Many thanks for your support of the Financial Survey for Schools (FSS). Joining the Financial Survey for Schools (FSS) not only empowers you with data-driven decisions but also contributes to sector innovation and improvement. Every participant adds to the comprehensive dataset, benefiting all schools.
Key Dates
In preparation to receive the 2024 school-year data, at 5pm Friday 18 April 2025 we will close Option 1 Enter Financial Data – 2023 School Year on the FSS portal. You will still have access to your 2023 school-year reports (Options 2 to 11 on the Somerset Education portal) until early July 2025.
This means that after 18 April 2024, you will no longer be able to enter or change 2023 school-year data.
If you do not have a copy of your 2023 school-year data, please go to the last page of the survey (via selection 1 on the portal) to download a pdf version — see screen shot below:
For Australian schools, data input for the Financial Survey for Schools is based on the latest Commonwealth Financial Questionnaire which is now available. We plan that from Monday 21 April 2025 you will be able to enter the 2024 school-year data into the FSS. And we aim to have 2025 reports (2024 school-year) available from 1 August 2025.
Q | Any questions?
For more information about the FSS or our budgeting and reporting tools, please do not hesitate to contact Cathy or Jessica at survey@somerseteducation.net or call 1300 781 968 (from outside Australia +61 7 3263 5300).
If I can help in any way with the financial governance of your school, please contact me at john@somerseteducation.net or mobile 0417 618 899.
We look forward to your ongoing support, or if new to the survey, we warmly welcome you joining in.