MPPS Parent Payments Policy 2025

MIDDLE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT PAYMENTS POLICY 2025

Middle Park Primary School is looking forward to another great year of teaching and learning and would like to advise you of our Parent Payments Policy and voluntary financial contributions for 2025.

The Department of Education and Training worked with schools to strengthen the Parent Payments Policy to ensure there is transparency and consistency for all Victorian schools and families, and ensure schools provide students with free instruction to fulfil the standard curriculum requirements and to assure you that all contributions are voluntary.  Nevertheless, the ongoing support of our families ensures that our school can offer the best possible education and support for our students.

Parent payments fall into the three following categories:

• Curriculum Contributions
• Extra-Curricular Items and Activities
• Other Contributions

Please be assured Middle Park Primary School makes every effort to keep the cost of items and activities to a minimum and affordable for all parents.  A strategic goal of the school is to be recognised as one of the leading schools in the State providing the best possible start in life for the children.  We are continually striving to achieve the best for all the children and these contributions, which are approved by School Council, will allow us to provide extra programs and equipment.  Our families have always supported the school in many ways, through fundraising and volunteering your time and high levels of parent payment contributions, which has enabled us to provide the wonderful programs and opportunities provided at Middle Park Primary School.  We spend considerable time selecting the most appropriate requisites to meet the needs of our students and no student will be treated differently, denied access or refused instruction to the standard curriculum program for not making a payment or other contribution.

Family Contributions are used to cover additional expenditure not covered by Government funding. To put this into context, at Middle Park Primary School Government funding makes up just over a third of the school’s income and fundraising, depending on the year, is approximately 15%. The contributions outlined in this letter below represent the largest portion of the school’s recurrent revenue, as highlighted below:

In 2025, the Victorian Government is providing a one-off $400 School Saving Bonus to help families in Government schools cover the cost of school uniforms, textbooks, and school activities like camps, excursions and sports.  Additional information about the initiative and how to allocate your funds has been provided in Compass.

Financial Support for Families

Middle Park Primary School understands that some families may sometimes experience financial difficulty and offers a range of support options, including:

• Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF) provided by DET and is automatically paid to the school for families holding a valid means-tested concession card. If eligible primary school students receive $150 per year.  Applications are made via the school and payments commence from March 2024 until June 2025.  More information and application forms will be sent out at the beginning of 2025.
• State Schools Relief to assist with clothing and uniforms.  
• Payment Plans for Extra-Curricular Items and Activities

For a confidential discussion about accessing these services or an alternative contribution plan please contact Naomi Hayes on 9690 1336 or email naomi.hayes@education.vic.gov.au

All contributions will be listed and payable via Compass.

Payment Methods

The following 3 payment options are available:

1. Payment in full – via credit card authority on the attached form or Compass using a valid credit/debit card, on or before Friday 7 March 2025

2. Compass instalment plan across two payments via a valid credit/debit card on:

   07/03/2025        and        09/05/2025  

    Or across four payments:

   07/03/2025                      09/05/2025                 11/07/2025               3/10/2025

3. Personalised payment plans via Compass – arranged by contacting Naomi Hayes

We want to thank you for all your ongoing support, which ensures that our school can offer the best possible education and support for our students.  This makes a huge difference to our school and the programs we can offer.

Kind regards,

Naomi Hayes  |  Business Manager