Best Australian private schools for music

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

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

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

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

IB Diploma + AC Senior pathways · Largest Lutheran co-ed school in QLD · Strong music conservatorium and outdoor ed (Crows Nest)

IB Diploma offered alongside VCE in Years 11-12 (since 1997) · Carey Toonallook outdoor education campus in Gippsland · Strong music program via the Phil de Young Performing Arts Centre

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

IB World School (PYP and Diploma) · Award-winning STEM and design programs · Strong music and dance co-curricular

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

Joint Jesuit + Loreto Sisters foundation · Strong music + drama programs · Mid-fee Catholic co-ed in Perth west

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

Highest ICSEA of the four at 1164, placing it among the most socio-educationally advantaged schools in Australia · Founded 1909 by the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne; one of Victoria's few remaining girls' boarding schools (Brighton senior campus, boarding fee $36,366 in 2026) · Co-ed Junior School at Sandringham plus close brother-school ties with Brighton Grammar (joint music, drama and a 5% sibling fee concession across the two schools)

Sacred Heart Madeleine Sophie Barat tradition · Largest girls' boarding school in QLD · Strong music + drama programs

Parallel single-sex learning (boys + girls campuses) · Strong music + rowing programs · Western Melbourne campus

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

Western Melbourne Anglican girls school · Strong music + drama programs · Mid-fee Anglican option

IB World School offering both Primary Years Programme and IB Diploma · Choice of IB Diploma or QCE in Years 11-12 · Strong music, drama and sport program on a 33-hectare campus

Round Square network member (250 partner schools globally for exchanges) · Top-10 Queensland academic results, highest-achieving Sunshine Coast school (2011 NAPLAN) · Strong music, sport and dramatic arts co-curricular programs

South Adelaide Uniting Church co-ed · Strong music + sport programs · Boarding house draws from regional SA + interstate

~90 boarders from regional WA · Top-ranked TEE/ATAR historical performance · IGSSA sport + strong music

Mid-fee Uniting Church girls school · Strong music + drama programs · Boarding for regional WA families

Presentation Sisters Nano Nagle tradition · Strong music + drama programs · Lower-fee Catholic girls option in Perth

Tiered fee structure replacing flat fees gradually through 2031 · Extensive VCE program with 38 level 3/4 subjects available · Strong co-curricular programs including 16 sport types and music ensembles

IB Diploma alongside VCE · Two campuses (Ivanhoe + Plenty) · Strong rowing + music programs

Mary Ward Loreto Sisters tradition · Lower-fee Catholic girls option · Strong music + drama programs

North-west Sydney Anglican co-ed · Kellyville campus · Strong music + drama programs

VCE state-leading academic outcomes for years · Regional VIC Uniting Church school · Strong sport + music programs

Founded by the Dominican Sisters in 1940; one of Melbourne's few Dominican girls' schools, with a charism built on study, prayer, community and service · ICSEA 1132 with ~784 students Years 7-12; mid-range Catholic-school fees ($24,220 Year 12 in 2026) relative to the more expensive independent girls' schools nearby · Single-campus Years 7-12 girls' college on Riversdale Road, Camberwell with strong VCE and co-curricular (music, sport, debating) programs

Victoria's only Catholic all-girls boarding school (Hopetoun Hall) · Annual musical productions in partnership with Xavier College · Strong rowing program (Years 8-12) and GSV premierships in netball, tennis and basketball

100-acre forest campus with co-educational excellence · Strong academic results with top-10 Queensland standing · Extensive co-curricular music, drama and sport programs