Independent Schools in Newtown, NSW

Independent (non-denominational) boys school in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Consistently Sydney's top HSC academic results

Best for: Consistently Sydney's top HSC academic results

Anglican girls school in Wahroonga, Sydney. Consistently top HSC results among Sydney girls' schools

Best for: Consistently top HSC results among Sydney girls' schools

Note: Boarding fee not disclosed in public sources.

Independent (non-denominational) girls school in Edgecliff, Sydney. Dalton Plan progressive education methodology (one of few in Australia)

Boarding: $33,200/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Dalton Plan progressive education methodology (one of few in Australia)

Note: Ascham does not publish tuition publicly. Contact [email protected] for current 2026 schedule.

Anglican girls school in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Consistently top-five NSW HSC ranked school

Best for: Consistently top-five NSW HSC ranked school

Anglican girls' school in Waverley, eastern Sydney. Founded 1856 (one of Australia's oldest girls' schools).

Boarding: $31,800/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Australia's oldest girls' school (est. 1856)

Uniting Church girls' school in North Sydney. Founded 1886. Day-only, strong academic + arts focus.

Best for: Strong HSC results + creative arts

SCECGS Redlands (Sydney Church of England Co-educational Grammar School) is a premium independent Anglican co-educational school in Cremorne on Sydney's lower north shore, teaching from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12. Founded in 1884, it has been the longest-running IB Diploma provider in NSW (since 1988) and has a very high ICSEA of 1193. 2026 secondary tuition runs $43,800 (Year 7) to $47,100 (Years 9-12), excluding the resource/activity fee and technology charge.

Best for: Has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma since 1988 - longer than any other school in NSW - running it alongside the HSC; the Year 9 Moonbah Program is a bespoke nine-week residential experience at the school's own High Country Campus in Jindabyne

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 7 tuition $43,800 and Year 12 tuition $47,100 (per annum) from the official 2026 Schedule of Fees PDF, excluding the Resource and Activity Fee ($375-$525) and Technology Charge ($675 Year 7). Years 9-12 all sit

Independent co-educational school in Bondi, Sydney's eastern suburbs. Founded 2001. Non-denominational, day-only.

Best for: Modern co-ed eastern suburbs

Uniting Church boys school in Wahroonga, Sydney. Largest GPS boys' school with broad co-curricular program

Best for: Largest GPS boys' school with broad co-curricular program

Note: Knox does not publish tuition publicly; figures via Good Schools Guide. Boarding fee on enquiry.

Independent co-educational school in Kenthurst, north-west Sydney. Founded 1982.

Best for: North-west Sydney co-ed

Catholic Loreto Sisters girls' school overlooking Sydney Harbour. Founded 1901. Strong academic + boarding.

Boarding: $24,600/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: IB Diploma alongside HSC

MLC School is a girls-only day school in Burwood in Sydney's Inner West, founded in 1886 with Methodist (now Uniting Church) heritage. It is a leading IB World School, offering the IB Diploma alongside the HSC for Years 11-12, and was named Australia's No. 1 IB school in 2021. With an ICSEA of 1184 it is the most academically advantaged of this group.

Best for: Offers the full International Baccalaureate Diploma to all Years 11-12 as an alternative to the HSC; named No. 1 IB School in Australia in 2021 and a Top 50 Global IB School, with 70+ students achieving the perfect IB score of 45 since 2002

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 domestic day tuition $44,904 for 2026 (billed as a Years 11-12 senior band), from MLC's 2026 Scale of Fees, cross-checked against Good Schools Guide. Year 7 is $41,300. Overseas Year 12 tuition is higher ($5

Catholic Loreto Sisters girls' school in Normanhurst, upper North Shore Sydney. Founded 1897. Day + boarding.

Boarding: $24,600/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Mary Ward Loreto Sisters tradition

Catholic Opus Dei-affiliated girls' school in Cherrybrook, north-west Sydney. Founded 1982.

Best for: Opus Dei Personal Prelature affiliated

Anglican boys school in North Sydney, Sydney. GPS founding member with strong rowing on Sydney Harbour

Best for: GPS founding member with strong rowing on Sydney Harbour

Note: Shore's fee page returns 403; figures via Good Schools Guide. Boarding fee on enquiry.

