From the Finance Team

A New Partnership - Edstart 

Clayfield College is excited to announce a new partnership with Edstart. In an initiative aimed at delivering our community improved efficiency, flexibility and support, Edstart will provide our families with a simple to use payment platform to manage school fee payments with greater autonomy at no additional cost.

The opening of an Edstart account supersedes the College's existing internal payment plan process and will therefore become the default payment platform for all families, with the exception of those:

• Electing to pay yearly in advance
• Enrolled on overseas student visas, or 

• Otherwise advised or approved by the College to remain on existing payment arrangements due to special circumstance.

   

Through the new Edstart Plus online portal, families will be able to:

• Choose to pay in weekly, fortnightly, monthly or quarterly (termly) instalments.
• Select the calendar day your payments are to be made to ensure alignment with your pay cycle.
• Easily adjust your payment schedule or method at any time.
• Spread fees across the full 12 months, including school holiday periods, to reduce regular payment amounts.
• Make lump sum payments or receive contributions from family members to help reduce their ongoing payments.

Next Steps

The rollout of Edstart Plus will commence progressively across Term 4, in preparation for full implementation for 2027.

Over the coming weeks, eligible families will receive further information about the creation up their Edstart account, the payment options available and how the platform will work. The target date for the opening of accounts in preparation for Term 1 2027, will be 11 December 2026.

If you would like further information, please refer to the flyer below. 

Please contact our Fees Department via fees@clayfield.qld.edu.au or 07 3262 0270 if you have any questions.