Can you afford a private school? Average fees for Year 12 are at least $15,000
- Written by Emma Rowe, Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University
Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock This week, updated figures once again showed an increasing number of Australian families are choosing to send their children to private schools.
Just over 63% of Australian students are enrolled in government schools. Almost 20% are in Catholic schools and almost 17% go to independent schools, according to Austr...





