Fees

The latest Fees and Levies summary can be found in the Fee Schedule 2026 document.

The information below is also included in the Welcome Book which is included in the enrolment pack and also available from our front office.

To ensure high quality and cost effective education services are provided to all students, our funding from the diocese and government is supplemented by tuition fees. Parents and caregivers have an obligation to pay fees as they fall due.

Fees are determined annually and billed in the first term to the parties indicated on the Individual Student Enrolment Form. If the parties decide to vary the billing arrangement made, the form must be adjusted by the parties to reflect the new arrangements. Verbal advice received to vary the billing arrangements will not be considered.

All fees are due for payment quarterly in accordance with the amounts shown on the statements sent to families, unless an alternative payment arrangement for regular instalments has been agreed upon. There is no GST on school fees, levies or donations to our building fund.

$110, or $200 per family of more than one student

This non-refundable fee covers enrolment processing costs and is payable at the time of lodging your enrolment application.

$300

When enrolments are accepted an acceptance fee of $300 per student is payable, all of which is credited towards your child’s school fees once issued.

The school fee may entail a variety of charges which are school specific and could change year on year including but not limited to tuition fees, operational, resource, stationery, IT, building, and/or other levies.

This fee, charged per student per year, covers the costs of providing tuition. Discounts, as listed below, apply if you have more than one student attending Catholic Schools in the NT. Tuition fees are determined by the Catholic Education Office and apply across all Catholic schools in the Diocese. It is a requirement of Catholic Education NT that a new Fee Discount Form be completed each year, without which the discount cannot be provided.

The College may provide you with additional charges not invoiced with school fees e.g. buses, extracurricular activities, camps, uniforms or electives etc.

For multiple students of one family across all Northern Territory Catholic Schools

Offered to Parents/Guardians with more than one student attending a Catholic School in the Northern Territory.

If you have more than 4 students attending our Catholic Schools NT, please contact the Finance Officer to determine your Sibling Discount per student.

If the yearly account is paid in full by the last school day in February, an early bird discount will be applied to the school fees for the year.

Parents/Guardians who are the holders of a Health Care Card issued by Services Australia are eligible for the concession card discount per child attending our school. A current Health Care Card must be provided annually to the school for this discount to be applied. If you receive a concession card discount you are not eligible for an additional sibling discount or early bird discount.

Variable by material borrowed.

Any books borrowed by the student, returned with irreparable damage, or in a state which will not allow it to be borrowed again, will have their account billed for the cost of the book. Any books not returned by the end of the final Term will be billed to the student’s account. Any books not returned by exiting students will be billed to their account.

The College offers various payment methods and frequencies to allow Parents/Guardians to pay school fees by the methods most convenient to their budget. The following invoice payment methods are available:

• Direct Debit – contact College reception, Finance, or our website for a payment authority
  • Direct Debit Request
  • Payment Arrangements
• Eftpos – at College site or via telephone
• Centrelink – deductions from family payments
• BPAY/ bank transfer – see invoice for details. Bank details below:
  • BSB: 085 933
  • Account Number: 396 042 505

• Annual – Early Bird Discount applies if paid in full by last school day in February
• Weekly payments – 40 weekly payments starting the first week of February
• Fortnightly payments – 20 fortnightly payments starting the first week of February
• Monthly payments – 9 monthly payments (Feb – Oct) final payment by last day of school in October
• 3 Term payments – due last day of the month, 30 April, 31 July, 31 October – (Feb -Oct) final payment by last day of school in October

Parents/Guardians who are experiencing financial hardship or are pensioner concession card holders are encouraged to contact the Principal or Finance Officer as early as possible to discuss their circumstances. All discussions and arrangements are in the strictest confidence.

Parents/Guardians who are a current staff member of Catholic Education in the Northern Territory are encouraged to contact the Principal or Finance Officer for further information regarding the current policies and procedures.

A full term’s notice must be given in writing by completing a Student Departure Notification form. This is to be forwarded to the College’s reception before a student is withdrawn from the school. Failure to provide the required notice will result in fees being charged for the period by which the notice falls short of a term (1 term = 10 weeks).

1 family has 3 siblings within our Catholic Schools in the Northern Territory.

1 student in one of our primary schools, 2 students at our school, one in year 7, one in year 11. The total school fee payable is calculated in the following way. Payment is made by the last day of February, allowing the family to utilize the early bird discount.

The school fee and sibling discount for the primary student is calculated in the respective primary school they are attending.

The school fee for our school students are calculated the following way.

Refund/credit of fees will only be considered upon receipt of a completed and signed Student Exit Form.

If 10 weeks of school Term time notice of student exit in writing has been received:
A maximum of 75% of the remaining school term tuition fee/s may be refunded/credited.

If less than 10 weeks of school Term time notice of student exit has been received:
A maximum of 50% of the remaining school term tuition fee/s may be refunded/credited.

All requests for credits for non-attendance at excursion activities are to be made in writing to the Principal with accompanying documentation, e.g. medical certificate. As most excursions / activities are prepaid by the College, and costs calculated on the full attendance of all students, a credit for non-attendance will only be considered if the College has been refunded for those students who were unable to attend. Unfortunately, due to this prepayment, refunds or credits will be unlikely. If non-attendance was because of a medical condition, please attach a medical certificate to your written request for credit through the Principal. All credit requests are processed by the Principal – not the Finance Department. Please do not contact the Finance Department regarding credit requests, as they can only refer you to the Principal.

Flexible Learning Programs (FLP) including Vocational Educational Training (VET) pathways attract full tuition fees and levies. No pro-rata discount will be provided for the periods when the student is not attending the College. A full time place is budgeted for all students including FLPs. This allows students to return to a full time regular program at any time.

If school fees have not been paid nor payment arrangements made or maintained, Student Semester Reports will be withheld until such time that there is parental communication with the College Principal. Please make an appointment with the Principal as soon as you realise that there may be difficulty in meeting this commitment. It is the Diocesan policy that no child will be deprived of a Catholic Education because of the genuine financial difficulties of his or her family. We are happy to enter into arrangements with families to meet their particular circumstances. If there are genuine financial difficulties and fees cannot be paid, this must be discussed with the Principal as soon as possible.

Replacement diaries and will be charged to family accounts. Where possible, families will be notified of the event.

A deposit of $20 is made for loan of a locker padlock. $15 of this deposit is refunded on exit, minus any damage costs, and $5 goes towards general locker maintenance and lock replacement.

Some families choose to make additional non-compulsory donations for things such as our building fund or specific projects.

Non-compulsory Building Levy

In addition to the Compulsory Building Levy, families are invited to donate funds to our voluntary College Building Fund, which goes towards the construction of future infrastructure. Donations of $2+ are tax deductible. We ask that families consider donating $100 / term. To find out more about donation or volunteering options, speak to our finance team or go to the Donation page.

The Back to School Payment Scheme is a Northern Territory Government initiative to assist families with certain school related costs at the beginning of the school year. Information can be found in the pdfs below.

For further information on your fees or payment plans, please contact the finance team on 8930 5716 or finance.mackillop@nt.catholic.edu.au.