Best Australian private schools for rowing

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

Dalton Plan progressive education methodology (one of few in Australia) · Top HSC results among Eastern Suburbs girls' schools · Strong rowing program on Sydney Harbour

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

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

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+

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Geelong Anglican rival to Geelong Grammar · Strong rowing on Barwon River · Year 9 Outdoor Education at Wirruna

Small intimate enrolment (~430 students) · Named after Irish village Fahan, Co. Donegal · Strong rowing and aquatic sports program

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

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

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

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

Parallel single-sex learning (boys + girls campuses) · Strong music + rowing programs · Western Melbourne campus

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

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)