Trinity Grammar School Fees 2027 (Sydney): Scholarships and Entry

Trinity Grammar School fees for 2027 are $48,290 a year in Years 7 and 8, $50,180 in Years 9 and 10 and $53,370 in Years 11 and 12, with a $200 application fee and a non-refundable $5,000 enrolment fee on top (AUD), according to the school’s official 2027 Schedule of School Fees (checked 6 November 2026). For 2026 the same year groups pay $45,660, $47,450 and $50,470. A boy who enters in Year 7 in 2027 would cost $308,880 to the end of Year 12 at 2027 prices, before any fee rises. The tuition fee already covers textbooks, stationery packs, camps, curriculum excursions, co-curricular activities and the term-long Year 9 residential program, which makes the headline number more inclusive than it first looks.

A quick note on the name: this page is about Trinity Grammar School in Sydney, New South Wales, with campuses at Summer Hill and Strathfield. It is not Trinity Grammar School in Kew, Melbourne, which is a separate school with its own fees. If you searched for Trinity Grammar School fees, Trinity Grammar Sydney fees or Trinity Grammar scholarships, you probably want more than one number. You want to know what is included, when to apply, how much help a scholarship really gives, and how Trinity compares with nearby schools. This page answers those questions from Trinity’s own website and documents, compares it with The King’s School and Newington College, and then shows how NIJIN GLOBAL ACADEMY (NGA), a very different online option opening in September 2027, fits in.

The short answer: who Trinity Grammar suits — and who it doesn’t

• Suits: families who want a boys’ school in Sydney’s inner west with a choice of senior credential. Trinity offers both the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, plus a small number of vocational courses.
• Suits: families who prefer one predictable bill. The school describes its approach to fees as all-inclusive, covering books, camps, excursions, sport and co-curricular activities.
• Suits: boys who will benefit from time away. Every Year 9 boy spends a full term living at the Field Studies Centre at Woollamia, near Jervis Bay, at no additional charge.
• Suits: families who want a Christian education. Trinity is an Anglican school and says so plainly in its mission and its chaplaincy.
• Harder fit: families who need boarding. The 2027 fee schedule lists no boarding fee, and overseas students are enrolled only if they live with their parents in Sydney.
• Harder fit: families with daughters, or who want co-education. Trinity is a boys’ school, although it runs joint activities with Meriden School, an Anglican girls’ school nearby.
• Harder fit: boys who want free weekends or little organised sport. Sport is compulsory from Year 3 to Year 12, and from Year 7 it means two midweek training sessions and a Saturday fixture.

What Trinity Grammar School is

Trinity Grammar School is an independent Anglican school for boys from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12. According to its history page, it was founded in 1913 with 29 boys at the opening of the school year, nearly closed in the early 1940s, and grew into a leading independent school over the following decades. The Strathfield site came to Trinity when it bought Strathfield Grammar School in 1926, and it became the Preparatory School in the late 1930s.

The school runs three teaching sections plus an outdoor campus. The Preparatory School at Strathfield takes boys from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 6. The Junior School at Summer Hill takes Kindergarten to Year 6, and both follow the same curriculum. The Middle and Senior School, also at Summer Hill, takes Years 7 to 12. The Field Studies Centre sits at Woollamia on the NSW South Coast. A new four-storey building at the centre of the Summer Hill campus, part of the Renewal Project, is due to open officially on 25 January 2027, according to the 2027 fee schedule.

Trinity Grammar School fees 2027 and 2026 (official)

All figures below come from the school’s Fees page, the 2027 Schedule of School Fees (PDF) and the 2026 Schedule of School Fees (PDF), checked 6 November 2026. All amounts are in Australian dollars.

Tuition per year: 2027 and 2026

Each year group rose by about 5.7 to 5.8 per cent from 2026 to 2027. The schedule itself tells families what to expect: over the last decade, tuition has increased by between 3 and 9 per cent a year, and similar increases should be expected. It is unusual and useful for a school to print that range, so we use it below.