Emanuel School is an independent, co-educational Progressive (Liberal) Jewish day school in Randwick, Sydney, taking students from Pre-school to Year 12. Founded in 1983, it has a high ICSEA of 1182 and a compact enrolment of around 830 students. 2026 annual tuition (Secular + Jewish Studies combined) runs $28,110 in Year 7 to $35,650 in Year 12, before the ~$4,710 compulsory levies and other charges.

Best for: Heralded as the first Pre-school-to-Year-12 Progressive (Liberal) Jewish co-educational day school in the world, founded 1983 by Rabbi Brian Fox and the Temple Emanuel Woollahra community; PM Bob Hawke officially opened the Randwick campus in 1986

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 fee $35,650 and Year 7 fee $28,110 are the combined TOTAL tuition (Secular tuition $31,370 + Liberal Jewish Day School tuition $4,280 for Year 12) from the official 2026 Schedule of Annual Fees PDF, excludin

Anglican co-educational school in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. IB Diploma offered alongside HSC

Best for: IB Diploma offered alongside HSC

Jesuit boys' school in Milsons Point, North Sydney. Founded 1879. Day-only school with strong academic results.

Best for: Jesuit Magis + Ignatian formation

Independent co-educational school in Ultimo, Sydney. Founded 1984. Bilingual program in 4 languages.

Best for: Bilingual program (Mandarin, French, German, Italian)

Uniting Church girls school in Gordon, Sydney. IB World School (PYP and Diploma)

Best for: IB World School (PYP and Diploma)

Barker College is a large co-educational Anglican day and boarding school in Hornsby on Sydney's Upper North Shore, founded in 1890 by Henry Plume. It runs Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12 and became fully co-educational in 2022. With an ICSEA of 1179 it sits among the most academically advantaged schools in the country, and offers boarding for Years 9-12.

Boarding: $38,830/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: ICSEA 1179 (around the 98th percentile nationally) - one of NSW's most academically advantaged independent schools

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 fee of $44,720 is the official 2026 'Tuition' line (day tuition, excluding the Activity Charge, Technology Levy and boarding) taken directly from Barker's own fee schedule. Year 12 TOTAL fixed fees per annum

Uniting Church girls school in Pymble, Sydney. IB Primary Years and HSC offered

Boarding: $34,592/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: IB Primary Years and HSC offered

Anglican boys school in Summer Hill, Sydney. Strong music program (one of largest school music programs in Australia)

Best for: Strong music program (one of largest school music programs in Australia)

Catholic Mercy Sisters girls' school in North Sydney. Founded 1875.

Best for: Mercy Sisters Catherine McAuley tradition

Catholic (Jesuit) boys school in Lane Cove, Sydney. Jesuit education in the Ignatian tradition

Boarding: $29,565/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Jesuit education in the Ignatian tradition

Note: ICSEA value 1168 is from 2018 MySchool data (most recent surfaced).

Anglican co-educational school in Sydney CBD. Founded 1885. Strong music + cathedral choir tradition.

Best for: Cathedral Choir + Gawura Indigenous program

Anglican boys school in North Parramatta, Sydney. Australia's oldest independent school

Boarding: $35,856/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Australia's oldest independent school

Note: Year 7 tuition not extracted from PDF; Year 12 confirmed at $49,980.

Anglican girls' school in Roseville, Sydney's upper North Shore. Founded 1908. Day-only.

Best for: Strong upper North Shore community

Independent co-educational school in Burradoo, Southern Highlands NSW. Founded 1983.

Best for: Southern Highlands co-ed

Kincoppal-Rose Bay is a leading Catholic independent school of the Sacred Heart on a harbourfront Rose Bay campus, co-educational from the Early Learning Centre to Year 6 and girls-only from Year 7 to Year 12. It offers both day and boarding places and carries an ICSEA of 1163. The 2026 day tuition is 45,660 for Year 12, with boarding an additional 38,772.

Boarding: $38,772/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: ICSEA 1163 — more educationally advantaged than roughly 96% of Australian schools; one of the highest-ICSEA Catholic girls' schools in NSW

Note: Fee year 2026. Verified: Year 12 day tuition 2026 = 45,660 (Good Schools, sourced from the school's 2026 schedule; consistent with the school's published K-12 resident range of 28,968-45,660 on krb.nsw.edu.au). ICSEA 1163 (multipl

St Luke's Grammar School is an independent Anglican co-educational day school on Sydney's Northern Beaches, with its senior Pre-K to Year 12 campus at Dee Why and a junior Pre-K to Year 6 campus at Bayview. It has an ICSEA of 1159 and 2026 Year 12 day tuition of 30,270.

