years seven to 12 and boys from Years seven to eight.
Clayfield offers a number of facilities, such as common rooms, specialist tutoring, nutritious meals, a daily laundry service, a physical education centre and a resident psychologist and nurse.
Tuition and boarding fees include lockers, food, accommodation, laundry, staff services and camp levies, but does not include some extra-curricular charges and special excursions.
A tuition discount of 15 per cent is available for each additional sibling at Clayfield College or 10 per cent where an older sibling attends another PMSA school.
8. Stuartholme School
Type of school: Catholic, all-girls
Suburb: Toowong, Brisbane
Cost per annum: $50,770
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $26,430
- Tuition fees: $22,990
- Enrolment acceptance fee: $1100
- Application fee: $250
Offering both full-time, term-time and short term boarding for 130 students, Stuartholme School provides a range of facilities for its boarders including an individual space with a bed, wardrobe and study, separate junior and senior common rooms and access to the school’s library, art department, pool and tennis courts.
In 2020 and 2021, the prestigious school underwent a $6 million redevelopment of the Boarding House including a refurbishment of the bathrooms, common spaces and dormitories.
Fees cover textbooks, technology licences, year level camps, retreats, compulsory in-class excursions and class photo packs but does not include other costs including stationery, laptops, camps and co-curricular activities.
Sibling discounts are available from 10 to 25 per cent for parents and guardians with multiple daughters attending the school.
9. Toowoomba Grammar School
Type of school: Non-denominational, all-boys
Suburb: East Toowoomba
Cost per annum: $50,210
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $26,995
- Tuition fees: $19,475
- Compulsory general purpose levy: $2035
- Enrolment fee: $1535
- Application fee: $170
Boarding since 1877, Toowoomba Grammar School is an all-boys private school that offers its boarders a 24/7 on-site health centre, specialist tutors, regular BBQs, individual private spaces and common areas across its five main boarding houses.
Housing approximately 300 students, Toowoomba Grammar School offers full-time boarding for just over $50,000, which includes a compulsory general purpose levy that covers items such as a school provided laptop, a diary, student accident insurance, school camps and sport.
10. The Southport School
Type of school: Anglican, all-boys
Suburb: Southport, Gold Coast
Cost per annum: $50,060
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $24,288
- Tuition fees: $23,772
- Enrolment fee: $1750
- Application fee: $250
Queensland’s largest boarding facility, The Southport School on the Gold Coast offers boarding facilities for more than 300 students, boasting a 24/7 on-campus health centre, and five boarding houses with dormitory style accommodation for Years eight to 10 and private rooms for Years 11 to 12.
The Southport School does not charge additional levies, with tuition fees including sporting events, outdoor education camps, curriculum activities and transport.
Activities such as additional tours, holiday sports camps and individual music lessons come at an additional cost.
Sibling discounts are also available at 15 per cent off tuition for third and subsequent siblings.
11. St Joseph’s Nudgee College
Type of school: Catholic, all-boys
Suburb: Boondall, Brisbane
Cost per annum: $49,560
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $27,170
- Tuition fees: $20,340
- Enrolment fee: $1000
- Master plan levy (per family: $800
- Enrolment application fee: $250
St Joseph’s Nudgee College is home to the 330-person boarding house ‘Bathersby Boarding Village’, a four-in-one complex which includes a private courtyard, common rooms, kitchen, individual student rooms, vertical gardens and an on-campus health centre.
Tuition and boarding fees are inclusive of sports, athletics, art workshops and college band programs as well as meals and accommodation.
A sibling discount of up to 20 per cent is also available towards tuition and boarding fees.
The master plan levy is a compulsory payment that helps support the refurbishment and development of existing college buildings and facilities.
12. St Hilda’s School
Type of school: Anglican, all-girls
Suburb: Southport, Gold Coast
Cost per annum: $48,443
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $24,138
- Tuition fees: $22,695
- Enrolment confirmation fee: $1500
- Enrolment application fee: $110
Boarding girls since 1906, St Hilda’s recently underwent a $4.9m redevelopment of their boarding house in 2019 and 2020, providing its all-female students modern facilities, including an indoor gym, breakout spaces, lounge rooms, soundproof music rooms and cooking facilities.
Tuition fees are inclusive of academic and co-curricular programs, excursions, sport and associated travel, but do not include textbooks, uniforms and rowing camps.
