School Saving Bonus
The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus – a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.
The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, activities and more.
Between Tuesday 26th and Thursday 28th November 2024, you will receive an email from the Department of Education with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code.
If you have multiple children enrolled in Victorian government schools for 2025, you will receive one School Saving Bonus code email per child. These emails might arrive on different days. Please make sure to check your spam/junk email folder.
Parents will be required to log in to the SSB Portal, where you can make your spending selections, view vouchers and look back on your transaction history. See Parent/Carer SSB System User Guide attached.
The funds can be utilised in the following ways;
IN-STORE PURCHASES– PSW and/or Campion – you will receive a code (written and QR), which can be taken to the retail premises.
ON-LINE PURCHASES – PSW and/or Campion – you will receive a code (on screen and via email) to use during your shopping cart payment process.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES – BHS – you can choose to allocate funds to cover BHS school activity costs, e.g. camps, excursions, music.
A few notes and reminders;
- Online vouchers are available in $50 increments
- Parents may need to pay extra to cover their full purchase cost
- A voucher can be used more than once, until fully expended
- All vouchers expire on 30 June 2025
- Funds for school activities may take 48 hours to be received by BHS
- All unspent funds as at 30 June 2025 will revert to your BHS Family Statement for future use
This SSB initiative is being implemented by the Department of Education, whilst BHS staff will make every effort to assist our families to understand the system, in many cases your
best point of contact for complex queries will be by email to school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au