Best boys' schools in Australia

Consistently Sydney's top HSC academic results · Strong Classics, Latin and humanities tradition · GPS sport member with strong rowing and athletics

Top NAPLAN numeracy results in QLD · GPS sport powerhouse · Strong music + debating tradition

Australia's oldest secondary school (est. 1851) · Elite APS sport across cricket, football and rowing · National boarding house of approximately 160 students

Top-performing non-selective WACE/ATAR results · PSA sport (rowing on Freshwater Bay) · 110-boy boarding house

Largest GPS boys' school with broad co-curricular program · Strong rugby, rowing and athletics · Wellbeing-led 'Total Boy' framework

Strong VCE academic results (median 34, 20% scoring 40+) · AGSV member with strong sport program · Established music, debating and outdoor education programs across Junior, Middle and Senior Schools

Coordinate Program with Ruyton Girls' School for shared VCE classes (since 1993) · IB Primary Years Programme in Junior School · Compulsory outdoor education program Years 7-10

GPS founding member with strong rowing on Sydney Harbour · Northwood and Northbridge campuses with extensive sport facilities · Anglican formation with chapel program

28-time Head of the River rowing champions · Internationally touring symphony orchestra · Strong VCE results, median ATAR consistently 90+

Jesuit Magis + Ignatian formation · Strong HSC academic outcomes · Senior Trial Court mentoring (legal pathway)

Strong music program (one of largest school music programs in Australia) · AAGPS sport member with strong rugby and rowing · Field studies centre at Woollamia

Authorised IB World School (PYP, MYP, DP) · PSA sport powerhouse · ~170 boarders Years 7-12

Oldest boys' school in WA (1858) · PSA sport (rugby, rowing, cricket) · Strong cadet + boarding tradition

Jesuit education in the Ignatian tradition · Largest GPS boarding school by tradition; major rowing program · Strong service-learning and Jesuit retreat program

GPS sport (rowing, rugby, cricket) · International Baccalaureate Diploma + Primary Years Programme · 150-boy boarding house from Year 7

Australia's oldest independent school · One of the largest GPS boarding schools (~430 boarders) · Strong rugby and cadet program tradition

GPS sport (rugby, rowing, cricket) · Strong cadet + outdoor education · Robust music and pipe band tradition

100+ year Methodist heritage · PSA sport (rugby, rowing) · Boarding (~160 students); new Year 7 boarding from 2026

APS sport (rowing, cricket, football) · Strong music + concert band program · Eastern Melbourne campus

Glengarry outdoor education campus (Year 9 program) · Strong rugby and pipe band tradition (Brave Hearts, Bold Minds) · GPS member with broad co-curricular offering

Jesuit education tradition with Ignatian formation and community service focus · 30 APS football premierships and elite rowing (16 Olympic/World representatives) · Annual Maytime Fair raising $100,000+ for Jesuit Mission work

Independent Catholic boys' day school founded in 1937 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, now in the Edmund Rice Education Australia tradition; around 1,130 students across Years 5-12 on Sydney's lower North Shore · ICSEA 1149 (the highest of this comparison set and well above the national median of 1000) · Strong rugby and broader sporting pedigree; alumni include Wallabies captain Michael Hooper, NRL coach Des Hasler, cricketer Jackson Bird, broadcaster Ben Fordham and former NSW Deputy Premier John Watkins

2025 Aramco STEM Racing World Champions (team Lunar) · Crowther Centre for Learning and Innovation, dedicated boys' education research · Strong APS sport tradition with multiple premierships in cricket, rowing and football

Strong sporting heritage in cricket and AFL · Da Vinci Decathlon and Round Square international program · Boarding from Year 5

Edmund Rice tradition · Strong rowing + AFL programs · Toorak elite community at lower fee

QLD's oldest boys boarding school · GPS rugby + cricket · Boarding draws from regional QLD + PNG

ICSEA 1139 (93rd percentile nationally); ~1,800 students, one of Brisbane's largest Catholic boys' schools · Boarding for up to ~220 boys (Years 6-12), currently ~170 boarders - a major regional/rural Queensland feeder · Powerhouse sporting alumni: Wallabies captain John Eales, Test cricketer Matthew Hayden and Brisbane Lions forward Charlie Cameron; facilities include the Matthew Hayden cricket complex and an Olympic-size heated pool

Feeder primary for St Joseph's Nudgee College · Edmund Rice tradition · Lower-fee Catholic boys primary

Marist Brothers Champagnat tradition · Mid-fee Catholic boys option in Sydney North · Strong rugby tradition

Founded 1846 - one of Australia's oldest schools · Burbury House boarding for senior boys · Outdoor education at Southport campus