All-day and sessional kindergarten

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$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 January 2024
	Under 2		2 and over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*
100% certificated teachers	18.53	16.11	10.67	9.28	16.75	14.57
80-99% certificated teachers	17.92	15.58	9.86	8.57	15.98	13.90
50-79% certificated teachers	16.40	14.26	8.63	7.50	14.63	12.72
25-49% certificated teachers	13.58	11.81	7.06	6.14	12.91	11.23
0-24% certificated teachers	11.86	10.31	6.00	5.22	11.84	10.30
Sessional – 100% certificated teachers	18.86	16.40	9.46	8.23	11.11	9.66

$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 March 2024
	Under 2		2 and over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*
100% certificated teachers	18.53	16.11	10.67	9.28	17.53	15.24
80-99% certificated teachers	17.92	15.58	9.86	8.57	16.73	14.55
50-79% certificated teachers	16.40	14.26	8.63	7.50	15.32	13.32
25-49% certificated teachers	13.58	11.81	7.06	6.14	13.52	11.76
0-24% certificated teachers	11.86	10.31	6.00	5.22	12.40	10.78
Sessional – 100% certificated teachers	18.86	16.40	9.46	8.23	11.63	10.11

$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 April 2024
	Under 2		2 and over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*
100% certificated teachers	18.94	16.47	10.87	9.45	17.67	15.37
80-99% certificated teachers	18.33	15.94	10.06	8.75	16.87	14.67
50-79% certificated teachers	16.81	14.62	8.83	7.68	15.46	13.44
25-49% certificated teachers	13.99	12.17	7.26	6.31	13.66	11.88
0-24% certificated teachers	12.27	10.67	6.20	5.39	12.54	10.90
Sessional – 100% certificated teachers	19.27	16.76	9.66	8.40	11.77	10.23

$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 June 2024
	Under 2		2 and over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*
100% certificated teachers	18.94	16.47	10.87	9.45	17.67	15.37
80-99% certificated teachers	18.33	15.94	10.06	8.75	16.87	14.67
50-79% certificated teachers	16.81	14.62	8.83	7.68	15.46	13.44
25-49% certificated teachers	13.99	12.17	7.26	6.31	13.66	11.88
0-24% certificated teachers	12.27	10.67	6.20	5.39	12.54	10.90
Sessional – 100% certificated teachers	19.27	16.76	9.66	8.40	11.77	10.23

$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 December 2024
	Under 2		2 and over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*
100% certificated teachers	19.78	17.20	11.30	9.83	18.10	15.74
80-99% certificated teachers	19.17	16.67	10.49	9.12	17.30	15.04
50-79% certificated teachers	17.65	15.35	9.26	8.05	15.89	13.82
25-49% certificated teachers	14.83	12.90	7.69	6.69	14.09	12.25
0-24% certificated teachers	13.11	11.40	6.63	5.77	12.97	11.28
Sessional – 100% certificated teachers	20.11	17.49	10.09	8.77	12.20	10.61

$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 January 2025
	Under 2		2 and over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*	incl GST	excl GST*
100% certificated teachers	20.17	17.54	11.52	10.02	18.46	16.05
80-99% certificated teachers	19.55	17.00	10.70	9.30	17.64	15.34
50-79% certificated teachers	18.00	15.65	9.44	8.21	16.21	14.10
25-49% certificated teachers	15.12	13.15	7.84	6.82	14.37	12.50
0-24% certificated teachers	13.37	11.63	6.76	5.88	13.23	11.50
Sessional – 100% certificated teachers	20.51	17.83	10.29	8.95	12.44	10.82

$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 January 2026 **
	Under 2		2 and over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST***	excl GST	incl GST***	excl GST	incl GST***	excl GST
100% certificated teachers	20.27	17.63	11.58	10.07	18.55	16.13
80-99% certificated teachers	19.65	17.09	10.75	9.35	17.73	15.42
50-79% certificated teachers	18.09	15.73	9.49	8.25	16.30	14.17
25-49% certificated teachers	15.19	13.21	7.88	6.85	14.44	12.56
0-24% certificated teachers	13.43	11.68	6.80	5.91	13.29	11.56
Sessional – 100% certificated teachers	20.61	17.92	10.34	8.99	12.50	10.87

$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 April 2026 **
	Under 2		2 and over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST***	excl GST	incl GST***	excl GST	incl GST***	excl GST
100% certificated teachers	20.67	17.97	11.80	10.26	18.92	16.45
80-99% certificated teachers	20.03	17.42	10.97	9.54	18.08	15.72
50-79% certificated teachers	18.45	16.04	9.67	8.41	16.61	14.44
25-49% certificated teachers	15.49	13.47	8.03	6.98	14.72	12.80
0-24% certificated teachers	13.69	11.90	6.93	6.03	13.56	11.79
Sessional – 100% certificated teachers	21.01	18.27	10.53	9.16	12.74	11.08

$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 July 2026 **
	Under 2		2 and over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST***	excl GST	incl GST***	excl GST	incl GST***	excl GST
100% certificated teachers	20.88	18.16	11.93	10.37	19.12	16.63
80-99% certificated teachers	20.25	17.61	11.09	9.64	18.27	15.89
50-79% certificated teachers	18.65	16.22	9.78	8.50	16.79	14.60
25-49% certificated teachers	15.66	13.62	8.11	7.05	14.88	12.94
0-24% certificated teachers	13.85	12.04	7.02	6.10	13.71	11.92
Sessional – 100% certificated teachers	21.25	18.48	10.65	9.26	12.88	11.20

$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 February 2027**
	Under 2		2 and Over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST***	excl GST	incl GST***	excl GST	incl GST***	excl GST
100% certificated teachers	21.23	18.46	12.12	10.54	19.45	16.91
80-99% certificated teachers	20.59	17.90	11.27	9.80	18.57	16.15
50-79% certificated teachers	18.96	16.49	9.94	8.64	17.07	14.84
25-49% certificated teachers	15.92	13.84	8.25	7.17	15.12	13.15
0-24% certificated teachers	14.06	12.23	7.13	6.20	13.94	12.12
Sessional-100% certificated teachers	21.60	18.78	10.82	9.41	13.09	11.38

$ per funded child hour	Rates from 1 July 2027**
	Under 2		2 and Over		20 Hours ECE
	incl GST***	excl GST	incl GST***	excl GST	incl GST***	excl GST
100% certificated teachers	21.28	18.50	12.16	10.57	19.49	16.95
80-99% certificated teachers	20.63	17.94	11.29	9.82	18.62	16.19
50-79% certificated teachers	19.01	16.53	9.96	8.66	17.11	14.88
25-49% certificated teachers	15.95	13.87	8.27	7.19	15.16	13.18
0-24% certificated teachers	14.10	12.26	7.14	6.21	13.97	12.15
Sessional-100% certificated teachers	21.64	18.82	10.84	9.43	13.12	11.41

* Pourato uses a funding rate to 6 decimal places for this set of rates. We have rounded to 2 decimal places for ease of reading. These GST exclusive rates are not effective until the 1 July payment.

** Rates with an effective date from 1 July 2025 onwards are GST exclusive rates. These rates are 2 decimal places in Pourato.

*** GST inclusive rates for rates effective from 1 July 2025 are for comparison only.

**** 1 July 2026 rates have been revised and updated in September 2026.

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