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Highton Primary School

Australia, Geelong

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Academic offering
Curriculum IB (PYP)
Stages Primary School
Introduction

Highton Primary School is a government, co-educational primary school located at 218 Roslyn Road in Highton, Victoria, Australia. It offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP), a curriculum framework designed to support inquiry-based learning across subject areas. Through the PYP, students engage in transdisciplinary units that encourage curiosity, collaboration, and communication as they explore real-world questions. The school serves families in the Highton community within the Australian education system, providing schooling for local children from the early years through to the upper primary years. As an IB school within a government setting, it emphasises developing learners who think critically, act responsibly, and reflect on their learning. The program supports diverse learners by offering varied learning experiences, hands-on investigations, and opportunities to present understanding in multiple formats. Located in the Geelong region, the school fosters connections with families and local partners to enrich student learning and community involvement for all.

218 Roslyn Rd, Highton VIC 3216

The Essentials

Location
The school is located at 218 Roslyn Road, Highton 3216, Victoria, Australia. It sits in the Highton suburb. It is a government primary school serving Prep to Year 6. The school is co-educational.

Stages
Prep to Year 6

Type
Co-educational government primary school

Country affiliation
Australia
Fees
Application fees

- There are no application or enrolment fees for Highton Primary School (government primary school).

Tuition fees (per year level, per term)

- Highton Primary School does not charge tuition fees for any year level (Foundation/Prep through Year 6). Tuition cost by year/term:
- Foundation / Prep: AUD 0 per term; AUD 0 per year.
- Year 1: AUD 0 per term; AUD 0 per year.
- Year 2: AUD 0 per term; AUD 0 per year.
- Year 3: AUD 0 per term; AUD 0 per year.
- Year 4: AUD 0 per term; AUD 0 per year.
- Year 5: AUD 0 per term; AUD 0 per year.
- Year 6: AUD 0 per term; AUD 0 per year.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- The school issues requests for parent contributions, charges for camps/excursions, and user‑pays activities according to its published parent contributions/charges schedule (commonly aligned to terms or specific activity dates). Payment arrangements and options for those items are managed by the school council in line with Department of Education policy. Typical arrangements include termly billing for activities or annual/term instalments for voluntary contributions.

Boarding fees

- Boarding is not applicable to Highton Primary School (primary day school). No boarding fees apply.

Other costs or fees (typical categories parents should expect)

- Voluntary parent contributions: voluntary requests to support school programs or facility improvements.
- Essential student learning items or materials: charges may apply for student consumables, booklists, workbooks, printing or provision of specified learning materials (these are separate from free instruction and are subject to school arrangements).
- Camps, excursions and incursions: activity-specific charges are billed as required for the event.
- Optional extracurricular or user‑pays programs (for example private instrumental music lessons, some extracurricular clubs): charged on a user‑pays basis when offered.
- Uniforms and school clothing: uniform items are charged at cost by the supplier or school uniform shop when purchased.
- Stationery and school book packs: families commonly purchase or are invoiced for booklist items or consolidated bookpack charges.
- Before/after school care and vacation care: when an external provider operates on the site, those care programs are charged separately by the provider.

Note: the school council determines which of the above items are requested as voluntary contributions and which are charged as required user‑pays items.

Refund information

- Refunds (for payments made for charges and activities) are processed in accordance with the school's parent contributions/charges arrangements and the Department of Education financial management requirements. Refunds are generally processed electronically (for example by electronic funds transfer) and are managed per the school's published refund procedures.

Fee payment options

- Common payment methods used by Victorian government primary schools and typically available for parent contributions and charges include: Compass Payment Centre / online credit card payments, BPAY, electronic funds transfer (direct bank transfer), in‑person EFTPOS or credit card at the school office, and occasional cash payments for small items. The school council sets which of these options are accepted for specific payments.

Summary

- No application fees, no tuition fees, and no boarding fees apply. Parents should expect voluntary contributions and activity‑specific charges (camps, excursions, uniforms, materials, optional programs) that are invoiced according to the school's parent contributions and activity schedule. Payments and refunds are handled under the school council's arrangements in line with Department of Education policy, using standard electronic and card payment methods.
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