What you pay besides tuition

What the fee includes — and what it doesn’t

The official wording covers textbooks, stationery packs, curriculum-related excursions and camps, co-curricular activities and sport, access to information technology resources, and the term-long Year 9 Field Studies Program, for which the schedule says there is no additional charge. In 2027 the school provides a managed device for Years 7 and 8; students in Years 9 to 12 provide their own, so budget for a laptop.

The things that are not included are uniforms, and possibly Service Week, private instrumental lessons and sporting tours, which the school says may carry additional charges. The school bus is a separate cost too, with routes and charges on its Transport page. The price of a full uniform is not published on the official pages we checked. Ancillary charges are invoiced quarterly, and the FAQ lists a 0.75% surcharge on domestic credit cards and 2.5% on international cards. A $50 administration fee applies if an instalment plan falls into default and the school issues a notice.

How to pay, and how brothers are discounted

Families can pay once a year, with the 2027 annual payment due on 26 February, or in four termly, 11 monthly, 24 fortnightly or 48 weekly payments. Instalments must clear the fees by the end of the calendar year. Longer repayment is not offered by the school itself, which refers families to Edstart, a third-party funding service. Brothers attending at the same time receive 5% off for the second son and 15% off for the third and later sons. Withdrawal requires a full term’s written notice, or a full term’s fee is charged.

What Trinity costs to Year 12 (2027 prices)

Using only the official 2027 figures, assuming no fee rises, no scholarship and no optional donation:

• Year 7 to Year 12: 2 × $48,290 + 2 × $50,180 + 2 × $53,370 = $303,680, plus $200 and $5,000 = $308,880.
• Son of an Old Boy, Year 7 to Year 12: the enrolment fee is waived, so $303,680 + $200 = $303,880.
• Year 5 to Year 12: 2 × $39,710 + $303,680 = $383,100, plus $5,200 = $388,300.
• Kindergarten to Year 12: $28,950 + 2 × $31,760 + 2 × $35,880 + 2 × $39,710 + $303,680 = $547,330, plus $5,200 = $552,530.
• Two brothers in one year (Years 11 and 9, 2027): $53,370 + ($50,180 × 0.95 = $47,671) = $101,041, if the 5% applies to the younger boy. The schedule does not say which boy’s fee is discounted, so confirm this with the school.
• Overseas student, Year 7 to Year 12: the schedule does not state how often the supplement is charged. If it is charged every year, 6 × $9,500 = $57,000 is added, giving $365,880, before health cover. Ask the school to confirm.

Real costs will be higher, because fees rise each year. If we apply the school’s own stated range to a boy starting Year 7 in 2027, six years of tuition alone comes to about $328,000 at 3% a year and about $383,000 at 9% a year. Those two figures are our arithmetic for planning, not school figures. Our guide to online vs in-person international school costs puts numbers like these in a wider context.

Entry: intake years, waiting lists and the application fee

Trinity’s How to Apply page calls the school proudly non-selective, but that does not mean there is no assessment. All applicants submit an application and attend an academic assessment appropriate to their age, followed by an interview. We did not find a published pass mark. The Enrolments FAQ says the final offer also depends on places, a satisfactory interview, the family’s identification with Trinity’s education philosophy, and whether the school can meet the boy’s needs.

1. Online application. Pay the $200 fee. Your son goes on an Enrolment Register for his chosen year of entry. Provide his birth certificate, residency or visa information, last three school reports, NAPLAN results and any medical, psychological or educational reports.
2. Academic assessment. You are invited, typically between three years and 12 months before entry.
3. Formal interview with the Director of Enrolments.
4. Letter of offer from the Headmaster.
5. Acceptance. The place is secured when you return the acceptance form and pay the $5,000 enrolment fee.

Is there a waiting list?

Yes, for some year groups. The FAQ says places are available at some entry points, that some year groups have waiting lists, and that it is worth calling the Enrolments team before applying. Waiting list length is not published on the official site. The Enrolment Policy (November 2025) says that priority is based on the date the application is received, with some priority for siblings of current or former students and for sons of Old Boys. When we checked, the site noted limited places for Year 7, Pre-K, Kindergarten and Year 3 in 2027, and limited spots for Year 7 in 2028.

