Best boys' schools in Australia

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

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

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

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

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

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

GPS founding member with strong rowing on Sydney Harbour · Northwood and Northbridge campuses with extensive sport facilities · Anglican formation with chapel program

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

Jesuit Magis + Ignatian formation · Strong HSC academic outcomes · Senior Trial Court mentoring (legal pathway)

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

Authorised IB World School (PYP, MYP, DP) · PSA sport powerhouse · ~170 boarders Years 7-12

Oldest boys' school in WA (1858) · PSA sport (rugby, rowing, cricket) · Strong cadet + boarding tradition

Jesuit education in the Ignatian tradition · Largest GPS boarding school by tradition; major rowing program · Strong service-learning and Jesuit retreat program

GPS sport (rowing, rugby, cricket) · International Baccalaureate Diploma + Primary Years Programme · 150-boy boarding house from Year 7

Jesuit Ignatian tradition + Magis program · AAGPS Head of the River rowing · Year 9 Outdoor Education program (Lake Mungo)

Australia's oldest independent school · One of the largest GPS boarding schools (~430 boarders) · Strong rugby and cadet program tradition

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

Australia's oldest independent school (est. 1831) · AAGPS rugby + cricket tradition · Boarding house of 250+ students

100+ year Methodist heritage · PSA sport (rugby, rowing) · Boarding (~160 students); new Year 7 boarding from 2026

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

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

Jesuit Ignatian tradition + Magis program · APS rugby + rowing + footy · Year 9 Kostka Hall outdoor centre

Jesuit education tradition with Ignatian formation and community service focus · 30 APS football premierships and elite rowing (16 Olympic/World representatives) · Annual Maytime Fair raising $100,000+ for Jesuit Mission work

2025 Aramco STEM Racing World Champions (team Lunar) · Crowther Centre for Learning and Innovation, dedicated boys' education research · Strong APS sport tradition with multiple premierships in cricket, rowing and football

Strong sporting heritage in cricket and AFL · Da Vinci Decathlon and Round Square international program · Boarding from Year 5

GPS rugby + rowing + cricket · Strong music + concert band program · Boarding draws from regional QLD + PNG

Edmund Rice tradition · Strong rowing + AFL programs · Toorak elite community at lower fee

QLD's oldest boys boarding school · GPS rugby + cricket · Boarding draws from regional QLD + PNG

AAGPS rugby + rowing + sport · Award-winning chamber music + symphonic program · Inner west community focus