A sibling discount of 15 per cent on tuition fees for the third child and 50 per cent for subsequent children is also available.
13. Fairholme College
Type of school: Presbyterian, all-girls
Suburb: Toowoomba City
Cost per annum: $44,990
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $25,500
- Tuition fees: $16,890
- Compulsory general purpose levy: $960
- Capital levy (per family): $780
- Enrolment confirmation fee: $750
- Enrolment application fee: $110
One of the largest boarding schools in the country, Fairholme College in Toowoomba is home to 220 girls and staff in its boarding facility, making up more than one third of the student body.
Boarding and tuition fees cover food, healthcare, laundry, camps, a school provided laptop and academic excursions, as well as accommodation in its fully-refurbished and modern Fairholme Boarding House.
Family discounts are applicable with a five per cent discount for the second child, 10 per cent for third and 15 per cent for fourth and any subsequent children.
14. Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School
Type of school: Non-denominational, all-girls
Suburb: Ipswich
Cost per annum: $43,200
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $23,560
- Tuition fees: $17,180
- IT levy: $800
- Enrolment confirmation fee: $500
- Capital levy: $300
- Enrolment application fee: $110
Offering casual, weekly and full-time on-site boarding for Years seven to 12, Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School’s recently renovated Cribb House boarding facility includes five wings with its own bathroom, laundry and common room.
Sibling discounts apply at five per cent for a second child, 10 per cent for third and subsequent children, plus 2.5 per cent for families who also have boys at brother school, Ipswich Grammar School.
A five per cent discount is also applicable for those who pay annual fees in full upfront.
15. Marist College Ashgrove
Type of school: Catholic, all-boys
Suburb: Ashgrove, Brisbane
Cost per annum: $41,390
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $24,380
- Tuition fees: $13,790
- Technology levy: $1380
- Acceptance fee: $1000
- Maintenance levy (per family): $690
- Application fee: $150
Brisbane’s only Catholic boys’ day and boarding school in the Marist tradition, Marist College in Ashgrove offers boarding for Years six to 12 and provides one-on-one tutoring support, pastoral care and extensive sporting facilities, including use of the school’s Olympic swimming pool, all-weather tennis courts and basketball courts.
Marist College also offers a health centre with physiotherapy services, dining hall meals, weekly Mass, Saturday sport and extra-curricular activities such as laser tag and trips to the beach.
A 2.5 per cent discount applies on the tuition fee if fees for the year are paid in full.
Sibling discounts are also applicable to both boarding and tuition fees, with 15 per cent discount for a second sibling, 30 per cent for a third, and 40 per cent for a fourth boarding sibling, regardless if they are a current or past boarding student.
16. Ipswich Grammar School
Type of school: Non-denominational, all-boys
Suburb: Ipswich
Cost per annum: $40,036
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $23,220
- Tuition fees: $14,752
- Enrolment confirmation fee: $750
- Technology levy: $624
- Capital levy: $540
- Enrolment application fee: $150
Offering boarding for Years seven to 12, Ipswich Grammar School is Queensland’s oldest Grammar School and provides its boarders with a range of activities and facilities including theme park visits, beach trips, and an on-site gym, pool and pet dog, Broxy the boarding dog.
Tuition fees include camps, excursions and extra-curricular activity buses but does not include additional items such as textbooks, stationery, uniforms, and private tutoring.
A capital levy is charged at $180 per term per family over three terms and supports the capital works program of the school.
17. John Paul College
Type of school: Christian Ecumenism, co-educational
Suburb: Daisy Hill, Logan
Cost per annum: $40,015
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fee: $22,300
- Tuition fees: $16,490
- Accommodation placement fee: $550
- Confirmation fee: $500
- Application fee: $175
Situated in Daisy Hill in Logan City, John Paul College (JPC) is one of the state’s largest independent K-12 co-educational boarding colleges with nearly 2000 students.
JPC opened its boarding village in 2015 offering ‘twenty-first-century boarding lifestyle’ with villa accomodation, vegetable gardens and contemporary buildings.
18. Toowoomba Anglican School
Type of school: Anglican, coeducational
Suburb: East Toowoomba
Cost per annum: $39,292
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $22,912
- Tuition fees: $13,435
- General purpose levy: $1695
- Boarder levy: $600
- Enrolment fee: $500
- Application fee: $150
Australia’s only coeducational school offering boarding from Years one to 12, Toowoomba Anglican School has been named Boarding School of the Year twice in 2020 and 2021 by the Australian Education Awards.
