Tag: independent schools

The cost of raising a child is getting higher. A 2016 Suncorp report found the average cost is $297,600 from birth to 17 years – which as Mamamia noted is the cost of a brand new Ferrari. Ouch.

Fees across South Australia’s private secondary and R-12 schools have grown faster than in any other state, a new analysis shows, and at a greater rate in the regions than in Adelaide.

Sydney’s private school parents are coughing up to 72 per cent more to put their kids through secondary schooling than a decade ago, according to The Good Schools Guide’s latest data.

The huge cost of sending your child through 13 years of school has been revealed, with a surprising city as the most expensive.

A Catholic school education in Adelaide is more expensive than in any other Australian city, the Australian Scholarship Group says.

Parents are coughing up less to send their children to Gold Coast’s best private schools than other large cities in Australia.

With Townsville parents already forking out hundreds of dollars more for their child’s private school tuition in 2019, they’re also being hit with a raft of additional levies and charges for special subjects, outdoor camps, building upgrades and even cleaning fees.

Private schools across Brisbane will raise tuition fees this year by two to three times the rate of inflation.

Private and Catholic schools across the Gold Coast are raising annual fees well above inflation and in line with hikes in Brisbane.