Best for: ICSEA 1159 — more educationally advantaged than around 95-96% of Australian schools; a top-tier Northern Beaches independent co-ed school

Note: Fee year 2026. Verified: Year 12 tuition = 30,270 and Year 7 = 29,260 (Good Schools, sourced from the school's current/2026 Dee Why schedule). ICSEA 1159 (ACARA MySchool via multiple aggregators). Day school only — no boarding. Th

Independent girls' boarding school in Mittagong, Southern Highlands NSW. Founded 1913. Year 7-12 boarding focus.

Boarding: $32,300/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Southern Highlands rural boarding

Presbyterian boys school in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. Glengarry outdoor education campus (Year 9 program)

Best for: Glengarry outdoor education campus (Year 9 program)

Note: 2026 fee schedule gated; school directs enquiries to [email protected].

Presbyterian Ladies' College (PLC) Sydney is a girls-only day and boarding school in Croydon in Sydney's Inner West, founded in 1888 under the Presbyterian Church. It runs Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12, offers boarding from Year 7, and provides Cambridge A Levels as an alternative senior pathway to the HSC. ICSEA 1154.

Best for: One of Australia's oldest girls' schools (founded 1888) and one of the few Sydney girls' schools still offering boarding, available from Year 7

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 day tuition $44,640 and Year 7 $41,160 sourced from Good Schools Guide, which draws directly from PLC; PLC's own College Fees page embeds an Issuu document explicitly titled 'College Fees 2026', so these fig

Moriah College is a co-educational Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in Queens Park in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, founded in 1943 and now the largest Jewish day school in the Southern Hemisphere with over 1,400 students K-12. It runs a dual General Studies (HSC) and Jewish Studies curriculum. ICSEA 1153.

Best for: The largest Jewish day school in the Southern Hemisphere, with 1,400+ students K-12 on its Queens Park campus

Note: Fee year 2026. Read directly off Moriah's official 2026 Schedule of Fees PDF. Year 12 'General Studies' tuition is $33,700 (the comparable day tuition figure, excluding levies). Moriah bills a separate Jewish Studies fee ($9,800 f

St Pius X College is an independent Catholic boys' day school in Chatswood on Sydney's lower North Shore, founded in 1937 in the Christian Brothers / Edmund Rice tradition and serving Years 5 to 12. With around 1,130 students and an ICSEA of 1149, it is the most socio-educationally advantaged school in this comparison. The 2026 Year 12 (Stage 6) annual tuition is about 15,939 (3 instalments of 5,313) and Year 7 (Stage 4) about 15,660 (3 x 5,220), excluding the resource/ICT levy.

Best for: Independent Catholic boys' day school founded in 1937 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, now in the Edmund Rice Education Australia tradition; around 1,130 students across Years 5-12 on Sydney's lower North Shore

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 12 tuition 15,939 (3 x 5,313/term) and Year 7 15,660 (3 x 5,220/term) from the official 2026 Schedule of Fees page; a resource/ICT levy applies on top. ICSEA 1149 and founding year 1937 confirmed via ACARA-sour

Anglican girls' school in Strathfield, inner west Sydney. Founded 1897.

Best for: Inner west Sydney Anglican girls school

Catholic Sisters of Charity girls' school in Potts Point, Sydney. Founded 1858.

Boarding: $22,500/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Sisters of Charity Mary Aikenhead tradition

Catholic Marist Brothers boys' school in North Sydney. Founded 1909.

Best for: Marist Brothers Champagnat tradition

Anglican co-educational school in Kellyville, north-west Sydney. Founded 1988.

Best for: North-west Sydney Anglican co-ed

Anglican girls school in Rose Bay, Sydney. Both IB Diploma and HSC offered (rare combination)

Boarding: $33,700/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Both IB Diploma and HSC offered (rare combination)

Note: Tuition gated. Application fee $300 + enrolment fee $6,000 confirmed.