With three boarding houses split by gender and years, Toowoomba Anglican School has implemented a family fee cap on tuition costs of $31,012 per family per year.
Fees such as the general purpose levy includes excursions, incursions, art supplies, sports, sport transport, socials, camps and computer programs.
A three per cent upfront discount is applicable on tuition fees if full payment of the tuition fees and general purpose levy is paid by the start of the year.
19. Townsville Grammar School
Type of school: Non-denominational, coeducational
Suburb: Townsville City
Cost per annum: $39,283
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $22,848
- Tuition fees: $15,360
- General purpose levy: $400
- Confirmation fee: $350
- Technology levy: $175
- Enrolment fee: $150
Townsville Grammar School offers coeducational boarding for Years seven to 12 which includes an on-site health centre, structured tutoring programs, as well as access to the school’s netball courts, sports fields, a gym and 50-metre pool.
Sibling discounts apply at 10 per cent for second child, 25 per cent for third and 50 per cent for the fourth and subsequent child attending the school concurrently.
A 2.5 per cent discount is also applicable if tuition fees are paid in full in advance of the due date.
20. Whitsunday Anglican School
Type of school: Anglican, coeducational
Suburb: Beaconsfield, Mackay
Cost per annum: $38,686
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $24,657
- Tuition fees: $11,017
- Curriculum levies: $1826
- Enrolment boarding confirmation fee: $1065
- Enrolment application fee: $121
Offering places for up to 78 boarders from Years six to 12, Whitsunday Anglican School is the only boarding school in Mackay, providing its students with airconditioned rooms, each with a ceiling fan, bed, desk, wardrobe and pinboard.
Girls and boys have separate sleeping and personal amenities, with all senior students provided their own room and separate common area.
Sibling discounts of 10 per cent for a second child, 20 per cent for a third child and 50 per cent for a fourth and/or any subsequent child apply.
21. The Glennie School
Type of school: Anglican, all-girls
Suburb: Newtown, Toowoomba
Cost per annum: $37,640
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $22,394
- Tuition fees: $12,466
- Compulsory comprehensive fee: $2080
- Enrolment fee: $550
- Application fee: $150
The Glennie School in Toowoomba offers boarding across three houses, with students provided living spaces based on year level, with Year 12 students provided their own private room with bed, study, storage and airconditioning.
With access to Glennie’s many facilities, including the Glennie Aquatics and Sports Centres, Glennie’s compulsory comprehensive fee includes the costs of co-curricular programs, excursions, choirs, bands, in-school sport and associated travel.
Sibling discounts are available for those with multiple children at the school, from 10 per cent to 50 per cent discounts available for tuition fees and five per cent to 10 per cent discounts available for boarding fees.
Textbooks, uniforms and private tuition come at an additional cost.
22. SCOTS PGC College
Type of school: Uniting, coeducational
Suburb: Warwick
Cost per annum: $37,355
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $25,700
- Tuition fees: $11,355
- Confirmation fee: $250
- Application fee: $50
A coeducational boarding school based in Warwick, Scots PGC College provides separate boarding campuses for boys and girls which include airconditioning, study desks and storage.
Both boarding and tuition fees cover the provision of a laptop, bus fares for excursions, co-curricular activities, food, accommodation, boarding activities and health and nursing services.
A family discount is applicable on tuition fees with 10 per cent discount for a second child, 25 per cent for a third and 50 for a fourth and any subsequent children.
23. The Rockhampton Grammar School
Type of school: Non-denominational, coeducational
Suburb: The Range, Rockhampton Cost per annum: $37,316
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $22,608
- Tuition fees: $12,900
- Technology levy: $620
- Capital maintenance levy: $440
- Confirmation fee: $400
- Sundry expenses levy: $208
- Class set levy: $80
- Application fee: $60
With more than 140 years of boarding experience, The Rockhampton Grammar School is a co-ed, non-denominational school that is home to more than 315 boarders.
Rockhampton Grammar School provides its boarders with a 24/7 health centre, a fully equipped industrial kitchen with qualified chefs, access to the school’s pool, gym and sports facilities, plus a number of activities including formal dinners, movie nights, beach trips and shopping.
