Sporting Schools funding is available to primary, combined and special schools to deliver free Sporting Schools programs to primary school-aged children before, during or after school, using one of our primary school NSO partner sports.
Grants of between $1,000 and $3,650 (GST exclusive) are available for primary and combined schools each term. Grants of between $1,000 and $4,150 (GST exclusive) are available for special schools with enrolled primary school-aged students in Years P-6.
Grant amounts comprise:
*If a school applies for and receives the additional $750 for coach delivery but only uses teacher delivery, they are required to return the $750 as part of the acquittal process.
To be eligible for Additional Support funding, schools need to satisfy at least one of the criteria below and provide reasons within the grant application for additional funding requested:
Items that can be considered under Additional Support funding include:
Additional Support funding is not guaranteed and will be approved or declined at the ASC's discretion. If applying under the ‘Other’ category, schools need to outline how the additional funding will be used and what it will be spent on.
Additional Support funding cannot be applied for/used for equipment, facility hire/entry, safety items, to deliver more expensive programs or additional sessions. Items such as equipment and facility hire can be purchased with the school’s base funding amount, noting the equipment spending cap of $1,650 (GST inclusive) and supported items are outlined in the Spending Fact Sheet.
The basis for calculating the base and additional funding amounts is further detailed below.
Program participants per term | Base funding | If applying for coach delivery | If eligible and applying for Additional Support |
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10 - 30 | $1,000 | $750 | $100 - $500 |
31 - 60 | $1,200 | $750 | $100 - $500 |
61 - 120 | $1,500 | $750 | $100 - $500 |
121 - 200 | $1,800 | $750 | $100 - $500 |
201 - 300 | $2,100 | $750 | $100 - $500 |
301+ | $2,400 | $750 | $100 - $500 |
The above amounts are GST exclusive.
Program participants per term | Base funding | If applying for coach delivery | If applying for Additional Support |
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10 - 30 | $1,000 | $750 | $100 - $1,000 |
31 - 60 | $1,200 | $750 | $100 - $1,000 |
61 - 120 | $1,500 | $750 | $100 - $1,000 |
121 - 200 | $1,800 | $750 | $100 - $1,000 |
201 - 300 | $2,100 | $750 | $100 - $1,000 |
301+ | $2,400 | $750 | $100 - $1,000 |
The above amounts are GST exclusive.
Applications received from special schools with primary school enrolments (Years P-6) will be funded as a priority.
If, (as anticipated), remaining total applications exceed the level of available funding, applications from primary and combined schools will be ranked in order of priority for funding, by applying each of the following criteria in order:
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