TUITION FEES/EXTRAS for 2024
· Playgroup (birth – 2 years)
· Preschool (3 – 5 years)
· Primary School (5 – 12 years)
· Secondary School (12 – 16 years)
· Outside School Hours – Afters/School Hols (5 – 12 years)
· Fees Understandings & Payment Methods
PLAYGROUP (birth – 2 years, with parent/carer)
Once-a-week sessions, during BG school terms, for small groups of children. Each child accompanied by their parent/carer. Sessions facilitated by a qualified Early Childhood teacher. Based at Hackett Campus, or on Mt Majura for Wednesday Bush Playgroup. (Priority access to BG Preschool once participants turn 3)
$360 per BG school term, payable prior to starting each term.
PRESCHOOL (3 – 5 years)
@ Dickson campus & @ Hackett Campus
Fees: $16 per hour/part-hour (eligible families may apply for Child Care Subsidy through Centrelink)
• Short Day (9am-3pm): $96 per short day
• Full Day (8am-6pm; except Wed 8-5*): a discounted rate of $144 per full day
• Full-Time (Mon to Fri: 8am-6pm, except Wed 8-5*): a discounted rate of $720 per week
(*Preschool closes at 5pm on Wednesdays for educators’ Professional Learning Meeting.)
+ Specialist Programs, Materials, e-bulletins: $130 per term
+ Working Bee Levy: $110pa per family (Families get $55 credit for each Working Bee attended (max.2))
+ Tax-Deductible Donation to Building/Library Funds (optional): $125 per term or $500 per annum
A Deposit of $1,755 (5-day booking) or $1,055 (2/3-day booking) must be paid to secure a 2024 enrolment offered by Blue Gum.
Enrolled BG PS families may also book into optional BG school holidays program during 2024.
(Families may request a different booking or none for this period, & only pay for days/times confirmed by BG.)
PRIMARY School (Kindergarten to Year 5: 5 – 12 years)
@ Hackett campus
General Tuition (8:30am-3pm): $2,295 per term, or $9,180 per annum
(NB: 50% discount on General Tuition Fees for a family’s 3rd+ primary/secondary child attending BG simultaneously)
+ Stationery, course materials, e-bulletins etc: $300 per term, or $1,200 per annum
+ Specialist Programs, e.g. art, music, community sport:costs vary each term; actual cost charged
+ Outdoor Ed Camps (compulsory for all students): approx $215 (K/1: 2 days) to $540 (Yrs 4/5: 4 days)
+ Working Bee Levy: $110pa per family (Families get $55 credit for each Working Bee attended (max.2))
+ Tax-Deductible Donation to Building/Library Funds (optional): $125 per term or $500 per annum
A Deposit of $1,755 must be paid to secure a 2024 enrolment offered by Blue Gum.
SECONDARY School (Years 6-10: 12 – 16 years)
@ Hackett campus
General Tuition (8:30am-3pm): $2,495 per term, or $9,980 per annum
(NB: 50% discount on General Tuition Fees for a family’s 3rd+ primary/secondary child attending BG simultaneously)
+ Stationery, course materials, e-bulletins etc: $300 per term, or $1,200 per annum
+ Specialist Programs, e.g. art, music, community sport:costs vary each term
+ Outdoor Ed Camps (compulsory for all students): approx. $645 (Yrs 6/7– 5 days)
to $4,300 (Yrs 8/9/10 – 2-week intensive Cultural Exchange Trip e.g. remote Australia/Fiji/Cambodia)
+ Working Bee Levy: $110pa per family (Families get $55 credit for each Working Bee attended (max.2))
+ Tax-Deductible Donation to Building/Library Funds (optional): $125 per term or $500 per annum
A Deposit of $1,755 must be paid to secure a 2024 enrolment offered by Blue Gum.
Outside School Hours – Afters/School Hols (5 – 12 years)
BGOSH (Blue Gum Outside School Hours) @ Hackett Campus
Optional programs for Blue Gum students 5-12 years – charged separately from school fees (eligible families may apply for Child Care Subsidy through Services Australia/Centrelink)
• Afters/BGOSH operates Monday-Friday, 3-6pm, during BG school terms
$39 per day (permanent term booking); or $42 per day (casual booking, if places available)
- School Holidays/BGOSH operates Monday-Friday (not public holidays), 8:30am-6pm:
- Options: Short Day (9am-3pm) $96; orFull Day (8:30am-6pm) $144
Fees Understandings
- An initial enrolment is not finalised until the Fees Deposit is paid and the Enrolment Form is signed by all parties (including the school). Prior to starting each year, a non-refundable Fees Deposit is charged to reserve your enrolment place. This Fees Deposit (less an enrolment administration charge of $55) is credited against future fees for the place being secured (or refunded in full if no place is available initially). The Deposit is not refunded if a family fails to take up the enrolment place it secures, nor can it be used to pay overdue fees/charges. School fees must be paid promptly; an enrolment may be cancelled for non-payment of fees.
- Prior to attending our Preschool or After-School/School Holiday programs, families claiming Child Care Subsidy (CCS) must register with Services Australia/Centrelink online (or ring 8am-8pm Mon-Fri 136 150), and then notify our School Office of your child’s CRN, plus parent name and parent’s CRN under which you will be claiming CCS.
- Fees Statements are emailed to families, usually at the start/middle/end of each term. There are separate Statements for Preschool, Primary/Secondary School, & BGOSH, as we are required to use different software systems. So, you may receive up to 3 Statements – add the totals of each to calculate the total amount owing. (If the total has a minus symbol (e.g. -$53), you are in credit, so do NOT pay this amount. Wait for your next Statement… & celebrate!)
- Outdoor Education Camps are an important/essential part of Blue Gum’s education program, so are compulsory for all primary/secondary school students. So that we can cover the costs involved, the Camp charge must be paid for each student (whether they can attend or not).
- Students must arrive/depart within their booked times, or an Early/Late Fee is payable. NB: Students on the premises after our closing time incur a $60 Late Pick-up Fee. Repeat late-comers will be given an earlier pick-up deadline.
- A $140 Late Payment Fee may be added to accounts not paid in accordance with a family’s Fees Payment Undertaking, i.e. one lump sum payment by Week 2 each term, or 4 equal instalments in Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8 each term.
- It is a condition of enrolment that once a family formally enrols your child/ren for a school year, then your family agrees to pay all fees/charges for that booking, up to the end of that year (whether or not your child attends). However, a family may cancel an enrolment, by giving ten (10) weeks’ written notice (fees are still payable during this period). If written notice is not given, each term’s fees are payable.