Annual tuition at Geelong Grammar School ranges from AUD 350 to AUD 113,560 for 2026/27.
Application & Enrolment Fees
- Application fee: a non-refundable AUD 350 per application for Australian citizens, permanent and temporary residents; AUD 500 per application for full fee-paying overseas students.
- Enrolment (acceptance) fee (non-refundable) payable to secure an offered place:
- Early Learning Centre (ELC3–ELC4): AUD 1,000.
- Primary and Secondary (Prep–Year 12, excluding Year 9): AUD 2,500.
- Year 9: AUD 5,000.
- Full fee-paying overseas students (ELC–Year 12): AUD 5,500.
Tuition & Boarding Fees (per term and per year) — Domestic and Overseas (2026 fee schedule)
- General: tuition/boarding fees are charged in four termly instalments (per term listed, and total annual amount shown below). Fees shown are per term / per year.
- Bostock House / Corio Junior School — Domestic students:
- ELC (3 days): AUD 3,520 / AUD 14,080.
- ELC (4 days): AUD 4,770 / AUD 19,080.
- ELC (5 days): AUD 5,665 / AUD 22,660.
- Primary Prep: AUD 5,665 / AUD 22,660.
- Primary Year 1–3: AUD 7,130 / AUD 28,520.
- Primary Year 4: AUD 8,750 / AUD 35,000.
- Bostock House / Corio Junior School — Overseas students:
- ELC (3 days): AUD 5,315 / AUD 21,260.
- ELC (4 days): AUD 6,625 / AUD 26,500.
- ELC (5 days): AUD 8,570 / AUD 34,280.
- Primary Prep: AUD 8,570 / AUD 34,280.
- Primary Year 1–3: AUD 10,060 / AUD 40,240.
- Primary Year 4: AUD 11,700 / AUD 46,800.
- Toorak Campus — Domestic students:
- ELC (3 days): AUD 4,010 / AUD 16,040.
- ELC (4 days): AUD 5,380 / AUD 21,520.
- ELC (5 days): AUD 6,700 / AUD 26,800.
- Primary Prep: AUD 8,100 / AUD 32,400.
- Primary Years 1–2: AUD 9,545 / AUD 38,180.
- Primary Years 3–6: AUD 9,960 / AUD 39,840 (Year 5–6 listed at same level).
- Toorak Campus — Overseas students (per term / per year):
- ELC (3 days): AUD 6,460 / AUD 25,840.
- ELC (4 days): AUD 8,160 / AUD 32,640.
- ELC (5 days): AUD 9,850 / AUD 39,400.
- Primary Prep: AUD 11,565 / AUD 46,260.
- Primary Years 1–2: AUD 12,545 / AUD 50,180.
- Primary Years 3–6: AUD 12,880 / AUD 51,520.
- Corio Campus — Middle School (Years 5–8):
- Domestic day Years 5–6: AUD 10,035 / AUD 40,140.
- Domestic day Years 7–8: AUD 11,435 / AUD 45,740.
- Domestic weekly boarding Years 7–8: AUD 19,190 / AUD 76,760.
- Domestic full boarding Years 7–8: AUD 22,320 / AUD 89,280.
- Overseas day Years 5–6: AUD 12,945 / AUD 51,780.
- Overseas day Years 7–8: AUD 14,460 / AUD 57,840.
- Overseas weekly boarding Years 7–8: AUD 24,185 / AUD 96,740.
- Overseas full boarding Years 7–8: AUD 26,080 / AUD 104,320.
- Corio Campus — Senior School (Years 10–12):
- Domestic day boarding (Day Boarder) Years 10–12: AUD 13,845 / AUD 55,380.
- Domestic full boarding Years 10–12: AUD 23,460 / AUD 93,840.
- Overseas tuition and day boarding Years 10–12: AUD 16,875 / AUD 67,500.
- Overseas tuition and full boarding Years 10–12: AUD 28,390 / AUD 113,560.
- Timbertop (Year 9) — Domestic and Overseas:
- Domestic full boarding Year 9: AUD 23,460 / AUD 93,840.
- Overseas full boarding Year 9: AUD 28,390 / AUD 113,560.
- A Senior School Transition Deposit equal to a full Term's published fee for a Year 10 boarding student applies to students commencing at Timbertop (charged or amortised as described in enrolment notices).
