School Plan is a school fee payment service that spreads school fees out into manageable monthly payments.

School Plan pays your child’s school fees directly into the school’s account when they are due, while you pay School Plan back in easy-to-manage monthly instalments. School Plan can be used to assist with managing the payments of private school fees and independent and public school fees: which exceed $1000 per annum.

The School Plan process

1. Once your application has been approved, School Plan liaises with your child’s school to obtain the school's fee schedule.
2. We then calculate your monthly instalments based on the school fees to be funded and the applicable School Plan service fee. This figure will be confirmed in the letter of confirmation, which we will send you.
3. Your instalments to School Plan are deducted by direct debit from your nominated bank account or credit card (School Plan Plus), on the first working day of each month, with the exception of the January instalment. This payment will be drawn in the middle of the month. You will be notified in writing of the exact date.
4. School Plan pays your child’s school fees directly to the school when they are due, provided your instalments to School Plan are up to date.
5. The school will credit School Plan’s payment to your account. Any payments that you have not requested School Plan to cover will need to be paid directly to the school.
6. Towards the end of the school year, School Plan will send you a renewal form inviting you to re-apply for the following school year.

There are no penalties for early termination and there is no GST payable on the service provided by School Plan.

Your payment to School Plan

A service fee is charged based on the value of the school fees to be paid by School Plan and your choice between the standard School Plan service, or the additional benefits provided by School Plan Plus.

The service fees outlined below apply regardless of the time of year in which membership is granted. 

^{* Does not include fees in arrears or variable expenses.}

School Plan will advise you on what your instalments will be. However, if you know what your annual school fees are, you can easily calculate your monthly instalments. Simply add the school fees to be paid and the School Plan service fee together and divide by the number of months remaining in the calendar year (depending on the school year being funded).

The following example shows how the monthly instalments are calculated for a family with annual school fees of $6,000, and instalments beginning in January.

 
Please note: Once membership is approved, the family's instalments to School Plan are spread over the remaining months of the school year to be funded.

School Plan requires the first two instalments from you before any payment can be made to the school on your behalf.

Membership Information

To apply for membership, please carefully read the terms and conditions before completing the Application Form and the Direct Debit Request Form. The terms and conditions are outlined along with the Application Form and Direct Debit Request Form in the links above.

Mail the Application Form, along with a copy of your current drivers license, to our freepost address:

School Plan
Reply Paid 62131
OAKLEIGH  VIC  3166

You must clearly indicate your choice between School Plan and School Plan Plus by ticking the appropriate box on the Application Form.

^{(NB: Where applicable, both parents/ guardians are to sign the application form).}