Top private schools in Perth, 2026

St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls is one of Mosman Park's most established anglican girls school. Founded 1896. ICSEA 1194 (well above the national average of 1,000). Among WA's highest ICSEA girls' schools. Tuition: $34,230/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families who value a residential outdoor-education program

Christ Church Grammar School sits among Claremont's top anglican boys schools. Founded 1910. ICSEA 1191 (well above the national average of 1,000). Top-performing non-selective WACE/ATAR results. Tuition: $37,173/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Sport-focused families, especially rowing and water-sports

Scotch College Perth, in Swanbourne, is a long-standing independent (uniting church) boys school. Founded 1897. ICSEA 1170 (well above the national average of 1,000). Authorised IB World School (PYP, MYP, DP). Tuition: $35,932/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Hale School (Wembley Downs) is recognised as a leading anglican boys school. Founded 1858. ICSEA 1169 (well above the national average of 1,000). Oldest boys' school in WA (1858). Tuition: $32,530/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Sport-focused families, especially rowing and water-sports

John XXIII College is one of Mount Claremont's most established catholic (jesuit + loreto) co-educational school. Founded 1977. ICSEA 1167 (well above the national average of 1,000). Joint Jesuit + Loreto Sisters foundation. Tuition: $14,820/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Music-strong students and families

All Saints' College sits among Bull Creek's top anglican co-educational schools. Founded 1981. ICSEA 1167 (well above the national average of 1,000). Modern Anglican co-ed school. Tuition: $21,820/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Perth College, in Mount Lawley, is a long-standing anglican girls school. Founded 1902. ICSEA 1163 (well above the national average of 1,000). Strong WACE + IB academic outcomes. Tuition: $23,820/year (Year 12, 2026).

Boarding: $22,400/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Wesley College Perth (South Perth) is recognised as a leading independent (uniting church / methodist heritage) boys (co-educational to year 6) school. Founded 1923. ICSEA 1159 (well above the national average of 1,000). 100+ year Methodist heritage. Tuition: $31,890/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Sport-focused families, especially rowing and water-sports

St Mary's Anglican Girls' School is one of Karrinyup's most established anglican girls school. Founded 1921. ICSEA 1158 (well above the national average of 1,000). ~171 boarders Years 6-12 (largest Anglican girls' boarding in WA). Tuition: $30,340/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Regional, interstate or international families needing boarding

Methodist Ladies' College Perth sits among Claremont's top independent (uniting church / methodist heritage) girls schools. Founded 1907. ICSEA 1149 (well above the national average of 1,000). ~90 boarders from regional WA. Tuition: $34,428/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Music-strong students and families

Penrhos College, in Como, is a long-standing uniting church girls school. Founded 1952. ICSEA 1148 (well above the national average of 1,000). Mid-fee Uniting Church girls school. Tuition: $22,380/year (Year 12, 2026).

Boarding: $21,800/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Music-strong students and families

Iona Presentation College (Mosman Park) is recognised as a leading catholic (presentation) girls school. Founded 1907. ICSEA 1148 (well above the national average of 1,000). Presentation Sisters Nano Nagle tradition. Tuition: $14,820/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Music-strong students and families

Carmel School is one of Dianella's most established jewish co-ed school. Founded 1958. ICSEA 1147 (well above the national average of 1,000). Very high ICSEA of 1147 — among the highest of any WA school in this comparison set and well above the national average of 1000 (76th-90th+ percentile band). Tuition: $24,850/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Co-educational families looking for a broad, balanced curriculum

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 fee is the official 2026 'Years 9-12' total annual tuition of 24,850 (Year 7 is 21,182), taken from the school's 2026 Fees and Charges PDF. That figure is inclusive of the Jewish Studies program but excludes

St George's Anglican Grammar School sits among Perth's top anglican co-ed schools. Founded 2015. ICSEA 1142 (well above the national average of 1,000). Western Australia's first 'vertical' school — a high-rise CBD campus (50 William St plus an expanded Murray St campus) rather than a traditional grounds-based school, and the only co-ed school in the heart of Perth city. Tuition: $14,620/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families wanting a service-leadership and faith formation focus

Note: Fee year 2025. Year 12 fee 14620 and Year 7 fee 13094 are from goodschools.com.au (sourced from the school); goodschools did not state the fee year so it is most likely 2025 — flagged as feeYearActual 2025. The school publishes a

Mercedes College Perth, in Perth CBD, is a long-standing catholic (mercy) girls school. Founded 1846. ICSEA 1138 (well above the national average of 1,000). Mercy Sisters Catherine McAuley tradition. Tuition: $12,820/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families seeking an established single-sex girls education

Santa Maria College (Attadale) is recognised as a leading catholic girls school. Founded 1938. ICSEA 1117 (well above the national average of 1,000). Mercy Education girls' college (Sisters of Mercy, est. 1938) on an elevated Swan River site; one of WA's leading Catholic girls' schools with ICSEA ~1117. Tuition: $15,898/year (Year 12, 2026).

