School Fees
What are the school fees?
There are three levels of annual fees to be paid:
- Diocesan Tuition Fees set by the Catholic Education Office
- Diocesan Building Levy set by the Catholic Education Office
- Service fees set by each school
Annual Diocesan Tuition Fees
The Annual Diocesan Tuition Fee can be paid once a year or as three equal payments in Terms 1, 2 and 3. The fee is only charged for the first three (3) children currently enrolled in the diocese (in other words there is no additional cost for the fourth child attending a systemic school in the diocese or other participating Catholic schools - see below). To work out how much the fee is for each child, check the table below.
| Annual Diocesan Tuition Fees for 2008 made as one installment |
|---|
| Per Annum per Student 2008 | 1st child
100%
| 2nd child
75%
| 3rd child
50%
|
| | | $ | $ | $ |
| Primary | Kindergarten to Year 6 | 1,008 | 756 | 504
|
| Secondary | Years 7 - 8 | 1,275 | 957 | 636 |
| | Years 9 - 10 | 1,410 | 1,059 | 705
|
| | Years 11 - 12 | 1,803 | 1,353 | 900 |
The term rate for each of the first three terms is as follows:
Annual Diocesan Tuition Fees for 2008 made as three equal installments
(during the first three terms of the year)
|
|---|
Per Term per Student - 2008
| 1st child | 2nd child | 3rd child |
| | | $ | $ | $ |
| primary | Kindergarten to Year 6 | 336 | 252 | 168 |
| secondary | Years 7 & 8 | 425 | 319 | 212 |
| | Years 9 & 10 | 470 | 353 | 235 |
| | Years 11 & 12 | 601 | 451 | 300 |
Sibling Discount on Diocesan Tuition fees
Sibling discounts apply to Diocesan Tuition Fees and are included above at 25% discount for the second child, 50% for the third child and 100% for the fourth and subsequent children attending Catholic systemic schools in the Diocese of Parramatta, Archdiocese of Sydney, Diocese of Wollongong, and Diocese of Broken Bay as well as at St Dominic’s College, Kingswood.
In addition, principals have the discretion to give a discount of up to 10% on the total diocesan tuition fee where there are siblings attending congregational schools and the principal believes that the financial circumstances of a given family warrant some reduction.
Building levy
All families with one or more children in a Parramatta Diocesan school are required to pay a building levy. This levy has replaced the various levies that parents previously paid to school building funds (managed by either parishes or schools).
The levy for 2008 is $435 per family, payable in three equal installments of $145 payable in terms one, two and three.
The money collected from the levy is paid into a fund from which all building costs and loan repayments for schools in the diocese are paid. The levy is not tax deductible.
Please note: families enrolling a child in a systemic school are still required to pay the full levy even if they have another child attending a non-systemic school in the Parramatta Diocese or a child in a Catholic school outside this diocese.
Service fees
There will be some other school fees such as enrolment, resources, subject, excursion and sports fees. These vary from school to school and are explained at the time of enrolment.
Financial difficulty
If you are experiencing financial hardship and are unable to pay fees discuss the situation with your school principal. Your situation