Most affordable boarding schools in Australia

Catholic boarding secondary (Y7-12) · Atherton Tablelands location (west of Cairns) · Founded 1921; 170-180 boarders capacity

Single-sex boys (with girls boarding available) · Boarding available for boys and girls · Affordable Catholic secondary education

Oceanfront Strand campus with state-of-the-art facilities (East Precinct opened 2020 by award-winning M3 Architecture) · Catholic day and boarding school in Mercy tradition; boarding with air-conditioned single and multi-dorm facilities · Combined Schools' Musical harnesses talent across three Townsville Catholic colleges

Co-educational boarding school · Established 1994; ~540 students · Four boarding houses (2 boys, 2 girls)

Low-fee Catholic college with state-of-the-art facilities · 50 VCE level 3/4 studies and 19 VET programs available · Boarding facilities available (fees upon enquiry)

International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) for Years 11-12, one of only 18 IB schools in Queensland · Co-educational boarding for Years 7-12 with 120 boarders (25 international students) · Three junior school campuses (Annandale, North Shore, North Ward) plus Year 7-12 campus adjacent to Townsville Sports Precinct (2022)

One of Queensland's largest independent co-ed schools (~1,700-1,950 students) and an authorised IB World School (IB Diploma authorised 27 October 2009, school code 002908) — a rare dual ATAR/IB senior pathway in the Logan area; ICSEA 1106 · Notable alumni include Eurovision/X Factor singer Dami Im, Olympic backstroke swimmer Mitch Larkin and Olympian distance runner Genevieve LaCaze · Founded in 1982 by four clergymen from the Catholic, Anglican and Uniting churches as an ecumenical college; offers village-style boarding at 'Fenton Village' (built 2015) for Years 7-12 plus an international homestay program

ICSEA 1139 (93rd percentile nationally); ~1,800 students, one of Brisbane's largest Catholic boys' schools · Boarding for up to ~220 boys (Years 6-12), currently ~170 boarders - a major regional/rural Queensland feeder · Powerhouse sporting alumni: Wallabies captain John Eales, Test cricketer Matthew Hayden and Brisbane Lions forward Charlie Cameron; facilities include the Matthew Hayden cricket complex and an Olympic-size heated pool

Lutheran heritage + values · Mid-fee co-ed Christian school · Boarding for regional SA + Pacific families

Lutheran tradition + values · Strong rowing + sport programs · Boarding for regional SA + Pacific

Mid-fee Uniting Church girls school · Strong music + drama programs · Boarding for regional WA families

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

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

Single-sex boarding (St Mary's for girls, Mt Carmel for boys) for rural and remote students · Agriculture and cattle club · Vocational pathways including TAFE links

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

PSA sport (rowing on Canning River) · 69-hectare riverside campus · Edmund Rice Catholic identity + boarding

Only Prep-Year 12 co-ed boarding school in Australia accredited by ABSA · Up to 300 boarding students Years 7-12 · 38 hectares, 50m heated pool, performing arts centre

24-acre campus with natural lagoon and rain trees creating unique learning environment · Boarding for Years 7-12 (approximately 150 boarders from rural, coastal, island and overseas communities) · All grades 2-10 participate in outdoor education program (2-10 day camps including survival skills)

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

The only Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) school in Western Australia, and one of the few remaining boys' boarding schools in the Perth foothills with ~100 boarders out of ~830 students · Notable alumni include Federal MP Matt Keogh and former AFL players including Scott Cummings and Harry Edwards · Flat Year 7-12 day tuition of $9,800 with a single boarding fee of $24,200 covering all year levels; 2018 state-of-the-art Design & Technology centre supporting apprenticeship pathways

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

National Award-winning contemporary boarding house · Girls' residential school since 1931 · Flexible boarding options (full-time, weekly, casual)

Home of the only Manchester City Football School in South Australia and the Northern Territory, delivered by a dedicated Man City coach to Years 7-9 in place of standard HPE · Strong AFL pathway: ten graduates drafted to AFL clubs in the past six years (incl. Max Michalanney to Adelaide at pick 17); alumni include Socceroo John Aloisi and Port Adelaide's Tom Jonas · Boys-only boarding in Duggan House for Years 7-12 drawing rural and remote students, with an automatic 25% tuition discount for boarders; ICSEA 1059 (above the national average of 1000)

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

South Adelaide Uniting Church co-ed · Strong music + sport programs · Boarding house draws from regional SA + interstate

Co-educational independent Anglican school · Boarding available from K-Year 12 · Family Fee Cap system with sibling discounts

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

Largest boys' boarding school in Australia (~600 boarders) · AAGPS rugby + rowing · Marist Brothers tradition + Champagnat formation

Waterfront 144-acre campus adjoining Oyster Harbour near Albany, with a residential boarding house accommodating up to ~148 boarders (Years 7-12) drawn from regional, rural and remote WA · Compulsory Outward Bound-partnered expedition program (Years 9-10) in national parks, plus a championship-winning equestrian program and a maritime/marine studies offering using the harbour location · Regional ICSEA of 1072, above the national average of 1000, and one of the Great Southern region's two major independent boarding schools