School Savings Bonus - SSB

The School Saving Bonus will provide $400 in one-off support for Victorian school-aged students in Term 4, 2024, for use on 2025 school costs. 

Families can choose how they want to spend the School Saving Bonus. It can be used towards 2025 school costs, which may include:  

• camps, trips, excursions and incursions  
• swimming and sporting programs  
• outdoor education programs  
• graduations
• school uniforms

The School Saving Bonus will be in addition to existing and continuing means-tested supports for Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) and the Affordable School Uniforms Program.

School Saving Bonus student eligibility

The School Saving Bonus is available for parents and carers of each Victorian government school student from Prep to Year 12 in 2025, except for full-fee international students, home schooled students, TAFE students and students attending kindergarten in 2025.  

The school that a student is enrolled at for the 2025 school year will receive the School Saving Bonus. This includes Prep enrolments for 2025 and students transferring between government schools.

For further information please see the School Savings Bonus Information for Parents and Carers.

You can also find more information in the School Savings Bonus System Guide for Parents and Carers and by going to School Saving Bonus | vic.gov.au. 

The School Savings Bonus portal can be accessed at School Savings Bonus

using your email address and your unique SSB code.  If you are having difficulty in accessing the site you will need to contact the SSB Help Centre.