The Friends' School
North Hobart TAS 7000
The Friends' School is an independent combined primary and secondary school in North Hobart, TAS from Prep to Year 12 with about 1,269 students across all campuses. Its ICSEA is 1,149, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the school's own page. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Enrolments and staff cover all campuses of this school. Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: The Friends' School is an independent, co-educational Quaker day and boarding school in North Hobart, founded in 1887 and described as the largest Quaker school in the world. It teaches Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12 to about 1,330 students, including boarders from Years 7 to 12. It follows inquiry-led teaching within the International Baccalaureate framework, with a strong pastoral focus.
Often praised
- Quaker values
- International Baccalaureate framework
- Day and boarding options
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: high. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See The Friends' School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Friends' School - Argyle Street Campus | North Hobart | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.3 km | — | — |
| Lambert School | North Hobart | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.0 km | 1,007 | 33 |
| Sacred Heart College | New Town | Catholic k–12 / combined | 1.0 km | 1,017 | 934 |
| St Mary's College | Hobart | Catholic k–12 / combined | 1.4 km | 1,069 | 951 |
| St Michael's Collegiate School | Hobart | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,125 | 636 |
| St Michael's Collegiate School - Middle School Campus | Hobart | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | — | — |
| Hilliard Christian School | West Moonah | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.7 km | 1,012 | 248 |
| Mount Carmel College | Sandy Bay | Catholic k–12 / combined | 3.9 km | 1,077 | 572 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in TAS
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fahan School | Sandy Bay | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 419 | 1,154 |
| The Hutchins School | Sandy Bay | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 986 | 1,140 |
| Tarremah Steiner School | Huntingfield | Independent k–12 / combined · P-10 | 247 | 1,128 |
| St Michael's Collegiate School | Hobart | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 636 | 1,125 |
About this data
Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.