Staffing

The staffing allocation includes teaching and non-teaching staff entitlement and can only be used for staffing. Where applicable, this may include additional allocations such as for Schools as Community Centres.

Operational funding

Operational funding supports the operation of the school and reflects the school type. It includes the following.

School operational funding

School operational funding is provided to support and enhance the operations of the school, and is allocated according to input parameter rates generated by school type.

Utilities

This funding allocation is provided to schools to cover water and waste utility costs.

Per capita

The per capita allocation helps principals address the unique needs of students in their school.

Location

Remote and/or isolated schools receive funding through the location allocation in the base school allocation.

In 2025 the location allocation delivers funding to 1,001 schools to recognise needs in relation to:

• remoteness – disadvantage due to distance from population centres and the additional cost of goods and services
• isolation – disadvantage due to distance from other schools and educational resources.

Schools have the flexibility to decide how these resources will be best used to address school needs associated with remoteness and/or isolation.

Schools must report on the impact of the location allocation to meet accountability requirements in their annual report.

Urgent minor maintenance

The urgent minor maintenance allocation supports schools to meet the costs associated with managing emergencies or unforeseen minor maintenance incidents.

Teaching principal’s relief

The teaching principals relief allocation is provided to support relief days for teaching principals 1 and 2 (TP1 and TP2) from classroom teaching.

Initiative funding

Initiative funding is aligned to specific programs and initiatives. Examples include:

• professional learning
• school support allocation (principal support).

Site specific

Site specific allocations are provided to meet the requirements of specific sites and will differ for each school. Each school will only see applicable site specific allocations in their School Budget Allocation Report (SBAR). Examples include:

• relief for anti-racism contact officers
• year adviser preschool resource funding
• schools for specific purposes (SSP) supplementary funding
• vocational education and training (VET) program support.