Best independent Catholic schools in Australia

IB Diploma alongside HSC · Loreto Sisters Mary Ward tradition · Sydney Harbour campus

Mary Ward Loreto Sisters tradition · Boarding house for regional NSW · Strong HSC academic outcomes

Opus Dei Personal Prelature affiliated · Strong HSC academic outcomes · Single-sex Catholic girls north-west Sydney

Oldest secondary school in Brisbane · Strong academic + Mercy social-justice tradition · Very competitive fee for top-tier ICSEA

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

Mercy Sisters Catherine McAuley tradition · North Sydney harbour campus · Mid-fee Catholic girls option

Top-ranked Catholic girls' school by VCE (ranked 7th statewide in 2023) · One of the top school rowing programs nationally · Six consecutive GSV Athletics Championships (2014-2019); Positive Education curriculum

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

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

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

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

Presentation Sisters tradition · Bayside Melbourne Catholic girls · Mid-fee Catholic option

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

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

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

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

Sisters of Charity Mary Aikenhead tradition · Day + small boarding house · Potts Point inner-city campus

IB Diploma alongside SACE · Mercy Sisters Catherine McAuley tradition · Lower-fee Catholic co-ed

Feeder primary for St Joseph's Nudgee College · Edmund Rice tradition · Lower-fee Catholic boys primary

Marist Brothers Champagnat tradition · Mid-fee Catholic boys option in Sydney North · Strong rugby tradition

Mercy Sisters Catherine McAuley tradition · WA's oldest girls' Catholic school · Perth CBD campus

Marist Brothers tradition of holistic education · Strong rugby and cricket programs · Member of Associated Southern Colleges

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

Brigidine Sisters Mary Aikenhead tradition · Eastern Sydney Catholic girls · Strong VCE outcomes for fees tier

ACC sport (basketball, football, rowing) · Edmund Rice Catholic identity · Inner-city CBD-edge campus

Edmund Rice tradition · Strong rugby league + cricket · South Brisbane Catholic boys

Mercy Sisters Catherine McAuley tradition · Adelaide CBD inner-city campus · Lower-fee Catholic girls option

Edmund Rice tradition · Adelaide CBD inner-city campus · Lower-fee Catholic boys option

Edmund Rice tradition · Inner west Sydney Catholic boys · Strong rugby league + soccer