The practical point is that the application date counts. The main intake years are Pre-K (age 4), Kindergarten (age 5) and Years 3, 5 and 7. A boy must turn four on or before 30 April in the year of entry for Pre-K, and five for Kindergarten.

Applying from overseas

The Overseas Students page and its Overseas Student Handbook set clear limits. The boy must live with his parents in Sydney, and the school deals directly with parents, not agents. Applicants provide a passport and visa, three recent translated reports and an English result; the handbook names AEAS 70%, or IELTS band 5 (Years 7-10) or 5.5 (Years 11-12), as sufficient, while keeping the right to assess every applicant. Overseas students need private health cover and pay the supplement listed above.

Trinity Grammar scholarships and bursaries

Trinity’s Scholarships page (checked 6 November 2026) lists three types. It does not use the word bursary; instead it says a number of means-tested scholarships are set aside for candidates who could not otherwise afford the fees. All require Australian citizenship or permanent residency.

How much is a scholarship worth?

The school says most scholarships are partial, covering between 25% and 75% of school fees at the Headmaster’s discretion, and that very few full scholarships are offered, usually for disadvantaged students. At 2027 prices, for Years 7 to 12 tuition of $303,680, a 25% award is worth $75,920 and a 75% award $227,760 if the percentage holds to Year 12. The number awarded is described only as several in each category; an exact number is not published on the official site.

A full scholarship covers what school fees cover, but not uniforms or laptops, although some extra help may be available to disadvantaged students. New families still pay the application fee and the enrolment fee when accepting. The enrolment fee is discounted in line with a partial scholarship, so a 25% award reduces it by 25% to $3,750, while a boy on a 100% scholarship pays the full $5,000. Whether the brothers’ discount can be combined with a scholarship is not published on the official site.

When to apply

When we checked, Year 7 2028 scholarship applications were open and Year 10 2027 applications were closed. For Year 7, registration opens in November of the boy’s Year 5, and the closing date falls at the start of February of his Year 6; the exam is held that February. For Year 10, the Scholarships page says registration opens in June of the year before entry, while the FAQ says May, with closing in the first week of August, so check the current dates directly. The scholarship process is separate from the enrolment application, so you do not need to apply for a place first.

HSC, IB Diploma, the school day and the Year 9 term away

Trinity gives boys a real choice in Years 11 and 12. The Learning Pathways page lists the HSC, which all Australian universities accept, the IB Diploma, which the school introduced in 1998, and a small number of VET courses. In the HSC, only English is compulsory. The IB Diploma requires English, Mathematics, a Science, a Language and a Humanities subject, plus Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and Creativity, Activity and Service. From Kindergarten to Year 6, boys follow the IB Primary Years Programme.

The official IB and HSC results page reports that the class of 2025 presented 115 IB Diploma candidates and 119 HSC candidates. The mean IB score was 37.3 out of 45, five boys reached the perfect 45, and 43 boys (36%) scored 40 or more. On the HSC side, the school reports 76 students on the Distinguished Achievers list, including some boys sitting courses early. A median ATAR is not published on the pages we checked, which makes direct comparison with some other schools harder. Trinity’s senior credentials are the NSW HSC and the IB Diploma, and its CRICOS provider code is 02308G.

A school day and year

The Middle and Senior School day runs from 8.25am to 3.40pm. Years 3 to 6 run 8.30am to 3.15pm, Kindergarten to Year 2 run 8.30am to 3.00pm, and Pre-K runs 9.00am to 2.45pm. Boys are grouped in 16 houses with 32 house masters, and the school has counsellors, a careers adviser and a chaplain. There are more than 40 co-curricular choices. Cadets are compulsory in Years 8 and 9, except for performance-level musicians. The 2027 year is anticipated to run from Wednesday 27 January to Friday 3 December, according to the official term dates page. Sydney is on UTC+10, or UTC+11 during daylight saving, so families arriving from the Northern Hemisphere should check how a late January start lines up with their child’s year level.

