An extension of your finance team
Edstart’s Family Support Team manages plans, recalculations, follow-ups and family communications. Your team gets time back for higher value work.
Built for schools. Loved by families.
End-to-end fee management that drives better results for your school, backed by people and technology.
Trusted by 700+ schools across Australia and the United Kingdom
The complete fee management service
Financial resilience for schools
Guaranteed payments on a predictable schedule, regardless of when families pay Edstart. Our model is proven to improve and maintain robust fee collection rates.
Payment flexibility for families
Strengthen relationships with your families by offering flexible, personalised payment options – all managed by Edstart’s technology and team.
The Edstart model
Sophisticated technology, backed by real people.
With over 10 years of experience, Edstart combines purpose-built fee management technology with a dedicated team – so schools and families get an elevated experience at every step.
A single platform for complete fee management
A real team of Australian experts behind every account
Guaranteed payments to the school
Early indicators when a family account needs attention – before it becomes a problem
Best in class payment technology and flexibility for families
How do you stack up?
61%
Of parents say a major fee increase would make them reconsider enrolment
Flexible payment options ease that pressure – stabilising enrolments and improving fee collection.
86%
Of families opt for an automated payment method
Families expect the same flexibility and choice they get in every other part of their financial life. Edstart delivers that.
78%
Of schools now offer fortnightly or weekly options
Flexible payments are fast becoming the norm – but managing them in-house creates the admin burden Edstart was built to eliminate.
Source: 2025 Edstart School Insights Report and 2026 School Fees Report
The Edstart difference
Guaranteed fee payments. Real human follow up.
Most fee management tools stop at automated reminders. Edstart’s model combines purpose built technology with consistent human follow-up – so the work never falls back on your team, and your fee management doesn’t skip a beat when staff change.
Proudly Australian. Built alongside schools like yours.
Students supported
Over 100k
Fees paid to schools
Over $1.1bn
School partners
700+
What our school partners are saying
“Our debtors are currently 80% lower than this time last year”
Springfield Anglican College
We've had nothing but positive feedback from our parents.
Jackie McComb, Director of Business Operations
The PARED Foundation schools
With Edstart, we receive the fees in advance so we've been able to earn interest on that money a lot earlier. Our debtors are currently 80% lower than this time last year.
Ruchira Gage, Chief Financial Officer
St Dominic's School Camberwell East
Edstart has really helped take our pastoral care to the next level and freed up our time to focus on key priorities.
Natalie Kenny, Principal
Ready to future proof your school fee management?
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