How do you research Ballarat Clarendon College? Treat this page as orientation. Ballarat Clarendon College is listed as a co-ed boarding campus at Ballarat in VIC, with a published Uniting Church affiliation. Founded year, year levels and the official website below are public facts we could verify at the time of writing. Houses open, pause and change year levels — ask admissions whether the house still boards the year you need.
What this listing is not: a league table, a fee quote, or a promise that a place exists. Sibling campuses with similar names in other states are different schools. Use the official website, then request this year’s boarding handbook and the current tuition-plus-boarding schedule. If the student would enrol from overseas, confirm CRICOS registration on the government register, not on this directory.
Ballarat Clarendon College is a Uniting Church school in Ballarat, formed from earlier boys’ and girls’ schools. Boarding sits in a regional city that already holds Ballarat Grammar — compare houses, do not merge fee tables.
Related: Victorian boarding.
Before you contact Ballarat Clarendon College: a research checklist
A directory profile can tell you where a school is and what kind of boarding it lists. It cannot tell you whether the house suits your child this year. These are the questions we suggest every family puts to admissions in writing, so the answers can be compared side by side with other schools on your shortlist.
- Boarding years and places. Which year levels currently board, which entry years have the most places, and how the waitlist works.
- Full or weekly board. Which nights are included, what happens on closed weekends and exeats, and whether occasional or casual boarding is offered. See weekly vs full boarding.
- House culture. Ask how boys’ and girls’ houses are separated, how weekend activities are shared, and whether siblings can board on the same campus. Ask how many boarders typically stay in on a weekend.
- Pastoral care. Who is on duty overnight, how health and wellbeing are handled, and how the house communicates with parents. Our homesickness guide covers what good support looks like.
- Current fee schedule. Request this year’s tuition, boarding, levies and extras in writing — this directory does not reprint dollar figures. Read how boarding fees work.
- Financial help. Ask about scholarships and bursaries, and — if you live in a remote area — whether families commonly claim the Australian Government’s Assistance for Isolated Children payments.
- Travel. Term dates, airport or coach transfers, and how students travel home from Melbourne and regional VIC.
- Applications. Deadlines, interviews, reports and testing. Our application guide walks through the usual steps.
New to boarding? Start with the parent guide to boarding school in Australia, then come back to this profile with your questions ready.
Due diligence
Checking Ballarat Clarendon College with official sources
Before you shortlist any boarding school, it is worth confirming a few things with the bodies that regulate it rather than relying on marketing material or directories, including this one. Non-government schools in VIC are registered through Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA), which publishes information on registration and compliance. Ask Ballarat Clarendon College how its boarding program is governed, which staff supervise boarders overnight and at weekends, and how it applies the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.
Many schools also refer to the Australian Standard for boarding (AS 5725) and to guidance from the Australian Boarding Schools Association. If your child would study on a student visa, check that the school appears on the CRICOS register for the courses you need. Fees, places and scholarship terms change each year, so request the current schedule directly from the school and compare like with like using our guide to how boarding fees work.
- Region
- Regional Victoria
- Gender pathway
- Co-educational boarding schools in Australia
- Official website
- www.clarendon.vic.edu.au/
- Historical URL
/boarding/ballarat-clarendon-college.html301s to this profile so archived citations stay reachable.- Fees
- Request the current tuition and boarding schedule from admissions. See how fees work.