The Year 9 Field Studies Program

Each Year 9 boy spends a term living at the Field Studies Centre at Woollamia, near Jervis Bay. It is mandatory and covered by the fees, and the school has run residential outdoor education since 1993. It is one of the most distinctive parts of the school’s program, and it is worth asking at an open day how boys are supported while they are away. To see how a very different model works, read about how an online international school day works.

Trinity Grammar vs The King’s School vs Newington College: fees and differences

Families looking at Trinity can also compare other Sydney schools. We chose The King’s School in North Parramatta and Newington College in Stanmore because both publish full 2027 schedules. The three sets of tuition fees are very close, so the real differences lie in what is billed separately, boarding and co-education.

Trinity Grammar vs The King’s School

Six-year tuition differs by only $2,360, but the bills are built differently. King’s lists technology and digital books separately, which adds $10,892 over six years (5 × $1,932 + 4 × $308) before any subject-based book costs in Years 11 and 12. Trinity includes books and provides a device in the early years, but families buy a laptop later. The bigger question is boarding: King’s is a major boarding school with a large campus at North Parramatta, while Trinity’s enrolment for overseas students depends on living with parents. See our full page on The King’s School fees.

Trinity Grammar vs Newington College

Newington’s six-year tuition is $6,428 lower, and both schools sit in the inner west. Newington bills its Year 9 term at Eungai Creek separately: $8,961 for the 2027 Year 9 cohort and $10,126 for the 2029 cohort, which on its own is more than that tuition gap. The other difference is direction: Newington has begun a phased move to co-education, while Trinity remains a boys’ school with links to Meriden. Both have IB and HSC results pages on their official sites. Newington’s registration page still mentioned a $350 application fee when we checked, while its 2027 fee schedule lists $375, so confirm the current amount.

Sources for this comparison: The King’s School Schedule of Fees 2027 (PDF) and Joining page; Newington College Fees page, 2027 Fee Schedule (PDF) and Co-education page. All checked 6 November 2026, except the King’s overseas-student conditions, last checked on its international schedule on 3 November 2026.

Trinity Grammar vs NIJIN GLOBAL ACADEMY vs two other options (official data)

Sources: Trinity Grammar School Fees, How to Apply, Scholarships, Learning Pathways, Results and Overseas Students pages and 2027 and 2026 fee schedules; The King’s School and Newington College documents linked above. All checked 6 November 2026.

Reviews and common concerns, answered honestly

Is Trinity Grammar worth the fee?

It depends on what your son will use. The fee pays for a wide curriculum with two senior credentials, a large co-curricular program, compulsory sport and a term away in Year 9. If he will use those, the inclusive fee covers a lot. If you mainly want good teaching close to home, a NSW public school charges far less, and Newington’s published six-year tuition is lower, although it bills more items separately.

Is it selective if there is an academic assessment?

The school describes itself as non-selective, and its curriculum runs from highly academic courses to vocational ones. Even so, every applicant sits an age-appropriate assessment and an interview, and the school keeps sole discretion over offers. Ask the Enrolments team how the assessment is used for your son’s entry year.

Do you have to be Christian?

The official pages we checked do not state that a family must belong to a particular church, but Christian education is central to the mission and chaplaincy, and the FAQ refers to the family’s identification with the school’s philosophy. Raise this at the interview if it matters to you.

Is the sport and cadet commitment heavy?

It is a real commitment. Sport is compulsory, Saturday fixtures are part of it from Year 7, and cadets are compulsory in Years 8 and 9 with one exception for performance-level musicians. Families with long commutes or heavy outside activities should map out a typical week before accepting.

What extras should we budget for?

Plan for uniforms, a laptop in the later years, buses if you use them, private music lessons and sporting tours. Add the voluntary $500 Building Fund if you choose to give, and the school’s stated 3–9% yearly fee rises.

Will the Year 9 term away suit my son?

The school says it is often spoken about as a highlight of a boy’s time at Trinity, but it is mandatory, so it is a genuine question for boys who find being away from home hard. Ask at an open day how boys are supported during the term.