Boarding fees include accommodation, meal, laundry and gym costs, but does not include additional costs associated with camps and excursions.
24. Concordia Lutheran College
Type of school: Lutheran, coeducational
Suburb: Harristown, Toowoomba
Cost per annum: $36,752
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $26,350
- Tuition fees: $9952
- Enrolment fee: $350
- Application fee: $100
Offering boarding since 1946, Concordia Lutheran College in Toowoomba is a coeducational boarding school, with separate male and female boarding houses and a coeducational recreational zone positioned between the two.
Concordia Lutheran College also selects two Boarding Captains from the senior cohort each year, acting as leaders to represent boarding students in the College community.
Outdoor education experiences, camps, subject levies and private tuition are not included in tuition fees.
Sibling discounts apply for the tuition and boarding fees with 10 per cent for the second child, 20 per cent for third and 50 per cent for fourth and subsequent children.
25. Downlands College
Type of school: Catholic, coeducational
Suburb: Harlaxton, Toowoomba
Cost per annum: $36,481
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $21,424
- Tuition fees: $11,206
- Information and communications technology levy: $1494
- Compulsory boarder activities and participation levy: $433
- Capital levy: $742
- General purpose levy: $567
- Acceptance fee: $515
- Application fee: $100
Fully coeducational since 1993, Downlands College offers up to 300 students with accommodation at their Toowoomba college, with inclusive tuition fees which cover textbooks, stationery, academic excursions, meals, boarding house activities, tutoring and mentoring programs.
Family discounts on tuition fees are available for siblings attending Downlands College simultaneously and range from 10 to 25 per cent.
26. Hills College
Type of school: Independent, coeducational
Suburb: Jimboomba, Logan
Cost per annum: $35,545
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $26,362
- Tuition and resources fees: $8018
- Capital fund levy: $400
- Homestay maintenance fee: $350
- Enrolment confirmation fee: $250
- Application fee: $110
- ICT adjustment: $55
Situated in Jimboomba, Hills International College offers boarding facilities for both male and female students, with supervised boarding houses and a homestay program.
Tuition fees include class excursions and incursions, swimming programs, textbooks, stationery, camps and school sports.
Sibling discounts apply for tuition at 10 per cent for second child, 20 per cent for third child and a 100 per cent discount for fourth and subsequent children.
27. St Teresa’s Abergowrie College
Type of school: Catholic, all-boys
Suburb: Abergowrie, Hinchinbrook
Cost per annum: $35,217
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $22,401
- Tuition fees: $12,816
St Teresa’s College offers modern residential facilities to its boarding students, including newly refurbished double occupancy dorms, computer labs, kitchenettes, open common areas, a recreational area with pool tables and table tennis tables, a media room and a 25-metre swimming pool.
The school also has 8:00am to 10:00pm daily internet access, airconditioning and a number of ovals and courts for sporting activities.
28. The Cathedral School
Type of school: Anglican, coeducational
Suburb: Mundingburra, Townsville
Cost per annum: $35,050
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $21,500
- Tuition fees: $13,150
- Confirmation fee: $100
- Acceptance fee: $300
Situated in Townsville, The Cathedral School offers its students a range of high-standard facilities, including airconditioned dorms with desks, private rooms for senior students, laundry facilities, home-cooked meals three times a day and separate boys and girls dormitories that recently underwent an $8m refurbishment.
Sibling discounts apply for 20 per cent for second child, 25 per cent for third child and 50 per cent for fourth and subsequent children for tuition fees.
The Cathedral School also offers a family maximum tuition fee cap set at $26,920 per annum.
29. St John’s Anglican College
Type of school: Anglican, coeducational
Suburb: Forest Lake, Brisbane
Cost per annum: $32,340
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $16,952
- Tuition fees: $12,084
- IT levy: $1140
- Enrolment confirmation fee: $600
- Camp levy: $450
- General levy: $380
- Private boarding placement fee: $290
- Music levy: $224
- Registration fee: $220
Offering boarding for students in Years six to 12, St John’s Home Boarding program offers both private boarding or homestays, providing students with their own bedroom, desk, wardrobe and three meals a day.
Tuition fees include pastoral care, compulsory incursions and excursions, sporting facilities and careers counselling.
Uniforms, elective programs, photos and school-based apprenticeships are not included.
