School fees

[copeland family]

Hello, just wondering if anyone could tell me how much to expect to pay for school years per year at primary school. Also any guide on healthcare fees per year would be fab too.

Thanks in advance:wub:

Nat

[Cellefrouin]

Hope this helps: Early Childhood Education

[Sexy Welsh Aussie Bird]

Originally Posted by copeland family

Hello, just wondering if anyone could tell me how much to expect to pay for school years per year at primary school. Also any guide on healthcare fees per year would be fab too.

Thanks in advance:wub:

Nat

Hi Nat,
My daughter has just gone into pre primary, she was 5 last Oct, her school fees are ..................
Voluntary Contribution A$ 60.00
Stationary A$ 65.00
Uniform ( dress ) A$ 50.00
Additional items that you have to provide eg art shirt, library bag, tissues, saop, towel etc, about A$30.00.

These fees will differ from school to school, I am led to believe that my daughters school fees and uniform is rather high compared to other schools im my area. Then this is it for the rest of the year unless you need to buy additional items from the uniform shop.

Sian xxx

[Kookaburra]

Hiya,

We're on a 457 Business Visa in Sydney and we pay $11,500 EVERY YEAR just to send out kids to school here, then we pay a VOLUNTARY!!! fee of about $200 each, and have to buy their writing books/school trips etc.

[Cellefrouin]

Kookaburra...is that per child? How many children do you have? This subject is very important to me because we have 4 children! At this rate we would not be able to afford to send our kids to school.
Regards, Caroline.

[Liz and Paul]

There are many really good state schools about - suppose it depends where you live. We have paid $110 school fees a year, and $165 for book pack with allsorts in, there's a couple of voluntary contributions but these are just $40 a couple of times a year. The independent schools obviously are like private schools in England and are charged per term - they are often called colleges (well they are in Queensland) which is quite confusing and take children from 5 to 18 years.

Have a look on the Government Education website for the state you want to live in and it will give you information on all the state and independent schools and provides links to the schools own website which will then tell you their fees.

Liz

[billy braveheart]

Originally Posted by copeland family

Hello, just wondering if anyone could tell me how much to expect to pay for school years per year at primary school. Also any guide on healthcare fees per year would be fab too.

Thanks in advance:wub:

Nat

Depends on which state youre going to
and whether your sending your kids to state or private schools

[northernbird]

Originally Posted by Cellefrouin

Kookaburra...is that per child? How many children do you have? This subject is very important to me because we have 4 children! At this rate we would not be able to afford to send our kids to school.
Regards, Caroline.

that only applies to 457 visa holders in NSW and ACT and student visa holders in all states.

[Sexy Welsh Aussie Bird]

Soz should have said, my daughter is in a state school !

[Kookaburra]

Originally Posted by Cellefrouin

Kookaburra...is that per child? How many children do you have? This subject is very important to me because we have 4 children! At this rate we would not be able to afford to send our kids to school.
Regards, Caroline.

Hi Caroline, that's for 2 of them, (13 and 17), the money goes to the government and not the school. It's been a huge drain on our finances and we'd have been better going to Victoria as they don't charge!!!!
They are in state schools but we'd have to pay double for private.