Enrolments
WELCOME TO OUR BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL!
Sacred Heart School, Casterton warmly welcomes families who wish to have their children educated in a Catholic environment. When the school accepts the enrolment of the student, the family acknowledges its obligation to be supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school.
When enrolling a child with Special Needs which would impact on the child’s learning (i.e. speech, hearing, eyesight, intellectual or physical disability), it is advisable for the school to have this information as early as possible, as submissions for applications of support funding must be completed by August in the year prior to the child starting school.
Enrolments for the 2024 school year are open.
Contact the school office on 03 5581 1131 for more information.
ENROLMENT INFORMATION
Application for Early Age Entry
Enrolment Form Explanatory Statement
School Family Occupation Index
DOBCEL Family Fee Assistance Scheme
Fees & Levies
WHAT DOES IT COST TO SEND MY CHILD TO SACRED HEART?
It is compulsory for Catholic Schools to supplement Commonwealth and State Grants as part of the General Recurrent cost incurred in the running of the school. Therefore, it is necessary to have school fees and student fees as well as fund-raising efforts to raise money on the local level. It is important to stress that no student will be excluded because of an inability to pay fees. In these cases a suitable fee structure will be negotiated with the Principal.
However, it is the expectation that all families make every effort to meet their financial commitments. It is a matter of justice to all students and families that the financial burden is equally distributed.
Our school fees include camps, excursions, stationery, books, computers and art supplies. The only additional costs are uniforms, lunch orders and casual days. This means that parents do not need to pay for additional items throughout the year. The School Fees for 2024 are as follows:
Family and Capital Fee $1,265 per family
Book and Stationery Levy $180 per child
Camps and Excursions - starting at $80 for Foundation, Year 1 and 2 students, $160 for Year 3 and 4 students and up to $240 for Year 5 and 6 students
Fast Fact—This equates to about $25 dollars per week. If there is more than one child in the family, it becomes cheaper again.
Scholarships
We are offering a scholarship to any new family for the 2024 school year. This invoes waiving of the Family and Capital Fee for this year.
Please contact the office for more information.
Family Fee Assistant Scheme
The Diocese of Ballarat, through the Catholic Education Office, offers a Family Fee Assistance Scheme to assist families to send their children to Catholic primary schools.
The scheme is available to families eligible for a means tested Health Care Card, Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card or Veteran Affairs Pensioner Card. This scheme reduces the cost of the Family Fee to a maximum of $520 per year. The Book and Stationery Levy and the Camps and Excursions Levy are then added to the school fee account to give a total fee amount for the year.
Catholic schools have always welcomed families of all financial means. We hope that this scheme will make sending your child to a Catholic school even more affordable.
Fee accounts are issued once per term. Fees may be paid each week, fortnight, month, term, half-yearly or annually. Fees may be paid via Direct Debit, cash or by cheque.
The costs of these fees are decided annually by the School Advisory Council as it is necessary to review and assess the inflation rate which in turn effects our local contribution. School fees are set in accordance with the Catholic Education Office Diocesan Policy.