Blog – Education Microscope

As the school year draws to a close, administrators and finance teams will be pleased to hear that PaySmart’s SchoolSmart system is now delivering even more benefits to schools, with…

Education business administrators have the critical task of ensuring the smooth running of their schools, so their teaching staff can focus on the important job of educating students. A school…

As families soak up the winter holiday break, is your school’s administration team dreading getting back into the cycle of chasing fees? It can be hard to catch your breath…

Do you have the right payment plan in place for your school? Is your admin team already spending too much time chasing late payments? We know that when families fall…

As the gates are getting ready to close on another busy school year, is your administration team still chasing outstanding payments from Semester 2 while madly preparing invoices for new…

Now is the perfect time to make a simple change that will transform your school’s billing systems. A change that will: Simplify the payment process for your families Reduce the…

While funding for Australian schools as a whole is set to increase under the Government’s Gonski 2.0 plan, the needs-based assessment model means not every school may be better off.…

As school administration teams busily begin preparing fee notices for the coming term, it can be a reality check to realise how many families’ fees for Semester 1 are still…

A growing number of Australians lack confidence in their financial position and are worried about meeting household expenses, according to AMP’s 2016 Financial Wellness Report. And it’s not just a…

We all know families come in many shapes and sizes and their financial situations can be equally as diverse. While many can afford to pay for independent schooling fees up…