I agree with Ginger. My girls are going to a private school that goes from kindy to Yr 12 and I love that they will have a stable environment. I moved around schools a lot s a kid and I absolutely hated it. The school has only two streams the whole way from kindy to Yr 6, and then there is a larger in take, which is something I also like about it.

Having seen the difference between what my kids are taught and what the kids at the local public schools are taught, I'm very very pleased with our decision.

While judging on the website might not be a fair assessment, I think judging on how you feel as you walk around the school itself is a good idea.

FWIW, I had to "fight" my DH to send the girls to private school from kindy, but now that he's seeing the results he is completely on board.

I think school requirements also change in relation to the individual child. Some kids will do really well no matter what school they go to, but others maybe won't fair so well in either the public or private system.