Top private schools by cohort academic profile (ICSEA 1180+)

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

Consistently top HSC results among Sydney girls' schools · Strong music and choral program · Sister school to Knox Grammar (joint events)

Dalton Plan progressive education methodology (one of few in Australia) · Top HSC results among Eastern Suburbs girls' schools · Strong rowing program on Sydney Harbour

Progressive Jewish + Zionist values · Dual curriculum + Hebrew · Strong VCE academic outcomes

Consistently top-five NSW HSC ranked school · Inner-city campus with strong creative arts focus · Progressive Anglican social-justice ethos

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

Strong VCE outcomes · Toorak elite community · Small boarding house with rural + international students

Australia's oldest girls' school (est. 1856) · Eastern Sydney harbour-adjacent campus · Strong HSC outcomes + drama tradition

Highest ICSEA in Victoria (1,210) · IB Diploma authorised since 1990, offered alongside VCE · Six-time consecutive Australian Schools' Chess Champions (2016-2021)

Non-denominational secular ethos · Strong VCE academic outcomes · Kew elite community

Top-ranked QLD academic results (ATAR + IB) · QGSSSA sport leader · Strong STEM + research culture

Strong HSC results + creative arts · North Sydney harbour-edge campus · Notable alumni: Quentin Bryce, Catherine Burn

ICSEA of 1201 places it in roughly the 99th percentile nationally - one of the highest of any Victorian school and the highest of these four; serves a strongly advantaged community. · Consistent academic powerhouse: regularly ranked among Melbourne's top schools on VCE results, with the share of study scores/ATARs above 95 running many times the state average; The Age once ranked it the top co-educational school in Victoria. · Small, single-campus K-12 school (around 750-785 students) with an ~11:1 student-teacher ratio and 26 VCE subjects, marketed on individual attention rather than scale.

Largest Jewish school in Australia (~1,800 students) · Dual curriculum (Australian + Jewish + Hebrew) · Modern Orthodox religious orientation

Compulsory Year 9 residential at Howqua rural campus · IB Diploma offered alongside VCE · National-medal-winning rowing program (Head of the Yarra)

Among WA's highest ICSEA girls' schools · Three campuses (Mosman Park + Pemberton outdoor ed) · IGSSA sport + boarding from Year 7

Computing and digital innovation program · Fully co-educational since 2018 · Boarding houses for senior students

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

Has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma since 1988 - longer than any other school in NSW - running it alongside the HSC; the Year 9 Moonbah Program is a bespoke nine-week residential experience at the school's own High Country Campus in Jindabyne · One of Sydney's highest-ICSEA schools at 1193 (~99th percentile, ~84% of students in the top socio-educational quarter); a premium, top-tier fee school with 2026 secondary tuition at $43,800-$47,100 · Distinctive experiential learning beyond the classroom: a compulsory Year 10 Arnhem Land cultural immersion with Culture College, an optional ten-week Year 10 Winter School at Jindabyne, and a transition to school-managed devices (MacBook Air for Year 7). Founded 1884, originally a girls' school, fully co-educational independent Anglican grammar today

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

ICSEA 1191 (around the 99th percentile nationally) makes Fintona one of the most socio-educationally advantaged schools in Australia · Independent, non-denominational girls' school founded 1896; deliberately small (~530-600 students ELC-12, roughly 7 students per teacher) and non-selective · Premium fees ($41,590 Year 12, 2026) with a distinctive single-stream, individualised model; ~58% of students have a language background other than English

Modern co-ed eastern suburbs · Strong music + drama + visual arts · Personalised learning pathways

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

Strong VCE academic outcomes · Personalised pastoral care · Eastern Melbourne girls school

North-west Sydney co-ed · Bushland Kenthurst campus · Strong VCE/HSC outcomes

IB Diploma alongside HSC · Loreto Sisters Mary Ward tradition · Sydney Harbour campus

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

All-inclusive fee (laptop, camps, QGSSSA sport) · Strong academic record - QLD top OP/ATAR results · International + STEM programs

IB Diploma alongside ACT BSSS pathway · Round Square member school · Largest enrolment in ACT independent sector (2,100+)