Sibling discounts from 5 per cent to up to 50 per cent are also applicable on tuition fees.
30. St Augustine’s College
Type of school: Catholic, all-boys
Suburb: Parramatta Park, Cairns
Cost per annum: $31,672
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $23,895
- Tuition fees: $6977
- Boarder enrolment confirmation deposit: $500
- Day school enrolment acceptance fee: $200
- Enrolment application fee: $100
Offering both weekly and full-time boarding options, St Augustine’s in Cairns has been providing boarding for its students since 1930.
Living across four residences, the boarding houses include recreational and TV areas, a private study space, airconditioning and Wi-Fi, as well as Sunday Mass in the College chapel.
Family discounts apply to families that have other children currently attending Catholic schools in the Cairns Diocese.
31. Rockhampton Girls Grammar School
Type of school: Non-denominational, all-girls
Suburb: Rockhampton City
Cost per annum: $31,525
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $20,125
- Tuition fees: $10,990
- Confirmation fee: $345
- Application fee: $65
Providing a range of flexible boarding options, Rockhampton Girls Grammar School offers boarding for Years six to 12 and includes a number of recreational trips and activities, including weekly bus trips to Stockland and Sunday trips to the beach.
Sibling discounts apply to tuition fees only and are 10 per cent for a second child, 20 per cent for a third child, 33 per cent for a fourth and 50 per cent for a fifth.
Other charges include textbooks, school uniforms, stationery and some excursions, with annual camps ranging from $50 to $400.
32. Peace Lutheran College
Type of school: Lutheran, coeducational
Suburb: Kamerunga, Cairns
Cost per annum: $30,635
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $22,900
- Tuition fees: $7280
- Enrolment deposit: $400
- Application fee: $55
Offering coeducational boarding, Peace Lutheran College in Cairns is home to four boarding houses, two houses for boys and two houses for girls, providing accommodation for 82 students.
Across the four houses, the College offers a dining hall, an airconditioned recreation centre with a pool table and video game consoles, plus a wide range of catering options, including a boarders kitchen that students can use for their own cooking.
Family concessions are available on tuition fees at 20 per cent for second child, 40 per cent for third child and 60 per cent for fourth or subsequent children.
School uniforms, textbooks, stationery and devices are not included in fees, but does include school excursions and extra-curricular activity costs.
33. Mount St Bernard College
Type of school: Catholic, coeducational
Suburb: Herberton, Atherton Tablelands
Cost per annum: $29,694
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $26,265
- Tuition fees: $2644
- Building levy: $620
- P & F levy: $165
Accommodating 170 boarders, Mount St Bernard College provides both weekly and full time boarding and includes a range of facilities including basketball and netball courts, a climbing wall, music rooms, art rooms and a gym.
Camps, excursions and year level subject levies come at an additional cost to boarding and tuition fees.
Discounts are available for students with siblings at other Cairns Diocese Catholic schools.
34. Saint Patrick’s College
Type of school: Catholic, all-girls
Suburb: Townsville City
Cost per annum: $29,220
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $23,070
- Tuition fees: $6150
With newly renovated facilities, St Patrick’s College in Townsville offers its female students airconditioned single and multi-dorm facilities, tutoring, an on-site health centre, pastoral care, daily study programs and structured sports and arts recreation programs.
Tuition fees do not include subject excursions, school photos, uniforms, textbooks and extra-curricular trips.
35. Columba Catholic College
Type of school: Catholic, coeducational
Suburb: Richmond Hill, Charters Towers
Cost per annum: $28,192
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $19,712
- Tuition fees: $7108
- Student levy: $852
- Non-tuition fees: $520
Boys and girls at Columba Catholic College live on two separate campuses that are both equipped with sporting facilities, modern spaces, computers, a pool and garden area, as well as pastoral care.
Columba Catholic College has family boarding discounts of 10 per cent for two siblings, 20 per cent for three siblings and 30 per cent for four siblings.
36. St Brendan’s College
Type of school: Catholic, all-boys
Suburb: Yeppoon
Cost per annum: $27,350
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $20,190
- Tuition fees: $7060
- Application fee: $100
Each of the four boarding residences at St Brendan’s College in Yeppoon comes with airconditioning, Wi-Fi, individual study areas and weekly Saturday night barbecues.
