School Saver Bonus
School Saver Bonus - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES
The School Saving Bonus is available for parents and carers of each Victorian government school student from Prep to Year 12 in 2025. The school that the student is enrolled at for the 2025 school year is the school that will receive the School Saving Bonus for that student. Enrolment data has been gathered in preparation for the initial release of the School Saving Bonus in late November 2024, with any enrolment changes to be captured in future data updates.
The School Saving Bonus is not payable to full-fee international students, home schooled students, TAFE students and students attending kindergarten in 2025.
Accessing the School Saving Bonus
Parents and carers of students enrolled at a government school for 2025, by 31 January 2025, will access their School Saving Bonus via an email sent from the Department of Education.
The Department of Education and the Victorian Government will never ask you to provide your banking or financial details for the School Saving Bonus.
A School Saving Bonus email will be sent per child, so parents and carers with multiple children will get an email for each child in their family. The emails may arrive at different times.
The email contains a unique code for the $400 bonus and access to the School Saving Bonus online system.
To learn more about the School Saving Bonus online system, download the step-by-step user guide (DOCX, 945KB) or watch this video. User guide translations are also available in 14 languages.
Allocating the School Saving Bonus
Families can choose how they allocate and spend the School Saving Bonus funds using the online system. The School Saving Bonus can be used towards 2025 school costs, which may include:
Families can use the online system to choose how they’ll spend their School Saving Bonus.
Online System link www.schoolsavingbonus.vic.gov.au/s/
The Bonus can also be used at your school’s designated textbook or uniform suppliers in-store or online, or through State Schools’ Relief until 30 June 2025.
If your school does not have a uniform, or if you would like to use your bonus for unbranded school uniform items, you can use the bonus through the State Schools' Relief.
If any amount is unspent as at 1 July 2025, it will automatically become a school activities credit for you to use through your school. The credit will be available for you to use at the school from August 2025. The delay is to allow for the processing of outstanding transactions and invoices with suppliers. If you will need to access the School Saving Bonus for school activities in July 2025, please access the online system before 30 June 2025 to manually allocate to school activities. This credit for school activities will help cover the cost of things like excursions and camps.
Families who do not want to use the School Saving Bonus can elect to provide this money to their school for use by other students needing support. Please contact your school directly.
Please check junk or spam folders for this email. For enquiries, please use the School Saving Bonus enquiry form.
Any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on 5150 4800 or come into our Administration office on McKean Street.
- The School Saving Bonus is a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.
- The School Saving Bonus is provided to help with the costs of uniforms, textbooks and school activities.
The School Saving Bonus is available for parents and carers of each Victorian government school student from Prep to Year 12 in 2025. The school that the student is enrolled at for the 2025 school year is the school that will receive the School Saving Bonus for that student. Enrolment data has been gathered in preparation for the initial release of the School Saving Bonus in late November 2024, with any enrolment changes to be captured in future data updates.
The School Saving Bonus is not payable to full-fee international students, home schooled students, TAFE students and students attending kindergarten in 2025.
Accessing the School Saving Bonus
Parents and carers of students enrolled at a government school for 2025, by 31 January 2025, will access their School Saving Bonus via an email sent from the Department of Education.
The Department of Education and the Victorian Government will never ask you to provide your banking or financial details for the School Saving Bonus.
A School Saving Bonus email will be sent per child, so parents and carers with multiple children will get an email for each child in their family. The emails may arrive at different times.
The email contains a unique code for the $400 bonus and access to the School Saving Bonus online system.
To learn more about the School Saving Bonus online system, download the step-by-step user guide (DOCX, 945KB) or watch this video. User guide translations are also available in 14 languages.
Allocating the School Saving Bonus
Families can choose how they allocate and spend the School Saving Bonus funds using the online system. The School Saving Bonus can be used towards 2025 school costs, which may include:
- camps, trips, excursions and incursions
- swimming and sporting programs
- outdoor education programs
- graduations
- school uniforms
- textbooks.
Families can use the online system to choose how they’ll spend their School Saving Bonus.
Online System link www.schoolsavingbonus.vic.gov.au/s/
The Bonus can also be used at your school’s designated textbook or uniform suppliers in-store or online, or through State Schools’ Relief until 30 June 2025.
If your school does not have a uniform, or if you would like to use your bonus for unbranded school uniform items, you can use the bonus through the State Schools' Relief.
If any amount is unspent as at 1 July 2025, it will automatically become a school activities credit for you to use through your school. The credit will be available for you to use at the school from August 2025. The delay is to allow for the processing of outstanding transactions and invoices with suppliers. If you will need to access the School Saving Bonus for school activities in July 2025, please access the online system before 30 June 2025 to manually allocate to school activities. This credit for school activities will help cover the cost of things like excursions and camps.
Families who do not want to use the School Saving Bonus can elect to provide this money to their school for use by other students needing support. Please contact your school directly.
Please check junk or spam folders for this email. For enquiries, please use the School Saving Bonus enquiry form.
Any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on 5150 4800 or come into our Administration office on McKean Street.
