School Costs
There are two types of costs payable by parents of students at Cornerstone
Attendance Dues, paid to the proprietor, are a compulsory fee allowed for in legislation. Parents agree to pay the attendance dues when they enrol their child at Cornerstone. Attendance dues range from $682.50 to $1,225 per child per year, and may either be paid by lump sum early in the year or by regular instalments across the year. Invoices are sent out in February.
Other Costs, paid to the school, for items that students get to keep (e.g. uniforms, calculators, school stationery, technology projects).
Proprietor Attendance Dues
Attendance dues are a charge from the proprietor, the Cornerstone Christian Education Trust, to cover costs related to buildings, grounds, insurance, capital works, etc. These costs are funded by the proprietor, not by the state, and in exchange the proprietor is permitted to operate a special character school. The proprietor is committed to providing high quality facilities and attendance dues are a key source of revenue allowing it to do so.
Attendance dues are based on the level of revenue the proprietor requires in order to meet its financial commitments, e.g. loan repayment, building, maintenance and insurance of school buildings.
Parents agree to pay the attendance dues when they enrol their child at Cornerstone. Ongoing enrolment at Cornerstone is conditional upon ongoing payment of attendance dues.
Attendance dues levels
The level of attendance dues for Years 0-8 is $975 per year. The level of attendance dues for Years 9-13 is $1,225 per year. The two levels reflect that the costs associated with providing secondary education are significantly higher than those associated with providing primary education.
Attendance dues charged annually per child
- Weekly: $18.75 (Year 0 – 8), or $23.56 (Year 9 – 13)
- Fortnightly: $37.50 (Year 0 – 8), or $47.12 (Year 9 – 13)
- Quarterly: $243.75 (Year 0 – 8), or $306.25 (Year 9 – 13)
- Annually: $975 (Year 0 – 8), or $1,225 (Year 9 – 13)
Any family that has three or more children
Attending the school at the same time will be eligible for a 30% subsidy off the full level of attendance dues for the third and subsequent children. Attendance dues are processed in order of the children’s ages, from oldest to youngest, so the oldest two children enrolled at the school will be charged at the full rate. The subsidised levels for the third and subsequent children are $682.50 per year for Years 0-8 and $857.50 per year for Years 9-13.
Attendance dues charged annually per child for the 3rd and subsequent children in a family who are enrolled at Cornerstone Christian School concurrently.
- Weekly: $13.13 (Year 0 – 8), or $16.49 (Year 9 – 13)
- Fortnightly: $26.25 (Year 0 – 8), or $32.98 (Year 9 – 13)
- Quarterly: $170.63 (Year 0 – 8), or $ 214.38 (Year 9 – 13)
- Annually: $682.50 (Year 0 – 8), or $857.50 (Year 9 – 13)
Attendance dues payment
Attendance dues may be paid by lump sum, termly, monthly, fortnightly or weekly payments. What we look for is that they are at least progressively paid throughout the year. e.g. after 25% of the school year has passed we expect that at least 25% of the attendance dues have been paid, etc. The attendance dues are to be fully paid by the end of the year (31st December).
The preferred method of payment is by regular automatic payments and this can be arranged by internet banking. The Proprietor’s bank account details are:
- Name of account: Cornerstone Christian Education Trust
- Bank, branch: ANZ, Palmerston North
- Account number: 06 0746 0179676 04
Please add the account code (written on the invoice) and the parent’s last name and initials in the particulars field so that the Proprietor knows whose attendance dues to apply the payment to.
Parents wanting to discuss their attendance dues account should contact the CCET Executive Officer Ph: (06) 356 7326 extn 6103
Other Costs
Parents are charged for:
- Primary School Stationery is purchased in bulk by the school. Parents and whānau will need to make payment for your child’s stationery through myKindo. Note: Secondary School (Year 7-13) stationery is available on Officemax MySchool
- Technology items that students in Years 7-10 take home. Parents will be notified in advance.
- Optional equipment purchased through the school, e.g. calculators and Secondary workbooks (especially at NCEA levels)
- Extra-curricular sports. Parents will be notified of the costs of their child participating in any particular sports team prior to registration day. Students whose parents agree for them to participate will be placed in a team once payment has been made at the school office.
- School uniform bucket hats and caps from the school office
All School uniform items are purchased through the NZ Uniforms website or physical store.
Payment options include
- myKindo
- Internet banking
- Eftpos - at the school office
Note: The school office does not handle any cash payments
See Payments page for further instructions on how to use myKindo and make payments for Other school related costs.
Other Costs Hardship fund
A limited fund has been set up to assist families with costs in circumstances where they are having difficulty paying for essential school-related items (e.g. uniforms or stationery).
This fund is administered by the Deputy Principal. Please contact James Rose, Deputy Principal, for an application form: james@cornerstone.ac.nz or (06) 356 7326 ext. 6109.
Note that this fund is not for attendance dues which are a Proprietor cost and as such are separate from the school.
