Fees at Sydney’s wealthiest schools continue to rise in lock step with Sydney real estate prices, with the most expensive now billing parents more than $51,000 a child.

The record-high charges come as private schools grapple with the loss of government money over recent years due to funding levels being adjusted for fairness under the Gonski model, and rising salary costs.

But some aspects of wealthier schools’ cultures undermine their cries of poverty.

The Herald’s education editor, Christopher Harris, reported last week that at least a dozen Sydney schools have discovered a handy little earner, charging parents $5000 for enrolment fees to secure a place for their child. The fee to........

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