Private schools
Parents shell out billions as back-to-school costs increase
Rising expenses and tech demands leave families scrambling for ways to save on uniform and equipment costs ahead of the new school year.
- by Rachael Ward
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Chop from the top: The Perth private schools getting a funding haircut
St Mary’s Anglican School, Hale School and Perth College are among many WA schools and hundreds nationwide found to have received up to 40 per cent above entitlements.
- by Claire Ottaviano and Alex Crowe
The full list of ‘overfunded’ Victorian private schools facing big cash cuts
Some of the state’s top schools will have their federal government funding reduced, sparking fears of fee hikes.
- by Alex Crowe
These Sydney private schools will have funding cuts. They might not be the ones you expect
Some schools will lose more than $2000 in federal funding per student under a formula using their parents’ median incomes. See what will change by 2029.
- by Daniella White and Nigel Gladstone
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How the bank of nan and pop is making our polarised school system even worse
Cashed-up grandparents are driving private education fees ever higher. It’s just another degree of stratification for our dysfunctional school system.
- by Jordan Baker
Melbourne’s wealthiest schools raise fees well above inflation
A year 12 student will cost parents $42,831 on average in Victoria’s top-fee-paying schools next year.
- by Alex Crowe
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Private schools call for national funding boost to offset new state tax
Victoria’s private schools argue the state payroll tax has caused a hit to their bottom lines and is making the cost of educating students more expensive.
- by Bridie Smith
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Sydney’s wealthiest schools growing further out of reach
The city’s middle-class families, already hit by rising costs of living, face another nasty shock as our high-fee private schools increase the costs of entry.
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Sydney private school fees eclipse $51,000 for year 12
A survey of 30 independent schools shows fee increases of an average of 7 per cent as staffing costs skyrocket.
- by Lucy Carroll
Victoria’s best-performing private schools in 2024 VCE revealed
Haileybury Girls College, a consistently top-ranked VCE school, came in at equal seventh this year among the 50 best performers from the independent and Catholic sector.
- by Noel Towell
The boy who is suing his private school
The student alleges the school’s governing council contravened the terms of a 19th-century charitable trust by implementing its plan to admit girls.
- by Christopher Harris
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