Toorak College (图拉克中学) is a private school at Old Mornington Road, Mount Eliza, on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, Australia. The school describes itself as a girls’ school with 150 years of history, with its Early Learning Centre open to boys and girls and its boarding house, Joan Ansett Hall, taking girls in Years 7 to 12. It is a registered provider for overseas students in Years 5 to 12, with CRICOS provider code 00349D. Everything in this guide comes from the school’s official website, checked on 4 August 2026; the school’s own descriptions reflect its self-positioning rather than any external ranking.
What kind of school Toorak College is
Toorak College divides itself into four parts on its official site: Early Learning, Junior School, Senior School and Boarding. The campus covers 11.5 hectares with views across Port Phillip Bay, which the school describes as a 180-degree bay outlook. The Early Learning Centre is co-educational, the Junior School (known as Wardle House) covers the primary years, and the Senior School is a girls-only environment for Years 7 to 12. The current principal is Kristy Kendall. On admissions policy, the school states it is open entry and non-selective, covering children from 3-year-old Kindergarten through to Year 12, with main entry points at 3-year-old Kindergarten, Prep, Year 5 and Year 7, and other year levels subject to available places.
For international families, the important boundary is the official one: Toorak College states it is a registered provider for overseas students from Year 5 to Year 12. Its CRICOS registration is 00349D, with course codes 005454G (Senior) and 097816B (Primary). These codes matter for Australian student-visa processes, which are governed by the Australian Government rather than by the school.
Programs from Early Learning to the VCE
Toorak College’s curriculum runs in sequence from early childhood to the senior years. The Early Learning Centre takes 3-year-old Kindergarten and 4-year-old Pre-Prep children with play-based learning that the school says is inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach. Kindergarten is offered as 3-day, 4-day or 5-day programs, and Pre-Prep as 4-day or 5-day. Specialist classes include Creative Arts, STEM-X (science, robotics, construction and technology), Performing Arts, Mandarin and library, and health and wellbeing, taught by specialist teachers. The school reports an Exceeding rating across all seven quality areas of the National Quality Standard for its Early Learning Centre; that is the school’s own account of its assessment.
The Junior School, Wardle House, covers Prep to Year 6 with inquiry-based learning built around core concepts and questions, while keeping a strong focus on literacy and numeracy. After-school care runs through OSHClub for Early Learning to Year 4, and Years 5 and 6 can use the Norman Carson Library for extended care. The Senior School is a girls-only environment for Years 7 to 12. In Years 7 to 9, learning is organised around real-world problems and design thinking, including the school’s own Agile Learning subject blending technology, business, social culture and design. Years 10 to 12 study the VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education), supported by Growth Mentoring, a Specialist Futures program using the Morrisby Report, and pathways work including mentoring, industry visits and holiday work experience.
Entry requirements for international students
Toorak College sets out a six-step enrolment process on its official site: request school information, submit an application with the application fee, attend a trial day (optional), interview, offer and acceptance, and orientation. Applications go through the online Admissions Portal. The International Enrolment Application Form asks families to attach a signed application form, a copy of a passport or birth certificate, the most recent school report (translated), an AEAS test result, and a copy of an existing visa if there is one. Families and students are required to meet with the Director of International Education and Boarding, or a representative, before enrolment, and the school suggests both parents or guardians attend where possible. The form version currently published is dated July 2020 and lists the application fee as 260 AUD, while the fee schedule for 2026 (accessed 2026-08-04) lists 150 AUD; where the two disagree, the current fee schedule is the operative figure.
For families weighing whether this is the right stage, the entry points to plan around are the main ones the school publishes: 3-year-old Kindergarten, Prep, Year 5 and Year 7, with other levels depending on vacancies. English-language support is built into the boarding program through the on-campus English Language Support Centre, which the school describes as supporting students from day one through to graduation while they attend mainstream classes.
2026 fees and charges for international students
All fee figures in this section come from the 2026 International Schedule Fees and Charges published on the Toorak College website (accessed 2026-08-04). Tuition is set by year level: Years 5 and 6 are 44,018 AUD each, Years 7 and 8 are 46,698 AUD each, and Years 9 to 12 are 51,392 AUD each per year. A Resource and Activity fee applies on top, ranging from 364 to 2,396 AUD by year level, so the combined annual tuition-plus-activities total runs from 44,822 AUD in Year 6 up to 53,788 AUD in Year 9. Boarding costs 42,012 AUD per year (including 1,128 AUD GST) for local and international students alike.
Several fixed charges sit outside tuition in the 2026 schedule (accessed 2026-08-04). The application fee is 150 AUD (GST-inclusive, non-refundable), and the admission fee on accepting an offer is 1,000 AUD (non-refundable, an administrative charge rather than a credit toward tuition). Each family also pays a Capital Development Levy of 800 AUD per year, which is not included in tuition. International tuition is billed in two instalments, in November and April; paying the full year’s tuition in one payment before 12 December 2025 earns a 3.5% discount on the tuition portion only. Sibling discounts apply to tuition: 5% for a second child, 15% for a third and 50% for a fourth, with boarding and activity fees excluded. Withdrawal requires a full term’s written notice; without it, a payment of 27.5% of the annual tuition (GST-inclusive) applies. International students in Years 5 to 12 must have a laptop, with purchase requirements provided with offer documents, and the school notes the laptop must not be bought overseas. Overseas Student Health Cover is arranged by the school through Medibank Private, with the cost varying with visa length. Fees paid late incur a monthly 150 AUD administration charge.
Boarding and campus life
Toorak College’s boarding house, Joan Ansett Hall, takes girls in Years 7 to 12, both local and international, with full boarding, weekly boarding and casual boarding options. Year 12 students have single rooms; Years 7 to 11 share doubles. Boarding includes chef-prepared meals, supervised study and evening tutors. The campus facilities the school lists include the Swift Science and Technology Centre, the Marjorie Williams Sports Centre, athletics and hockey fields, diving and swimming pools, the Year 9 Illuminate Centre, and the 800-seat Mary Herring Hall theatre. For the 2026 school year the term dates are: Term 1 from 27 January to 2 April, Term 2 from 21 April to 19 June, Term 3 from 14 July (13 July for Years 11–12) to 18 September, and Term 4 from 5 October to 8 December; boarding students return before each term begins, and the boarding house closes over holidays.
Applying and getting support
The practical shape of a Toorak College application is: confirm the child’s age falls in an open entry point, gather the document set (application form, translated school report, AEAS result, passport or birth certificate copy), submit through the Admissions Portal with the application fee, attend the interview, and on receiving an offer decide within 10 business days, paying the admission fee on acceptance. Families applying from overseas should also plan the visa and OSHC timeline, since those sit with Australian Government requirements rather than the school.
This guide only repeats what Toorak College publishes on its own website, checked 4 August 2026, and the school’s self-descriptions should not be read as rankings or comparisons. Fee and policy details change, so the official site is the reference for current figures. If you would like to work through how these requirements apply to a specific child’s age, language background and timeline, our advisers can help you map the program options, document list, deadlines and budget together.