Boarding: $30,434/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Families who value a residential outdoor-education program

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 tuition $15,898 (same band as Year 11) and Year 7 tuition $15,299 confirmed directly from the official 2026 Fees, Charges and Business Arrangements PDF; tuition excludes the Digital Learning Levy, Curriculum

Helena College is one of Glen Forrest's most established independent co-ed school. Founded 1988. ICSEA 1116 (well above the national average of 1,000). Two-campus structure: Junior School (Kindergarten-Year 5) at the original Darlington Campus, and Senior School (Years 6-12) on an 8.3-hectare site at Glen Forrest, established 1988. Tuition: $17,932/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Co-educational families looking for a broad, balanced curriculum

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 fee 17932 and Year 7 fee 17604 are the official 2026 figures from the school's tuition page (Years 11-12 band 17932; Years 7-10 band 17604), excluding early-payment and sibling discounts. ICSEA 1116 confirme

Trinity College Perth sits among East Perth's top catholic (edmund rice) boys schools. Founded 1894. ICSEA 1115 (well above the national average of 1,000). ACC sport (basketball, football, rowing). Tuition: $20,540/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Sport-focused families, especially rowing and water-sports

Newman College, in Churchlands, is a long-standing catholic co-ed school. Founded 1977. ICSEA 1115 (well above the national average of 1,000). Marist-tradition Catholic college and founding member of the Association of Marist Schools of Australia; formed in 1977 by amalgamating Marist Brothers, Dominican Sisters and Brigidine Sisters schools. Tuition: $10,949/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: STEM-leaning students and families

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 tuition $10,949 is the published 'Years 11 and 12' band; Year 7 is the 'Year 7 to Year 10' band at $9,567. Both confirmed directly from the official 2026 Fees & Charges PDF. Day school only, no boarding. ICS

Sacred Heart College (Sorrento) is recognised as a leading catholic co-ed school. Founded 1967. ICSEA 1112 (well above the national average of 1,000). Highest ICSEA of these four WA Catholic colleges at 1112 (well above the national average of 1000), reflecting a strongly advantaged coastal catchment. Tuition: $8,783/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Families wanting a service-leadership and faith formation focus

Note: Fee year 2025. ICSEA 1112 confirmed via ACARA/Cluey. Year 12 day tuition of $8,783 sourced from goodschools.com.au, which does not state the fee year - it is likely 2025 (the school's own 2026 fee-schedule PDF was not retrievable;

Guildford Grammar School is one of Guildford's most established anglican co-ed school. Founded 1896. ICSEA 1112 (well above the national average of 1,000). Heritage Federation Gothic Chapel of St Mary and St George (consecrated 1914), home to the Windsor Bible gifted by Queen Elizabeth II after the 1980 fire. Tuition: $29,275/year (Year 12, 2026).

Boarding: $28,580/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 day tuition $29,275 (Years 10-12 all sit at the same $29,275 tuition band) confirmed directly from the official 2026 Domestic Fees and Charges PDF; this excludes the Year 12 Resource Levy ($1,414) and boardi

Presbyterian Ladies' College Perth sits among Peppermint Grove's top independent (uniting church / presbyterian heritage) girls schools. Founded 1915. ICSEA 1107 (well above the national average of 1,000). IB Diploma World School. Tuition: $34,746/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, in Gelorup, is a long-standing anglican co-educational school. Founded 1990. ICSEA 1105 (well above the national average of 1,000). South-west WA Anglican boarding. Tuition: $17,820/year (Year 12, 2026).

Boarding: $32,600/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Families who value a residential outdoor-education program

Corpus Christi College (Bateman) is recognised as a leading catholic co-ed school. Founded 1983. ICSEA 1099 (well above the national average of 1,000). Affordable co-ed Catholic college (flat $9,390 tuition across Years 7-12) with steep sibling discounts: 20% second child, 40% third, 100% fourth and beyond. Tuition: $9,390/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: Academic families wanting an IB Diploma pathway

Note: Fee year 2026. Tuition is a flat $9,390 across all Senior School years (Year 7 through Year 12), confirmed directly from the official 2026 Fees & Charges PDF (Senior School table); this excludes Year Level Fee, Device Levy, Digita

Kennedy Baptist College is one of Murdoch's most established baptist co-ed school. Founded 2013. ICSEA 1093 (well above the national average of 1,000). ICSEA 1093 (above the Perth independent-Baptist average); one of WA's largest co-ed secondary colleges at roughly 1,100-1,240 students Years 7-12. Tuition: $11,990/year (Year 12, 2026).

Best for: STEM-leaning students and families

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 tuition is the flat 2026 first-child tuition of 11,990 confirmed on the official fees page (kennedy.wa.edu.au/enrol/fees/) — Kennedy charges a single tuition rate across Year 7-12, with only a small year-lev