We’re excited to let you know that the Financial Survey for Schools (FSS) portal login has a brand-new look—designed to make your experience clearer and more user-friendly.From today, when you visit the SURVEY page on the Somerset Education website and click the SURVEY LOGIN button, you’ll be automatically redirected to the updated login page.The new survey login page is below.
While the look and feel have been refreshed, your login details remain the same and no changes are needed from your end—just enjoy the updated interface! You can also go straight to the new login page at any time via this Link.Now that the audit is complete and you are finalising the Financial Questionnaire (FQ), it is the perfect time to enter, or have us upload, 2024 data into the FSS. Time saving tools including the Financial Sustainability Planner and SKI Scenario Builder empower you to set a target operating surplus for your school, develop strategies to maintain and improve financial health and instantly re-forecast budgets, key ratios and risk. Participate with the confidence that 10 out of 10 recommend the FSS to others.
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SKI Scenario Builder™ | Link
Financial Sustainability Planner | LinkData entry deadlines and participation packages
Please aim to complete data entry by 31 July 2025 so that you and others can generate reports with adequate sample sizes from August 2025 to inform strategy and the 2026 school budget. You can participate anytime until April 2026 however early bird pricing finishes on 31 August 2025.Single report participation starts from AU$1001* — including GST (AU$501* for schools with less than 250 enrolments). A discounted package price for the Financial Performance Report (compare with peers), Historical Report (your trends 2019 to 2024) and SKI Report and SKI Scenario Report (your future trends to 2029) is $2,420* — including GST ($1,210* for schools with less than 250 enrolments). If you participated last year, reduce the package price by $220 ($110 for schools with less than 250 enrolments).
[*Note: Early bird prices apply if survey completed before 31 August 2025.]We ensure your school data is confidential
FSS participant names and data are held in confidence by Somerset Education which we know is important to you. Reports are generated in a format which respects that confidentiality.Ongoing support and further information
Participation gives you access to Somerset Education services including further analysis of your performance, financial viability assessments, financial training of senior management and board, our 10-year budget, and monthly reporting tools.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.
