Kindergarten funding rates 2020
Standard per capita |
$3,682 |
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Rural per capita | $4,553 |
| Independent schools Standard** | $3,682 |
Independent schools Type 1 | $600 |
Independent schools Type 2 | $1,946 |
*The same rates apply to three-year-old and four-year-old enrolments in programs of 15 hours per week. For services delivering a Three-Year-Old Kindergarten program between five and 15 hours, child level funding will be provided on a prorated basis. For example, a kindergarten delivering a ten hour Three-Year-old Kindergarten program will receive two thirds of the applicable rate of funding available.
**From 2019, non-government school kindergarten services in the Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 1 will receive the standard per capita rate. SEIFA is a measure of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage. SEIFA 1 is an area of highest relative disadvantage.
Kindergarten Fee Subsidy | $1,552 |
***The same rate applies to three-year-old and four-year-old enrolments in programs of 15 hours per week. For services delivering a Three-Year-Old Kindergarten program between five and 15 hours, child level funding will be provided on a prorated basis. For example, a kindergarten delivering a ten hour Three-Year-old Kindergarten program will receive two thirds of the applicable rate of funding available.
Level 2 |
Standard rate - Level 2.3 | $95 |
Standard rate - Level 2.4 | $163 |
| Standard rate - Level 2.5 | $249 |
Rural rate - Level 2.3 | $119 |
| Rural rate - Level 2.4 | $202 |
| Rural rate - Level 2.5 | $309 |
Level 3 |
Standard rate | $623 |
Rural rate | $773 |
Early Start Kindergarten for standard service | $5,265 |
Early Start Kindergarten for rural service | $6,144 |
Early Start Kindergarten Extension | $1,552 |
Standard supplement | $484 |
Kindergarten Fee Subsidy supplement | $260 |
Early Start Kindergarten supplement | $744 |
****Ratio supplement funding commenced 1 January 2016 and is paid per child to any service eligible for standard or rural per capita funding offering sessional programs with groups of 23 or more at the required teacher child ratio of 1:11 that do not attract Commonwealth Child Care Subsidy. Long day care services and services managed by non-government schools are not eligible for the ratio supplement.
For the purpose of kindergarten funding, a group is defined as children attending a kindergarten session at the same time in a room with a qualified early childhood teacher. The number of children in each group should not exceed 33 children at anyone time. In the case of rotational programs, a number of smaller subgroups may be brought together to create a larger group as defined above.
1 – 18
enrolments |
$81,954
Base funding equivalent to 18 enrolments at the rural per capita rate ($4,553 per child for the calendar year) |
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19 – 45 enrolments | Each enrolment is funded at the rural per capita rate ($4,553 per child for the calendar year) |
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46 or more enrolments | The rural per capita rate is paid for 45 enrolments
The 46th enrolment and above are funded at the standard per capita rate ($3,682 per child for the calendar year) |
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Standard rate | $0.76 per km |
Annual grant | $10,488 | $10,698 |
Start-up grant (30% of annual grant) | $3,147 | $3,210 |
Transition grant (30% of annual grant) | $3,147 | $3,210 |
| Establishment grant (for newly established and approved Early Years Management organisations) | $5,000 | $5,000 |