The truth about Sydney’s school funding revealed

July 20, 2026 — 7:30pmTaxpayers tip in less than $5000 per student across 15 of the state’s high-fee schools, a Herald analysis of funding of combined state and Commonwealth governments reveals.North shore schools SCEGGS, Redlands, Shore, and Bellevue Hill’s Scots College received the lowest amount of funding on a per-student basis, 2024 figures obtained from the government’s MySchool website show. It is the latest year for which is data available.The analysis looked at more than 806 government, Catholic and private schools offering a secondary education. The school finance data does not distinguish between per-student funding at a high school level, with many independent schools offering kindergarten to year 12, while government high schools are often year 7 to 12.The three lowest-funded