Finance & School Fees
All Catholic schools are funded through a combination of Federal and State Grants, school fees and other private income such as fundraising.
Grants money and school fees assist in providing for staff salaries, maintenance, administration, refurbishment, class materials.
School fee levels are reviewed annually and parents are then informed of the fee structure for the following year.
2021 Fees
Family fees (payable per family)
Tuition fee $ 875.00
Capital fee $ 115.00
$ 990.00
Student fees (payable per student) $215.00
Technology levy (payable per student) $220.00
School camps (payable per student) are billed separately.
2022 Fees will be determined at the end of 2021.
Allowances & Assistance
Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund (CSEF) (State Government of Victoria)
The fund will provide payments for eligible students to attend camps, sports and excursions. $125 per year will be paid for eligible primary school students. Payments will go directly to the school and be tied to the student.
Eligibility Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply.
For more information contact the school office, or visit this link.
Conveyance Allowance (State Government of Victoria)
In some locations, students are unable to access free school buses. In these instances, students may receive a conveyance allowance to assist with travel costs. Allowances are available for public transport, private car and private bus.
Eligibility To be eligible to receive a conveyance allowance, a student must be school age and reside more than 4.8 kilometres by the shortest practicable route from the nearest school attended.
For more information contact the school office, or visit this link .
Family Fee Assistance Scheme – Tuition Fee Discounts (DOBCEL)
In all Ballarat Diocesan Catholic Primary Schools, optional tuition fee discounts are available to families eligible for a means tested Health Care Card, Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card or Veteran Affairs Pensioner Card. The scheme offers tuition fee discounts to both Catholic and non-Catholic families, to new and current students.
Families that qualify for the scheme will pay $520 per annum for primary school tuition fees ($10 per week). The discounted fee covers tuition and capital fees only - in 2021 the total tuition and capital fees at St. Patrick's School reduces from $990 to $520 (a credit adjustment of $470) for eligible families. The scheme does not cover additional charges such as camps, book hire, subject levies.
More information is provided in the DOBCEL Family Fee Assistance Scheme Brochure.
Additional fee assistance is available on application to the Principal.
Grants money and school fees assist in providing for staff salaries, maintenance, administration, refurbishment, class materials.
School fee levels are reviewed annually and parents are then informed of the fee structure for the following year.
2021 Fees
Family fees (payable per family)
Tuition fee $ 875.00
Capital fee $ 115.00
$ 990.00
Student fees (payable per student) $215.00
Technology levy (payable per student) $220.00
School camps (payable per student) are billed separately.
2022 Fees will be determined at the end of 2021.
Allowances & Assistance
Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund (CSEF) (State Government of Victoria)
The fund will provide payments for eligible students to attend camps, sports and excursions. $125 per year will be paid for eligible primary school students. Payments will go directly to the school and be tied to the student.
Eligibility Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply.
For more information contact the school office, or visit this link.
Conveyance Allowance (State Government of Victoria)
In some locations, students are unable to access free school buses. In these instances, students may receive a conveyance allowance to assist with travel costs. Allowances are available for public transport, private car and private bus.
Eligibility To be eligible to receive a conveyance allowance, a student must be school age and reside more than 4.8 kilometres by the shortest practicable route from the nearest school attended.
For more information contact the school office, or visit this link .
Family Fee Assistance Scheme – Tuition Fee Discounts (DOBCEL)
In all Ballarat Diocesan Catholic Primary Schools, optional tuition fee discounts are available to families eligible for a means tested Health Care Card, Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card or Veteran Affairs Pensioner Card. The scheme offers tuition fee discounts to both Catholic and non-Catholic families, to new and current students.
Families that qualify for the scheme will pay $520 per annum for primary school tuition fees ($10 per week). The discounted fee covers tuition and capital fees only - in 2021 the total tuition and capital fees at St. Patrick's School reduces from $990 to $520 (a credit adjustment of $470) for eligible families. The scheme does not cover additional charges such as camps, book hire, subject levies.
More information is provided in the DOBCEL Family Fee Assistance Scheme Brochure.
Additional fee assistance is available on application to the Principal.