Alternatives to Trinity Grammar School worth comparing

The King’s School in North Parramatta is a good choice to compare if you need boarding or want a large campus; its 2027 tuition runs from $48,860 to $52,380 in Years 7 to 12, with boarding on top. Newington College in Stanmore is the nearby option for families who like the inner west and the IB and HSC together, and its 2027 tuition is $47,178 to $51,273. Elsewhere in Sydney, see our pages on Knox Grammar School fees, Sydney Grammar School fees and Cranbrook School fees, or our overview of international schools in Sydney.

NIJIN GLOBAL ACADEMY (NGA) is an online international school for ages 6–18 focused on Asia and Oceania, opening in September 2027 (planned), with a first cohort of 100 students. It is operated by NIJIN Inc. in Japan, whose alternative school NIJIN Academy has more than 1,000 students. Classes are small live dialogue groups of about 8, with subjects learned in English, a bilingual (English–Japanese) mentor, CEFR-based English levels, social co-creation projects with companies and governments, and international exchange; an optional Cambridge IGCSE / A-Level pathway is listed on the curriculum and timetable page. There is no academic entrance exam and no English requirement. It can run alongside a local school or as the main school, and it travels with the family if they relocate. Tuition is not yet published; NGA says it will be far more affordable than a typical international school, with no enrolment, facility or uniform fees, materials included and sibling discounts. Free trial classes run monthly from September 2026, and the timetable is built for Asia–Oceania daytime, so it fits a Sydney day well.

Be clear about the trade-offs: NGA is not yet open, is not yet accredited and has no graduates or track record. It does not award the HSC or the IB Diploma, and it offers no campus, no team sport and no term away. If you want a traditional Sydney boys’ school with a recognised senior credential, Trinity, The King’s School and Newington are the schools to compare.

For a wider view, see our online international schools compared guide or online school options in Australia.

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FAQ

How much does Trinity Grammar School cost per year?

For 2027 (AUD): Pre-K and Kindergarten $28,950; Years 1-2 $31,760; Years 3-4 $35,880; Years 5-6 $39,710; Years 7-8 $48,290; Years 9-10 $50,180; Years 11-12 $53,370. For 2026: $27,380; $30,030; $33,930; $37,550; $45,660; $47,450; $50,470. New families also pay a $200 application fee and a $5,000 enrolment fee (official schedules, checked 6 November 2026).

Does Trinity Grammar offer scholarships or bursaries?

Yes. Academic and Music scholarships are for Year 7 entry, and Trinitarian all-round scholarships for Year 7 or Year 10. Most cover 25% to 75% of fees, and very few are full. Some are means-tested, and the school does not separately use the word bursary. Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents.

Can international students enrol?

Yes, on a student visa and subject to places, if they live with their parents in Sydney. The Full Fee Paying Overseas Student Supplement is $9,500 in Years 7-12 and $8,000 from Kindergarten to Year 6 in 2027, added to normal fees. An English result is required, and no boarding fee is listed.

Is Trinity Grammar accredited, and which credentials do boys receive?

Boys in Years 11 and 12 choose between the NSW HSC and the IB Diploma, and a small number of VET courses are available. Kindergarten to Year 6 follow the IB Primary Years Programme. The school is registered to enrol overseas students under CRICOS code 02308G.

Is Trinity Grammar worth it, and what are the alternatives?

It can be for boys who will use its two senior pathways, compulsory sport and Year 9 term away. Nearby schools to compare include The King’s School and Newington College. NIJIN GLOBAL ACADEMY is a very different, online option for ages 6–18 with no academic entrance exam and no English requirement; it opens in September 2027 and is not yet accredited.

Choosing calmly, with the whole picture

Trinity Grammar offers something specific: a boys’ school in the inner west, a real choice between the HSC and the IB Diploma, and a term away in Year 9. The most useful steps now are to confirm your son’s intake year, call the Enrolments team about places, note the scholarship window if it applies, and add the entry fees and likely rises to each year you expect him to stay. Whichever school you choose, the right one is the place where your son will be known, stretched and happy.

Tuition and admissions details were checked on the official websites on 6 November 2026. Schools revise fees every year — always confirm on the official site before applying.

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