Payments

Parents are encouraged to use the Compass Community Portal for all payments. 

Payment Information

Parents are encouraged to use the Compass Portal for all payments.

Parent Payment Policy

For information on payments, please see the topics below:

Refund Policy – click here

 

Methods of Payment & Statement of Accounts

Viewbank College offers various ways to pay family accounts. Families can pay their child’s account via Compass, Bpay, over the phone with credit card or at the General Office. 

For any further information please contact Kerrie Francis, Accounts Receivable on 8458 2811.

COMPASS Community Portal

Parents can pay for all school charges via Compass.

For events please ensure that you give approval online and pay by the due date as the system will lock you out after this date.

BPAY Facility

Viewbank College has BPAY to assist parents in meeting their financial obligations. Below are the guidelines for which BPAY will be applicable:

  • The Biller Code and Reference No. are located on your Statement.
  • BPAY can be used to pay whole accounts or a specific charge, eg. School excursion.
  • Where parents elect to pay through BPAY instalments please email accounts@viewbank.vic.edu.au to advise how your payment is to be allocated. 

Voluntary items will not be allocated without confirmation from families.

  • A Bpay payment generally takes 2 business days to come through to the School’s bank account and the Biller Code will be DET

Note: The description you enter into your banking software is unable to download to the DET software.

Should you require further assistance with payments please contact the Business Manager, Kathleen Hannan on 8458 2811 or viewbank.co@education.vic.gov.au

CSEF (Camps, Sports and Excursions fund)

The Department of Education administers the CSEF to help eligible families with the costs of camps, sporting activities and excursions. Payments are made directly to an eligible student’s school.

To be eligible* for the fund, a mature minor of sixteen years of age or over, a parent or legal guardian of a student attending a registered Government or non-government Victorian primary or secondary school must:

•    on the first day of Term one or on the first day of Term two,

  1. Be an eligible beneficiary within the meaning of the State Concessions Act 2004, that is, be a holder of Veterans Affairs Gold Card or be an eligible Centrelink Health Care Card (HCC) or Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) holder, OR
  2. Be a temporary foster parent, and;
  3. Submit an application to the school by the due date.

* A special consideration eligibility category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families.

The CSEF amount per student (2025) is $256. The application process closes at the end of the term two.

Please contact the school office for an application form. The completed form can be returned to the office in person or by email, together with a copy of your card, as soon as possible so that we can begin accessing the funds on your behalf.

Existing families who received CSEF last year and still qualify for this year have had their applications automatically renewed. However, if you have a child starting Year 7 in 2025 who wasn’t included in last year’s application, please notify the school office. Please note that your application from your child(ren)’s primary school will not roll over to Viewbank College. A new application is required to be submitted.

If you’re unsure whether this applies to you, please contact the school office or email accounts@viewbank.vic.edu.au

CSEF 2025 – Application Form