Victorian Government
Free Kindergarten

Two years of High Quality Kindergarten Program free for all Victorian children

The service is part of the Victorian Government's Free Kinder as part of the Best Start, Best Life reform, enabling 3 an 4 year old children to access to two years of high-quality kindergarten programs for all Victorian children by making this free.

How much can I get?

The Victorian Government makes Free Kinder payments to our service to offset the funded kindergarten program component of parent fees for three and four-year-old
children enrolled at our service.   

How does the Free Kinder Offset get paid?

For 2024, this equates to $2,050 reduction in fees per year for each child and is calculated and paid pro-rata from a child's funding start date.

Who can get the Free Kinder Offset?

Free Kinder is available for all our 3 and 4-year-old Kindergarten programs.

Children must only receive funding for Free Kinder at one service.  If a child attends more than one service that offers a funded kindergarten program, families must nominate which service they will receive their funded kindergarten program and therefore their Free Kinder funding.

In addition to this, all of our kinder programs runs over and above the 15 funded hours per week (600 per year), and families receive Child Care Subsidy (subject to eligibility), families receive a subsidy to offset your child's fees across the year. 

For more information on Free Kinder funding click on link Free Kinder