What is a school child?
For Child Care Benefit purposes, a school child is a child who attends primary or secondary school or who is on a break from school (for example school holidays) and will return to primary or secondary school after that break. A school child includes children who attend the following classes at primary school:
- kindergarten in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
- preparatory in Victoria and Tasmania
- preparatory or Year 1 in Queensland
- pre-primary in Western Australia
- reception in South Australia, or
- transition in Northern Territory.
A child will automatically be considered a school child when they turn six years old. You should tell the Family Assistance Office if your child is six or over and not at school as this may affect your rate of Child Care Benefit.
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