Catholic education eclipses $270,000 from prep to year 12, finds report
A new report has found that small costs accumulated over the course of the school year make education in Brisbane one of the most expensive in the country.
Catholic schools in Brisbane have become the country’s most expensive on average over a student’s 13 years, eclipsing other capital cities.
That’s according to a report by education bond company Futurity Investment Group, which said it will cost families more than $270,000 to send a child to school from prep to grade 12 starting this year.
Brisbane parent Dom Woodall (left to right) sends Lilly, Jagger, Thea, Zaeyan and Tais to different Catholic schools.Credit: Dom Woodall
The report, completed by Resolve Strategic, detailed costs for tuition fees, needs and popular attendance costs such as coaching and extracurriculars, using survey responses from 2500 families and school income data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.
Dom Woodall has five children who attend different Catholic schools in Brisbane.
Woodall said she chose St Laurence’s College for her eldest child, Zaeyan, because of its proximity to gymnastics classes at Brisbane Grammar School.
“He was training 26 hours a week, [and] “He was going to take the bus,” he said.
Their other children, three of whom were kinship caregivers, went to Our Lady’s College, Stuartholme School, Saint Edmunds College in Ipswich and Mary Immaculate Primary School.
“All but the oldest [Zaeyan]Woodall said that they were involved in sports at school every semester.
