With school fees rising 3% to 6% per year, today's fee likely won't be what your family pays in the years ahead. SchoolCost helps you compare scenarios and plan private education costs with projections shaped by school and region in New Zealand.
Projection
Year 1 → Year 13 · Maia, age 3
Total compulsory fees 2027-2039
≈ $523 / wk saved from today at 5.5% real return
Starts 2026 / Fees 2027-2039
SchoolCost helps New Zealand families estimate the long-term cost of private and independent schooling before they make enrolment decisions. It uses publicly available fee schedules, transparent assumptions, and simple family-based projections to show what school fees may mean over time.
Three steps to a realistic plan for your family.
Search 80 New Zealand schools in the directory. 64 have published fee schedules and fee history where available.
Add your child's birth month and year. We project total out-of-pocket through Year 13 using the school's own trend.
The savings calculator tells you what to set aside each week or fortnight to hit the target.
School pages show one exact current final-year fee as a planning anchor, then keep broader trends rounded so families can compare options without treating public directory data as a full quote. Generated reports use the underlying checked data for detailed planning.
If you have a fee schedule we do not show yet, send it in. We verify every contribution before it goes live.