Sources & verification

findmeaschool.au aggregates public information — it never replaces it. This page lists the datasets we build on and the official and independent places where you can verify anything you read here, or dig deeper before applying.

Datasets this site is built from

School locations, sectors and types come from government open data. We normalise labels, drop closed schools, and merge jurisdictions — figures are otherwise reproduced as published.

StateDatasetLicence
VICDepartment of Education (Victoria) — School Locations 2025CC BY 4.0
NSWNSW Department of Education (CESE) — NSW government school locations(government schools; non-government school details collected from each school's own website (Jul 2026), coordinates geocoded from published street addresses)CC BY 4.0
QLDDepartment of Education (Queensland) — State and non-state school details(dataset vintage Sep 2022)CC BY 4.0
ACTACT Government (ACTmapi) — ACTGOV School Location(retrieved Jul 2026)CC BY 4.0
WADepartment of Education (Western Australia) — Western Australian Schools ListsCC BY 4.0
SADepartment for Education (South Australia) — Government Education Sites(government schools)CC BY
TASDepartment for Education, Children and Young People (Tasmania) — Schools (the LIST)(government schools)CC BY (unconfirmed)
NTNorthern Territory Department of Education and Training — NT School List(coordinates geocoded from published street addresses (OpenStreetMap/Nominatim))CC BY
VIC (zones)DE — Infrastructure and Planning Branch (Victorian Department of Education) — Victorian Government School Zones 2026(map page's zone overlays/statuses)CC BY 4.0
ACECQAAustralian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) — National Registers(Daycares page; geocoded via Nominatim, © OpenStreetMap contributors)Non-commercial, attribution required

Victorian VCE figures are reproduced as published facts from the VCAA Senior Secondary Completion and Achievement Information, attributed on each school page.

National & official

Commonwealth-level places to check any Australian school's facts.

State school finders & zones

Each state's official tool for finding your local school and checking zones or catchments — the source of truth for enrolment areas.

Curriculum & results authorities

The bodies that set senior-secondary curricula and publish official results in each state — where score data ultimately comes from.

Scholarship & entrance-test providers

The three companies that run most Australian school scholarship and entrance testing — registration always happens with them or the school.

Independent guides

Established third-party directories — useful for a second opinion, with their own methodologies.

Sector bodies

Peak bodies for independent and Catholic schooling — directories and sector-wide information.

Listing a third-party site is not an endorsement of its methodology. Information changes — always confirm zones, fees, dates and scholarship terms with the school or department before acting on them. Spotted a broken or outdated link? Tell us and we'll fix it.

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