School fees to top $18,000

Private school fees will break the $18,000 barrier next year, as some leading independent schools increase their charges by more than $1000.

An Age survey of year 12 fees at Victorian schools shows the cost of sending a child to Haileybury College will rise to $18,064 next year.

At Lauriston Girls School, Scotch College and Wesley College, the fee will reach more than $17,000 for year 12 students.

Across the 11 surveyed schools, fees will rise between 2.8 per cent and 7.8 per cent. An annual school fee of $18,000 would cost a family almost $350 a week.

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