Fees
Killarney is a community based not-for-profit preschool and is a registered charity with the ability to provide tax deductible receipts for all donations to the school’s building fund. We are dependent on the payment of school fees to cover general running expenses incurred by the School, such as teachers’ salaries, teaching resources and expenses, office and administration costs, insurances and maintenance. We have been providing education to children for 120 years and we aim to offer reasonable fees for a high quality education.
2024 Fee Relief Program
The NSW Government introduced a fee relief funding support package which came into effect on 1 January 2023 and will continue in 2024. The fee relief program aims to reduce the cost of early childhood education and care to families in the form of fee-pass through. The funding is provided for the purpose of reducing the daily tuition fee as much as possible for 600 hours per year of enrolment for eligible children.
It is very important to note that a child cannot access a fee relief payment from more than one community preschool or long day care service. If you child attends, or will attend, a centre other than Killarney in 2024, you will need to choose which centre you access the fee relief payment from. All parents / legal guardians must complete a declaration form to nominate which service they will access the fee relief from.
2024 Daily Tuition Fee
Our tuition fee structure is reviewed each year by the Board. Effective Term 1 2024, the daily tuition fee before fee relief will be as follows:
• $88 per day for children who are 3 on 31 July 2024 (‘3 year olds’)
• $78 per day for children who are 4 on or before 31 July 2024 (‘4 year olds’)
Tuition fees after fee relief are as follows:
• $43.69 per day for 3 day group children
• $36.83 per day for 2 day group children who are 4 on or before 31 July 2024
• $46.83 per day for 2 day group children who are 4 after 31 July 2024
Fee Components
All matters regarding fees are treated as confidential. Invoices are sent out via Xero during week 1 of each term and fees are payable within 14 days of receiving the invoice. Fees are payable for public holidays and sick days. No fees are charged during the school holidays.
Invoices comprise of the following components:
Daily rate tuition fee – the level of the fee is determined by the number of days per week the child attends and whether they have turned 4 by 31 July of the year enrolled. Fees are charged on a per term basis and are payable for public holidays and staff development days.
Building fund donation – a requested donation to the Killarney School building fund (AF1595C-SF6123) is included each term. The donation is set by the Board of Directors and is tax deductible (currently $100 per term). If you wish not to donate, please inform the school in writing (finance@killarneyschoolmosman.com) to have this removed from your termly invoice.
Incursion fee – a small amount is charged in the appropriate term to provide for the various incursions your child will participate in. The 3-day children participate in a 45-minute French lesson each week which has been included as part of the Incursion fee.
For 2024, the incursion fees is $300 for 3-day children and $100 for 2-day children.
Sundry Fee – an amount of $40 is charged to the Term 1 invoice to cover the cost of the Christmas lunch for the children ($10), the Mother’s Day stall ($5), Father’s Day stall ($5) and Smartphone APP ($20).
Parent Committee Levy – Term 1 and 2 tuition invoices include a compulsory charge to cover the cost of our annual fundraiser. A charge of $120 will appear on both these tuition invoices. Single parent families will be invoiced for Term 1 only.
Key FOB – a fob is required to access the front door of the school during opening hours. All new families will be charged $30 per fob. If you would like to purchase additional fobs, please speak to a member of staff. For security purposes, please ensure all fobs are returned to the school on completion of enrolment. A refund of $10 per FOB will be provided upon return.