Best Australian schools offering the IB Diploma

Highest ICSEA in Victoria (1,210) · IB Diploma authorised since 1990, offered alongside VCE · Six-time consecutive Australian Schools' Chess Champions (2016-2021)

Largest girls school in Australia (~2,200 students) · IB Diploma alongside VCE · Equestrian centre + extensive co-curricular

Compulsory Year 9 residential at Howqua rural campus · IB Diploma offered alongside VCE · National-medal-winning rowing program (Head of the Yarra)

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

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

IB Diploma alongside ACT BSSS pathway · Round Square member school · Largest enrolment in ACT independent sector (2,100+)

First school in the world to introduce 1:1 laptops (1990) · Both VCE and IB Diploma pathways offered · Marshmead and Banksia outdoor education campuses

IB Diploma + AC Senior pathways · Largest Lutheran co-ed school in QLD · Strong music conservatorium and outdoor ed (Crows Nest)

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 alongside SACE pathway · Hearing Unit for hearing-impaired students · Up to 125 boarders Years 7-12

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

Bilingual program (Mandarin, French, German, Italian) · IB Diploma alongside HSC · Inner-city co-ed model

IB World School (PYP and Diploma) · Award-winning STEM and design programs · Strong music and dance co-curricular

IB Primary Years and HSC offered · Strong STEM and innovation program · AHIGS sport with elite rowing and aquatics

IB Primary Years Programme in Junior School · Approximately 65 boarders · Sibling discounts up to 30 percent for fourth child

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

Only Victorian school offering IB from early childhood through Year 12 · Year 9 Clunes residential learning campus · Yiramalay/Wesley Indigenous education partnership in the Kimberley

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

Modern Anglican co-ed school · Strong IB + WACE outcomes · Perth south river-edge campus

Strong WACE + IB academic outcomes · Boarding for regional WA + international · Anglican Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent foundation

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

First Australian school with an overseas campus (Nanjing, China since 1998) for Mandarin immersion · Yarra Junction outdoor education campus with award-winning environmental program · IB Diploma offered alongside VCE

IB Primary Years Programme and Diploma Programme · Up to 80 boarders Years 7-12 · Sibling discounts of 7.5%-15%

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

Largest Quaker school in the world · One of two Tasmanian schools offering IB Diploma · 47 boarders Years 7-12

IB Diploma alongside VCE · Two campuses (Ivanhoe + Plenty) · Strong rowing + music programs

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

Both IB Diploma and HSC offered (rare combination) · Hampshire House boarding for senior students · Harbourside Rose Bay campus with strong rowing

Independent secular co-educational P-12 school · IB World School (PYP) · Largest independent school in the Maitland-Hunter region

GPS member with strong rugby and rowing · IB Diploma offered alongside HSC · Transitioning to co-education from 2026 (Year 5) and 2028 (Year 7-12)