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Fee invoices are issued termly; tuition and boarding fees are charged in four instalments each year. Billing dates and due dates for the 2026 schedule are issued in advance and the 2026 billing dates/due dates listed are:
- Term 1 bill issued Wednesday 17 September 2025 — due Monday 6 October 2025.
- Term 2 bill issued Monday 15 December 2025 — due Thursday 29 January 2026.
- Term 3 bill issued Monday 30 March 2026 — due Monday 20 April 2026.
- Term 4 bill issued Monday 22 June 2026 — due Monday 20 July 2026.
- Fees are payable one term in advance (that is, a term's fees are due prior to the commencement of the term to which they relate). Sundry expenses are normally billed each term as they arise and are due prior to the following term. Unpaid fees accrue interest from the date of default at a rate equivalent to the Westpac unarranged lending rate. Non-payment may lead to suspension or termination of enrolment.
Boarding fees & boarding-specific charges and inclusions
- Boarding fee levels are shown above by campus and year group (weekly and full boarding options at Corio; full boarding is compulsory at Timbertop Year 9). Boarding inclusions typically cover furnished accommodation, meals (weekly or full as appropriate), routine laundry, access to health centre services, and residential pastoral care. Occasional additional boarding charges include:
- Day students overnight boarding (occasional): AUD 145 per night.
- Weekly boarding: weekends spent at the School billed at AUD 350.
- No adjustment to Term 4 boarding fees for Year 12 students who withdraw from boarding in Term 4; certain deposits may be forfeited if Timbertop students do not transition to Senior School.
Other costs & exclusions
- The published tuition and boarding fees include a number of standard items (buses for official school purposes, compulsory excursions, subject levies, school magazine/yearbook, some instrument hire, selected meals, access to health/wellbeing facilities). Exclusions and additional costs that parents should budget for include:
- School uniform and uniform shop purchases.
- Booklists, stationery and diaries.
- Camps, Adventure Expeditions and some specific excursions.
- Private instrumental or voice tuition and instrument hire beyond included provision.
- Notebook computers or other personal technology (some Year 12 students may have a listed computer lease charge of AUD 750).
- Optional co-curricular activities with separate charges, chemist and medical charges, commuter buses, personal items, dry-cleaning or sewing-room services where applicable.
- Before- and after-school care flat rates (example domestic schedule: Before School Care typically AUD 21 flat; After School Care AUD 40 flat; late collection fee AUD 15 per 15 minutes after 6:00pm).
Refund information
- Application and enrolment fees are non-refundable except where stated otherwise for overseas students (for example, where a student visa is refused certain refunds and conditions apply). Overseas students' refunds are handled under the Overseas Students Refund Policy and in accordance with the ESOS Act; the policy specifies circumstances for refunds, a AUD 500 refund administration deduction may apply where a visa is refused, refunds are paid in Australian dollars by electronic bank transfer, and timeframes for processing (generally within four weeks of a completed refund request except in provider-default circumstances). Domestic enrolment withdrawals require a minimum of one term's written notice and failure to provide required notice or payment obligations may leave fees payable; unpaid fees are recoverable with costs.
Fee payment options & practical payment details
- Accepted payment channels include BPAY (details on each invoice/statement), the School's online parent payments tile (HIVE) accepting Visa, Mastercard and JCB, and international payments by SWIFT transfer (contact the School's credit/finance team for instructions). The School does not accept cash or cheque for fee payments. Electronic bank transfer details are held for fee payments (the School's Fee Transfer Account is with Westpac) and international payers are provided appropriate SWIFT instructions. Credit card/online payments incur merchant handling fees as advised through the School's payment facility. Contact details for fee-account queries are provided to families via the School's accounts team.
Other payment arrangements & concessions
- Sibling discounts apply where three or more children attend concurrently (15% discount for third and subsequent children when not all are boarders; 20% for third and subsequent where all are boarders — discount applies to the youngest sibling).
- Timbertop day-student families may apply to spread the additional boarding cost for Year 9 across Years 8–10 under a Timbertop payment option if applied for by the stated deadline.
- Advance lump-sum payments for fees in advance are accepted subject to approval and conditions.
Key administrative notes
- Fees and levies are subject to annual review.
- Certain deposits or bonds may be required for selected year levels or specific enrolment conditions; Timbertop Senior School Transition Deposit rules and possible forfeiture are specified in enrolment notices.
- Interest, recovery costs and possible suspension or termination apply for overdue accounts.
