When it comes to pivotal objects for the home-to-school commute, your kid is, well, pretty helpless without a school bag. Carrying all the earthly essentials – from insulated lunchboxes to pencil cases – needed for a long day on the books, a trusty backpack is a must.
Depending on whether they have afterschool activities, walk to school and how big they are, you’re going to want to keep; size, straps, padding, pockets and compartments in mind when on the hunt for this back-to-school staple.
To help you tick one thing off that long list, we’ve done the research for you and have rounded up some of the best school bags – for kindergarten, primary school and high school – currently on the Aussie market. Read on for our top picks…
The best schoolbags for kindergarten


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Cotton On Kids school essentials pack, $42 (usually $104.99), THE ICONIC

Twenty-Seven personalised school kit bag, $55, Hardtofind

Disney Princess kids backpack, lunch bag, pencil case, wallet and name tag, $29, Big W

Penny Scallan mini backpack school in Dino Rock, $39.95, THE ICONIC
Best school bags for primary school

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Herschel kids backpack, $75, THE ICONIC

May Gibbs yellow kids backpack, $20, Big W

Slazenger Muligan black backpack, $38, Big W

Fjallraven Skule navy kids backpack, $104.95, THE ICONIC
Best school bags for high school

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Until medium Kind medium backpack, $150, Hardtofind

Herschel Settlement black backpack, $130, THE ICONIC

Champion lilac fashion backpack, $34.99 ($49.99), Myer

Nike Heritage Eugene kids backpack, $70, THE ICONIC
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Journalist and sometimes screenwriter Jess G. Lynch is a Shopping Editor at Are Media, working across some of Australia’s leading titles such as Gourmet Traveller, Home Beautiful, Better Homes & Gardens and Australian Women’s Weekly. With a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from UTS, and a Bachelor of Media from Macquarie University and the University of Bologna, Jess brings a rich blend of expertise to her work. As the vertical lead for travel, homes and lifestyle affiliate content across the publisher’s digital titles, she knows a thing or two about cultivating rich experiences both near and far from home. Based on Gadigal land, Jess is a regular at off-the-beaten track swim spots and inner west coffee haunts – often deep within a research spiral of destinations here and abroad. Her work has also appeared on titles such as marie claire, ELLE, news.com.au, Homes To Love, Who, body+soul, Kidspot, FBi Radio and in The Australian.
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