Business Manager

Hugh Bradridge

Business Manager

Term 2 School Fees

Please note that the Term 2 College fees and levies will be issued in the week beginning Monday 11th May. Thank you for your prompt attention to payment of these school fees.

Covid-19 is challenging all of us, on many different levels. The College is very conscious that many families have, through no fault of their own, been unable to earn their normal incomes and/or have had serious disruptions to their businesses. This clearly has a detrimental effect on personal family finances, and the capacity to cover living costs including school fees. At the time of my writing this message, it is not known when ‘normal’ activities will resume i.e when people will get back to earning their normal incomes etc.

As a College, our expectation is that families pay what they can reasonably afford to, given the level of family income and individual circumstances. We are very aware of the disruption caused by Covid-19, and we have additional support mechanisms in place, including fee support. Fee relief is available and our intention is that family financial circumstances will not prevent any child in our College from attending our school.

The Diocese, and College, response to financial hardship has been to extend relief to those most in need and to encourage those who are relatively unaffected by the economic changes to continue to pay their fees. This is the response that is most consistent with the values of the modern Catholic school.

If you haven’t yet sought out available fee concessions, that you may be entitled to, please do so as a matter of priority for you and your family. The best way is to simply send an email to the College (direct to myself, the Principal or the Finance Account team – contact details below).

As always, if you have periodic repayments in place, please ensure the amount you are currently paying, either weekly, fortnightly or monthly will cover your 2020 fees, by the end of November.

If you have any queries or concerns about the payment of College fees, please contact the College on 4044 4200, or any of the following email addresses

smw.principal@cns.catholic.edu.au         Principal Mr Wayne Wood

hbradridge@cns.catholic.edu.au               Business Manager Mr Hugh Bradridge

accounts@smcc.qld.edu.au                          Finance Accounts Team