Uniting Church co-educational (transitioning; historically boys) school in Stanmore, Sydney. GPS member with strong rugby and rowing

Boarding: $38,394/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: GPS member with strong rugby and rowing

Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta is a Catholic systemic-independent day school for girls in Years 7-12 in central Parramatta, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1889. It has an ICSEA of 1121 and comparatively low 2026 Year 12 day tuition of 15,720.

Best for: ICSEA 1121 (around 90th percentile) — a strong-performing Catholic girls' school and one of the oldest girls' schools in Western Sydney

Note: Fee year 2026. Verified: Year 12 tuition 2026 = 15,720 and Year 7 = 13,530 (school's official 2026 fees page, olmc.nsw.edu.au). ICSEA 1121 (ACARA MySchool, ~90th percentile). Girls-only Years 7-12 day school, no boarding. Founded

Catholic Brigidine Sisters girls' school in Randwick, eastern Sydney. Founded 1929.

Best for: Brigidine Sisters Mary Aikenhead tradition

Anglican co-educational school in Cobbitty, south-west Sydney. Founded 1984.

Best for: South-west Sydney Anglican co-ed

Anglican girls' school in North Parramatta. Founded 1897. Day + boarding.

Boarding: $24,200/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Western Sydney Anglican girls school

Catholic Christian Brothers boys' school in Strathfield, inner west Sydney. Founded 1928.

Best for: Edmund Rice tradition

Catholic Daughters of Mary Help of Christians girls' school in Kenthurst, north-west Sydney. Founded 1985.

Best for: Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian) tradition

Waverley College is an independent Catholic boys' school in Waverley in Sydney's eastern suburbs, educating around 1,435 students from Years 5 to 12 in the Edmund Rice (Christian Brothers) tradition. Founded in 1903, it counts former Governor-General Peter Cosgrove among its alumni. 2026 annual tuition is $21,220 in Year 7 and $23,510 in Year 12 (excluding technology and resource levies).

Best for: Founded 1903 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers; today part of Edmund Rice Education Australia (Lasallian/Edmund Rice charism). Opened with 22 boys as Christian Brothers' College, Waverley

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 7 tuition $21,220 and Year 12 tuition $23,510 are annual tuition fees from the official 2026 Fees Schedule PDF, excluding the technology levy (~$2,880/yr), IT resource levy (~$720/yr) and estimated sundries. No

Christian Schools Australia co-educational school in Dural, north-west Sydney. Founded 1978.

Best for: CSA Christian co-ed school

Catholic Christian Brothers boys' school in Sydney CBD. Founded 1824 (Australia's oldest Catholic school).

Best for: Australia's oldest Catholic school (est. 1824)

Marist Brothers Catholic boys' boarding school in Hunters Hill, Sydney. Founded 1881. Australia's largest boys' boarding school. AAGPS member.

Boarding: $26,500/yr (additional to tuition)

Best for: Largest boys' boarding school in Australia (~600 boarders)

Oakhill College is a large independent Catholic school in Castle Hill in Sydney's Hills District, run by the De La Salle Brothers in the Lasallian tradition. It enrols boys in Years 7-10 and becomes co-educational for Years 11-12. Founded in 1936, it is among the largest Catholic schools in NSW. 2026 annual tuition is a relatively affordable $11,846 (Years 7-10) rising to $13,054 in Years 11-12, before levies.

Best for: Run by the De La Salle Brothers in the Lasallian tradition of Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle; began 1936 and formally opened 1 February 1937 (originally with boarders). One of the largest Catholic schools in NSW, with roughly 1,600-2,000 students across Years 7-12

Note: Fee year 2026. Year 7 tuition $11,846 and Year 12 tuition $13,054 from the official 2026 Schedule of Fees and Charges PDF, excluding the Year Levy (~$1,309 in Year 12), Technology Fee ($400), Capital Levy ($525/family) and volunta

Catholic De La Salle Brothers boys' school in Caringbah, Sutherland Shire. Founded 1962.

Best for: De La Salle Brothers tradition

Catholic Marist Brothers boys' school in Randwick. Founded 1923.

Best for: Marist Brothers Champagnat tradition

Catholic co-educational school in Marrickville, inner west Sydney. Founded 1985.

Best for: Inner west Sydney Catholic systemic co-ed