Complimentary service · real people · no obligation
Need help choosing a private school? We'll do the research for you.
Choosing between 352 schools is a part-time job. Tell us your budget, suburb and entry year, and a real person on our team will hand-pick a shortlist, run the fee numbers for your family and map your next steps — everything a school-selection consultant starts with, handled for you with our compliments.
What you get
The work a paid consultant charges $500+ to start — done by people who maintain Australia's most complete private-school fee database.
A personal shortlist, not a search result
A real person reads what you tell us — budget, year level, location, what your child needs — and hand-picks 3-6 schools that genuinely fit, with the reasoning for each. Not an automated email, not a filtered list.
Straight answers on fees and affordability
We work with verified 2026 fee schedules, so we can tell you the real all-in cost of each school on your shortlist (tuition, levies, capital fees) and what fits your budget over the full 6 years — including where the same education costs half as much.
Scholarship and entry-pathway pointers
If a scholarship could change which schools are in reach, we'll flag the rounds worth applying for at your shortlisted schools, which test each one uses (ACER, AAS, Edutest) and the application windows you can't miss.
A clear next-steps plan
Which open days to book, when waitlists realistically close for your entry year, what to ask each registrar, and the order to do it in — so you're acting, not just researching.
How it works
Tell us about your family
Two minutes in the form below — suburb, entry year, budget and what would help most. The more you tell us, the better the shortlist.
We do the research
A real person on our team works through our database of 352+ schools — 2026 fees, ICSEA, Year 12 outcomes, scholarship rounds — against what you've told us.
You get a personal reply
Within one business day: your shortlist, why each school made it, the fee reality for your budget, and exactly what to do next. Then it's your call — no follow-up pressure.
Tell us what you're looking for
Two minutes here saves you weeks of tab-hopping. A real person will reply within one business day with your shortlist, the fee reality for your budget and your next steps — complimentary, no obligation, no spam.
Thanks — a real person is on it.
We'll personally review what you've told us and reply with your personalised shortlist and recommended next steps within one business day.
Questions parents ask us
Is there a cost? What's the catch? +
No cost to you, no obligation, and no payment details ever. Here's exactly how it works: when answering your enquiry calls for hands-on help, we may introduce you to one matched partner — a vetted school-selection consultant, a school that fits your criteria, or (for fees or tutoring questions) a relevant provider — and that partner may pay us a referral fee. The fee never comes from you and never changes which schools we recommend. We never pass your details to anyone beyond that one introduction.
How is this different from a paid school-placement consultant? +
Paid education consultants in Australia typically charge $500-$3,000 for a school search and application support. We cover the first and most valuable part of that — research, a personalised shortlist, fee analysis and a next-steps plan — without charging you, using our verified database of Australian private schools. If you want the full hands-on version (application strategy, interview prep, someone in your corner through enrolment), tick the consultant box in the form and we'll introduce you to one vetted consultant who does exactly that.
Are you connected to the schools you recommend? +
Schools can't pay to appear on our shortlists or rank higher in our data — rankings and recommendations are built on verified fees, ICSEA and outcomes, full stop. Separately, when you ask us to connect you with a school, we may pass your enquiry to that school's admissions team so they can answer you directly, and a school may pay us a fee for that introduction. The recommendation always comes first and is never for sale; we'll happily tell you when a famous-name school is a poor fit for what you've described.
Who actually replies to my enquiry? +
A real person on our research team — the same team that maintains the fee, ICSEA and outcomes data on this site. Not an auto-responder, not a call centre. That's also why we say one business day rather than one minute.
What if I just want fee or scholarship help, not a full shortlist? +
Tick what you need in the form. Plenty of families come to us with their school already chosen and just want help making the fees work, finding a payment plan, or preparing for a scholarship exam — we'll answer exactly the question you ask.
We're overseas — can you still help? +
Yes. We hold CRICOS registration details, international fee schedules and boarding data for Australian boarding schools that enrol international students. Tell us your home country in the form and we'll tailor the guidance — including AEAS testing and student-visa welfare arrangements. We're an information service, not a registered education agent.