Best Australian private schools for sport

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

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

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

Among WA's highest ICSEA girls' schools · Three campuses (Mosman Park + Pemberton outdoor ed) · IGSSA sport + boarding from Year 7

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

All-inclusive fee (laptop, camps, QGSSSA sport) · Strong academic record - QLD top OP/ATAR results · International + STEM programs

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

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

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)

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

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

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

~171 boarders Years 6-12 (largest Anglican girls' boarding in WA) · Strong WACE/ATAR results · IGSSA sport

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

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