Ranked purely by parent interest — the number of families who opened each school’s profile and spent time reading it between September 2025 and August 2026.
Genazzano FCJ College is a Catholic girls' school in Kew, Victoria, educating students from age 3 to 18 with day and boarding options. The college offers an international curriculum across IB Primary Years and Middle Years Programmes, together with the Australian Curriculum, delivered on a 17-acre campus. A standout feature is Studio Beyond, a personalised learning program that tailors support for university pathways, internships, work and study, backed by flexible delivery across Traditional, Studio Online/Face-to-Face and Learning Hub modes. Careers services run from Year 7 to 12, including guest speakers, course sessions, VTAC assistance and a Careers Expo, with microcredentials to build practical skills. VCE and VCE VM pathways are available, with University of Melbourne Matching for Success for students completing a VCE course. The Madeleine Centre hosts music and performing arts, while a full health centre, sport precinct and boarding house support wellbeing and achievement for students across the years.
Wesley College Melbourne is a long-established, coeducational private day and boarding school with three Melbourne campuses: Elsternwick, Glen Waverley and St Kilda Road. It serves ages from three to 18, with boarding at Glen Waverley for Years 7–12. The college offers the International Baccalaureate continuum: PYP in the Junior School through Year 6, MYP in Years 7–10 and the Diploma Programme in Years 11–12. Facilities span the three campuses: Elsternwick houses an Early Childhood Centre plus spaces for design, science, food technology, the arts and physical education; Glen Waverley features The Drennen Centre, the Goldstraw Visual Arts Centre and specialist language classrooms; St Kilda Road provides a central CBD setting with a dedicated Early Childhood Learning Centre. A wide sport program operates at Glen Waverley, with 20 sports across three seasons. Distinctive features include the XSOAR tennis program and music and performing arts ensembles, complemented by international exchanges and alumni networks.
Ivanhoe Grammar School is a private, co-educational day school in Australia with four campuses and a single, connected learning community. The curriculum combines the Australian Curriculum with the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, offering a broad range of subjects from Early Learning to Year 12 across multiple campuses. In the Early Learning and Primary Years, literacy and numeracy are taught alongside specialist subjects such as Visual Arts, Music, Japanese, Physical Education and Library. In the Middle Years, core subjects are studied with elective options in Arts and Design, allowing students to begin exploring personal interests. In Year 9, the University Campus program brings real-world experiences through a university partnership. Senior Years students tailor their courses to future pathways. The One School approach links Buckley House, Ridgeway, Plenty and University Campus, enabling cross-campus projects and co-curricular participation, including Round Square exchanges, international trips and service initiatives that foster leadership and global citizenship.
The Australian International Academy Caroline Springs Campus offers a broad, recognised program that blends the Australian Curriculum with the International Baccalaureate. The Primary Campus (Prep to Year 5) delivers the IB Primary Years Programme alongside ACARA in a transdisciplinary, inquiry-based framework. Arabic language and Religious Studies are taught at all levels, with additional modern languages offered as numbers allow. The Senior Campus delivers the IB Diploma Programme for Years 11-12, with six subjects (three HL, three SL), plus Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and CAS. The Diploma prepares students for university study, and the Senior Campus is a Candidate School for the IB Middle Years Programme. The college has a long history, originating as King Khalid Islamic College in 1983, and opened the Caroline Springs Campus in 2014. AIA provides a range of after-school activities including debating, calligraphy, language forums and esports, together with chess and camp activities, each week.
Annual fees
A$150 – 10,406
Ages
Ages not listed
Curriculum
Australian Curriculum, IB (PYP), IB (MYP), IB (DP)
Caulfield Grammar School is a multi-campus independent co-educational day school in Australia, spanning Early Learning to Year 12 with a K–12 curriculum and IB. Across Caulfield, Malvern, Wheelers Hill and Shelford campuses, learning is coordinated; from Year 7 onward, students access a program including Product Design and Technology, Systems Engineering and Year 9 Robotics. The Senior School follows the Victorian VCE with more than 40 subject choices; students complete at least 22 units, including four English units and three sequences of level 3/4 units. Acceleration options enable a three-year VCE pathway. The school was established in 1881 and has a rural Outdoor Education campus at Yarra Junction (opened 1947) and an overseas campus in Nanjing, China (opened 1998). The Shelford Campus will open in 2027. Boarding is available from Year 9 at Caulfield Campus. Facilities include a 50m pool, a 500-seat Cripps Centre theatre, and extensive arts and performing spaces.
