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Fees & Donations
2025 donations scheme
The Ministry of Education uses the equity index (EQI) system as its funding model. Darfield High School is eligible to opt in to the donations scheme.
The donations scheme lessens the financial burden on our parent/caregiver community, so the Board of Trustees have opted into the Donation Scheme for 2025. There will still be items that need to be paid for.
Opting into the donations scheme each year means the money we receive goes directly into supporting our learners.
Some items are exempt from this scheme. These include:
- Classroom take-home component:where parents have agreed to purchase (e.g., letterbox, item of clothing).
- Overnight school/kura camps: we can only ask you to donate if it is for an overnight school/kura camp, and then you can choose if you want to pay none, some or all of the donation. If you choose not to donate, your child will be able to attend a camp if it is part of the school’s core learning programme (curriculum).
- Extracurricular activities including sports, performing arts and cultural activities:if your child is involved in after-school or weekend sports teams or after-hours cultural activities, these are optional. If you choose for your child to participate, you will be asked to cover the costs of these activities.
- Stationery items: you will need to provide stationery for your child
- Workbooks:optional workbooks that parents have agreed to purchase.
- Photocopying/printing:for personal or extra-curricular purposes.
- Non-compulsory hardware or software.
- Tertiary courses:via a dual enrolment at a tertiary institution.
- School magazines/yearbooks.
- The school formal or ball.
For more Information, check out the Ministry’s website.
Even though we are in the Donations Scheme, some items are exempt:
- Classroom take-home component: where parents have agreed to purchase (e.g., letterbox, item of clothing).
- Overnight school/kura camps: we can only ask you to donate if it is for an overnight school/kura camp, and then you can choose if you want to pay none, some or all of the donation. If you choose not to donate, your child will be able to attend a camp if it is part of the school’s core learning programme (curriculum).
- Extracurricular activities including sports, performing arts and cultural activities:if your child is involved in after-school or weekend sports teams or after-hours cultural activities, these are optional. If you choose for your child to participate, you will be asked to cover the costs of these activities.
- Stationery items: you will need to provide stationery for your child
- Workbooks:optional workbooks that parents have agreed to purchase.
- Photocopying/printing:for personal or extra-curricular purposes.
- Non-compulsory hardware or software.
- Tertiary courses:via a dual enrolment at a tertiary institution.
- School magazines/yearbooks.
- The school formal or ball.
Mistakes do happen, so please let us know if you think we’ve got it wrong.
If you’re struggling to pay, we will still support you, but we will need to be told (in confidence).
There is a separate magazine charge of $30.00.
If you would like a magazine, please pay this amount on your Kindo account. We will produce only the number of magazines which are paid for by the end of Term Three.
Contact us
If a family has concerns regarding their ability to pay any fees, they should contact Kylie Taylor to discuss the options available.
School Payments
Working together with Kindo, our School offers you a simple and quick way to view and pay for school items, register for sports, support fundraisers, purchase event tickets and complete registration and permission forms.
This is our preferred method of payment, and we encourage you to setup your myKindo account today.
To create a new Kindo account click here
To access your existing Kindo account click here
