One in five Queensland private schools have kept their school fees steady this year as a result of the economic hit from COVID-19, trailing behind other states, where almost half of schools did not push prices up. Brisbane Grammar School remained at the top of the list of Queensland s most expensive schools charging $29,450, an increase of $1,220 from 2020. Fees at Brisbane Boys College increased by 2.29 per cent from last year, while Brisbane Girls Grammar, the third most expensive school in Queensland, did not increase prices. The Gold Coast s most expensive school The Southport School also kept their prices steady, charging $24,438 annually.
Fees for Australia s most expensive private schools have blown out to almost $500,000 despite the financial disaster of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Two schools in NSW and Victoria are now charging more than $40,000 a year for Year 12 tuition - SCEGGS Darlinghurst in Sydney and Melbourne s Geelong Grammar.
Geelong Grammar remains the most expensive private school in the country - charging $42,792 for students in their final year of high school.
Geelong Grammar remains the most expensive private school in Australia - charging $42,792 for students in Year 12
Queensland s heftiest fees are charged by Brisbane Grammar School - where parents will have to pay $29,450 in 2021
DESPERATE parents are going to extraordinary lengths to get their children into private schools, subverting enrolment procedures they say unfairly favour the brightest students. From donating tens of thousands of dollars worth of sporting equipment to lying about their religious faith, nothing is off the table. Family connections and being enrolled since birth are no longer guarantees in a fight for placements that has become obsessive . Meanwhile, huge sums are being spent tutoring children as young as seven ahead of international exams that pit them against peers in Asia and give them an edge on NAPLAN, key determinants of enrolment success.
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