Best Australian private schools for drama + visual arts

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

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

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

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

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

IB Diploma offered alongside HSC · Recently became co-educational from K-12 · Eastern Suburbs harbourside campus with strong arts program

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

Strong upper North Shore community · Anglican Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent foundation · Strong HSC results + creative arts

IB Diploma alongside VCE · Bayside Melbourne campus · Strong sport + creative arts

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

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

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

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

Tasmania's longest-running Anglican girls school · Boarding for rural Tasmania · Strong music + drama 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

Parallel learning model (single-sex Years 5-9, co-ed Year 10-12) · Eastern Melbourne campus · Strong music + drama

North Brisbane Anglican co-ed school · Strong music + drama programs · Mid-fee Anglican option

Only girls' school on the Gold Coast; full and weekly boarding from Year 6 · Strong arts and music program · 5% discount for early payment of fees

Western Sydney Anglican girls school · Boarding house for rural NSW + ACT families · Strong music + drama programs

Run by Missionaries of the Sacred Heart · Strong performing arts and music program · Co-ed across all year levels since 1996

Mercy Sisters tradition · Geelong's oldest Catholic girls school · Strong music + drama programs

Dominican Sisters tradition · Lower-fee Catholic co-ed in Adelaide · Strong arts + drama programs

IB Primary Years and Diploma Programmes · Strong STEM and performing arts focus · Founded by the Sisters of the Church

150+ year heritage; founded 1873 by Sisters of the Good Samaritan · Largest Catholic girls' college in the Illawarra · Strong VET, music and creative arts program