Boarding fees include accommodation, meals, laundry and health care, with family discounts available on tuition fees from 10 per cent to 40 per cent.
37. Blackheath & Thornburgh College
Type of school: Non-denominational, coeducational
Suburb: Richmond Hill, Charters Towers
Cost per annum: $25,960
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $15,800
- Tuition fees: $8260
- Day student dining hall fees: $1750
- Blackthorne Past Students Association (BPSA) membership fee: $100
- Enrolment application fee: $50
Boarding at Blackheath & Thornburgh College in Charters Towers is separated with dormitory blocks for boys and girls, which each include communal kitchens, common rooms with TVs, airconditioning and private student sleeping and reading areas.
Tuition fees include camps, textbooks and subject levies and sibling discounts are available, ranging from 10 to 50 per cent off tuition.
38. All Souls St Gabriels School
Type of school: Anglican, coeducational
Suburb: Richmond Hill, Charters Towers
Cost per annum: $25,670
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $15,950
- Tuition fees: $9520
- Enrolment confirmation fee: $150
- Application fee: $50
All Souls St Gabriels School in Charters Towers offers a range of features for its boarders including its 45 hectare boys’ and girls’ dormitories, an on-site doctor, private study areas, an on-campus recreation officer to organise activities, a pastoral care system and permissions to bring their own horse to school.
Boarding and tuition fees are discounted by 10 per cent for second and third siblings, with fourth and subsequent children receiving a 100 per cent discount on their tuition and boarding fees when simultaneously attending the school with their siblings.
Students can also receive 10 per cent discounts on tuition and boarding if family members have previously attended All Souls St Gabriels School.
39. Spinifex State College Residential Campus
Type of school: Public, coeducational
Suburb: Healy, Mount Isa
Cost per annum: $25,000
Cost breakdown:
- Tuition and boarding fees: $24,500
- Student contribution fees: $445
- Residential polo: $55
Spinifex State College is the first state-run boarding facility in Queensland and houses 60 students.
Established in 2003, the Residential College is fully supervised and includes a modern kitchen with a cook, a 24-our student support worker, a games room, a shaded multipurpose court, music room, common areas and a number of onsite staff including a residential teacher.
40. The Cathedral College
Type of school: Catholic, coeducational
Suburb: Rockhampton City
Cost per annum: $23,535.10
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $17,750
- Tuition fees: $4459.50
- Building levy: $615.60
- Enrolment acceptance fee: $400
- Technology levy: $130
- Enrolment processing fee: $100
- P & F family contribution: $80
A Catholic coeducational facility, The Cathedral College in Rockhampton provides a home for 189 boarders and provides activities including shopping, attending movies at the cinema, sports and more.
Costs associated with camps, retreats and some excursions come at an additional cost.
41. Saint Ursula’s College
Type of school: Catholic, all-girls
Suburb: Yeppoon
Cost per annum: $21,840
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $15,550
- Tuition fees: $5910
- Year seven camp levy: $230
- Enrolment fee: $150
Providing boarding facilities for more than 95 years, Saint Ursula’s College in Yeppoon provides its female students with a home for 40 weeks of the year via a three-storey boarding house equipped with a kitchen, common rooms and individual living areas.
Tuition fees cover textbooks, compulsory excursions and compulsory events, with sibling discounts available ranging from 10 per cent to 40 per cent off fees.
42. Dalby Christian College
Type of school: Christian, coeducational
Suburb: Dalby, Western Downs
Cost per annum: $20,760
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $15,800
- Tuition fees: $4960
Dalby Christian College has been boarding students from Years seven to 12 for more than 20 years, offering facilities for up to 16 boys and 16 girls, with two students a room and separate girls and boys common lounges.
Tuition fees cover compulsory excursions, year level camps, workbooks, textbook hire and laptop hire and do not include costs association with school uniforms, stationery and non-compulsory activities.
43. Dalby State High School
Type of school: Public, coeducational
Suburb: Dalby, Western Downs
Cost per annum: $16,506
Cost breakdown:
- Boarding fees: $16,236
- Student resource scheme fee: $270
Dalby State High School’s 116-student residential facility offers its students a chance to enjoy the Campus’s fully equipped gym, recreational room, 25-metre pool and expansive school grounds.
Boarding and tuition fees are inclusive of accommodation, meals, laundry, uniforms, excursions, camps and textbook hire.
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