Deadline: 27-Aug-21
Applications are now open for Helping Schools Increase Children’s Participation and Opportunities in Sport.
Sporting Schools offers grant opportunities for primary schools, and targeted grant opportunities for secondary schools in relation to year 7 and 8 students. Grants support the delivery of sport-based programs to help students build the confidence and capability to be active for life. Sport Australia has partnered with more than 35 national sporting organisations (NSOs) to facilitate delivery of Sporting Schools programs.
Objectives
This comprises:
- a base funding amount determined by the total number of students enrolled in years P-6 at the school (as provided in the grant application);
- an incentive funding amount for expected overall participant numbers (as provided in the grant application); and
- a potential, additional ‘Special Circumstances’ funding amount of $500 (GST exclusive) to assist eligible schools with additional costs due to location or demographics.
Funding Information
- School population (years P–6)
- 1 to 150: Base Funding $500
- 151 to 300: Base Funding $700
- 301 to 800: Base Funding $900
- 801+: Base Funding $1,100
- Participants per term
- 10 to 30: Incentive funding $500
- 31 to 60: Incentive funding $800
- 61 to 120: Incentive funding $1,200
- 121 to 200: Incentive funding $1,500
- 201 to 300: Incentive funding $1,800
- 301+: Incentive funding $2,000
- Special Circumstances: Incentive funding $500
Eligibility Criteria
- Any Australian school registered with their respective state or territory school registration authority, which has an Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) ID listed on the Australian Schools List website, can register with Sporting Schools.
- To be eligible to apply for a Sporting Schools grant, a school must:
- be registered with Sporting Schools;
- provide valid bank details (name, account name, BSB and account number). Note, Account details can refer to the registered school’s general account or a department of education account in the event of a shared service arrangement (such as those currently in place for NSW and WA Department of Education schools);
- have no outstanding debts with Sport Australia, whether in relation to Sporting Schools or otherwise;
- not be an organisation named by the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse on its list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme; and
- to submit a primary school grant application – be registered as a primary, combined, or special school with enrolled primary school-aged students (from years P-6).
For more information, visit https://www.sportaus.gov.au/schools/schools/funding









































