2025 FEE SCHEDULE
VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITY FEES
College Fees are split into two components: Tuition Fees and Levies. The levies cover costs such as the one2one program for Collegeowned devices, and a non-tuition levy for costs such as digital textbooks, subscriptions/licences and specialist resources. Optional Camp costs, excursions and activities are billed separately.
2025 FEES TABLE
*Discounted Total Annual Fees need to be paid in full by 7 February 2025 to receive 4.5% off tuition.
SIBLING DISCOUNT OF TUITION FEES
Number of children from a single family attending the Hillcrest VLC simultaneously 2nd child and subsequent children Discount of Tuition Fees
For families with students across both the Reedy Creek and VLC campuses, the following sibling discount applies:
• In families with one or more students enrolled in the Reedy Creek campus (on-campus learning), all siblings in the VLC will receive a 10% discount on tuition fees.
• In all other families where there are no students attending the Reedy Creek campus, 2nd and subsequent siblings will receive a 10% discount on VLC tuition fees.
• Discounts in the Reedy Creek campus will be based on enrolments on-campus (ie. No discount for first child and applicable discounts for other siblings on-campus.)
*This applies to tuition fees only, not non-tuition fees or one2one levy.
2025 FEE SCHEDULE
VLC STUDENTS
DUE DATES AND DISCOUNTS
College Fees are invoiced to families once a year in January, and include a calculation of fees payable per term. Term fees must be paid in full by the second Friday of each term, in line with the due dates:
Term 1 7 February 2025
Term 2 2 May 2025
Term 3 25 July 2025
Term 4 17 October 2025
Accounts not paid in full by the due date, without an approved direct debit payment schedule in place, will incur an administration fee of $75. Full payments of annual fees and levies received on or before the due date will be entitled to an early payment discount on the net tuition component of fees only.
ENROLMENT FEES & CHARGES (NON-REFUNDABLE)
Application Fee – per child
Enrolment Fee – first child
Enrolment Fee – second child
Enrolment Fee – third or subsequent children (per child)
$100
$300
$200
$50
Once an Offer of Enrolment is received, the one-off enrolment fee must be paid within two weeks, to secure your child’s enrolment at the College. Students cannot commence at the College until their enrolment fee has been paid in full. This fee is non-refundable should your child not commence at the College.
COLLEGE FEE PAYMENT METHODS
CREDIT CARD / DEBIT CARD / DIRECT DEBIT VIA PARENT LOUNGE Fees can be paid securely online via Parent Lounge. Families can access Parent Lounge via the Hillcrest App and from the Quicklinks area on Connex. Connex can be accessed at https://connex.hillcrest.qld.edu.au/ or via the ‘Connex’ link on the College website. New families will receive their Parent Lounge login information as part of their welcome pack. The College’s Main Reception is available to help with any questions about accessing Parent Lounge.
Families can opt to make manual payments through Parent Lounge or set up automatic payment schedules with multiple secure payment options including credit card, debit card, direct debit or a combination. Payment schedules can be reviewed and updated at any time from any device. Our Accounts Office can assist with any queries about setting up payment schedules, and can be contacted via our Main Reception on 07 5593 4226.
BPAY
College Fees can also be paid via BPAY using the Biller Code and Reference located on the College Fee Statement.
CO-CURRICULAR PAYMENTS
The College provides a range of optional clubs and after school co-curricular activities which are charged separately to College fees e.g. Music tutoring, Dance Academy, Futsal, etc. Co-curricular activities and other non-tuition payments are not included in College fees, they must be paid using the online payment link provided to parents by the club/activity co-ordinator.
The Events and Payments module in Parent Lounge is the most commonly used online payment platform for our co-curricular activities and there are no costs to parents for using this secure payment system.
