Childcare Fees

KingKids 2025 Fee Summary

At KingKids we have a Philosophy built on the foundations of learning, safety, resilience, and fun. This philosophy is overarched by a collaboration with families and the communities in which we work. For this reason, we have provided the details below to assist you in navigating the early learning fee structure. If you have any queries on any of the detail provided below, please lodge a query online or contact any one of our services.

KingKids 2025 Daily Fee Schedule
Location	Fee Including GST
KingKids Bentleigh	$185.50 p/day
KingKids Berwick	$161.50 p/day
KingKids Hallam	$151 p/day
KingKids Narre Warren	$156 p/day
KingKids Rowville	$172 p/day

Payment of Childcare Fees

Payments are made via Direct Debit on a Thursday and fees are paid for the current week. Further details will be provided upon enrolment Please note that we do not accept cash or cheques.

Security Deposit

Each family is required to pay a $150 bond. This is refundable when your child leaves the service unless monies are owed, in which case they will be deducted from the Bond.

Enrolment Fee

To secure your child’s position at our centres, a $60 non-refundable enrolment fee is required to be paid before orientation starts. Once paid, the families receive a KingKids Enrolment Pack filled with KingKids merchandise. (Please note, on rare occasions there may be a delay in providing these immediately upon enrolment.)

Overdue Fees

If your fees fall into arrears of four (4) weeks and/or a payment plan cannot be met, your child’s place will be suspended until payment is received. Direct Debit Dishonor fees are charged at $10.00 each time a payment dishonours.

Absences

You will be required to pay for the days that your child is booked into the service, regardless of sickness or absence, this includes public holidays. Please phone us before 9.00am if your child is going to be absent.

Children on Holidays

We allow for four (4) weeks holiday pro rata per calendar year (Jan-Dec) at 50% your ‘normal daily fee’. Your ‘normal daily fee’ is your normal booking from Monday to Friday, not for example Thursday to Wednesday. We require two (2) weeks’ notice for the holiday rate to apply. Unused holidays do not accumulate or roll over into the next year. The holiday rate will not be applied if your account is more than two weeks in arrears.

Public Holidays

The service is closed on Public Holidays and full fees apply. Holiday rates can be applied to public holidays with (2) weeks’ notice provided.

Ceasing Care

We require two (2) weeks written notice when your child is leaving us. CCS will be removed after the last day of physical attendance and if your child does not attend their final two weeks, full fees are still required. If two (2) weeks’ notice is not provided, families/guardians will then be required to pay the KingKids centre the determined amount that is equivalent to the notice period of gross Childcare fees. Please ensure your child attends the centre on the last booked day. Failure to do so will result in your CCS being removed from the date of last attendance to the final booked day.

Immunisation Exclusions

Full fees are payable for children that have been excluded as a result of failing to meet the immunisation requirements of the Victorian State Government. For more information on our fees please refer to our Fee Policy.

Assistance with Fees

The Child Care Subsidy (CCS) Package Who is Eligible?

Some basic requirements must be satisfied for an individual to be eligible to receive Child Care Subsidy for a child. These include:

The child/ren must be 13 years old or younger and not attending high school (some exceptions do apply)
All children must be up to date with their immunisations
Residency requirements must be met
The child/ren must be attending an approved Child Care service.

KingKids Fee Summary Example

Example Only – Profile 1 – Phil and Liz

Phil and Liz are full-time working parents to 12-month-old Sam and are seeking early learning services for the first time. They plan to place Sam into care 5 days a week (10 hours per day or 100 hours per fortnight). With a combined annual income of $170,000, Phil and Liz qualify for an estimated Child Care Subsidy (CCS) of 72%. At Berwick, where the daily fee is $161.50, Services Australia would pay approximately $116.28 per day directly to KingKids, leaving Phil and Liz with an out-of-pocket cost of $45.22 per day (known as the gap fee). Over 5 days of care, this translates to $581.40 in subsidy payments and $226.10 in out-of-pocket costs for the week.

Example Only – Profile 2 – Jessica and Dominique

Jessica works full time and Dominique works part time, and both are mums to 3-year-old Amelia. Jessica and Dominique love the KingKids program, and Amelia has been attending the service for a couple of years now. As Dominique works part time and they have wonderful family support, they are only looking to access 3 days of care for Amelia per week this year (12 hours per day or 72 hours per fortnight). With a combined annual income of $125,000, Jessica and Dominique qualify for an estimated Child Care Subsidy (CCS) of 76%. At Hallam, where the daily fee is $151, Services Australia would pay approximately $114.76 per day directly to KingKids, leaving Jessica and Dominique with an out-of-pocket cost of $36.24 per day (known as the gap fee). Over 3 days of care, this translates to $344.28 in subsidy payments and $108.72 in out-of-pocket costs per week.

Example Only – Profile 3 – Sylvia

Sylvia is a single parent and Mum to Jack, who has just turned 2 years old. Sylvia works part time, four days per week, and feels like part of the KingKids family as Jack has been attending KingKids since he was only 6 months old. This year, Sylvia intends to enrol Jack for 4 days a week (10 hours per day or 80 hours per fortnight). With an annual income of $60,000, Sylvia qualifies for an estimated Child Care Subsidy (CCS) of 90%. At Narre Warren, where the daily fee is $156, Services Australia would pay approximately $140.40 per day directly to KingKids, leaving Sylvia with an out-of-pocket cost of $15.60 per day (known as the gap fee). Over 4 days of care, this translates to $561.60 in subsidy payments and $62.40 in out-of-pocket costs per week.

Example Only – Profile 4 – Bradley and Aaron

Bradley works full time, and Aaron works part time, and together they are fathers to 3-year-old Joseph and 1-year-old Scarlett. Both children have been attending KingKids since they were 6 months old. As Aaron works part time, they are only looking to access 3 days of care for both children per week this year (10 hours per day or 60 hours per fortnight). With a combined annual income of $155,000, Bradley and Aaron qualify for an estimated Child Care Subsidy (CCS) of 75%. Due to the Higher Childcare Subsidy for their second child, Scarlett is eligible for a subsidy of 89%.

At Berwick, where the daily fee is $161.50:
For Joseph (First Child): Services Australia would pay $103.00 per day directly to KingKids, leaving Bradley and Aaron with an out-of-pocket cost of $58.50 per day.
For Scarlett (Second Child): Services Australia would pay $143.74 per day directly to KingKids, leaving Bradley and Aaron with an out-of-pocket cost of $17.76 per day.
The total out-of-pocket cost (gap fee) for Bradley and Aaron for both children is $76.26 per day. Over 3 days of care, this amounts to $228.78 per week in out-of-pocket costs.

All subsidies have been calculated through the Starting blocks Childcare Subsidy calculator. All examples are estimates only and may not reflect your actual subsidy.

https://www.startingblocks.gov.au/child-care-subsidy-calculator