NSW Fee Relief Report
NSW Fee Relief Report
LDC
The 2026 Start Strong for Long Day Care program operates on a calendar year from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026.
Funding is provided for children in the 2 years before school and incentivises enrolments of 600 hours per year and is in addition to the families CCS.
Community Preschools
Funding is designed to support quality uplift in preschool education and drive outcomes for children aged 3-5 in the years before school.
When would I use this report?
The report will populate with the information that has been added onto each child that meets the criteria for the selected date ranges
For further information see the help article: NSW Government Fee Relief - Affordable Preschool /Start Strong FundingLDC services must collect data and report on fee relief. The data will be used by the Department of Education (the department) for funding assurance activities, including:
- Assessing the number of eligible children receiving fee relief and assisting with fee relief adjustment processes
- Identifying and monitoring families that may be incorrectly claiming fee relief at multiple services
- Meeting Australian Government data reporting obligations in exchange for the third-party payment exemption, which will be reported to the ABS to determine family out of pocket expenses after all government subsidies are applied.
What information will this report show?
Column | Heading | Description |
|---|---|---|
A | SE- ID | This is provided from the ACECQA Registration code on the CCS Services Screen |
B | Service | Displays the name of the Service the forecast has been created for. |
C | Service Street Address | Displays service street name |
D | Service Suburb | Displays the service suburb |
E | Service Postcode | Displays the service postcode |
E | Service State | Displays the service state |
G | Child | Displays the name of the child/ren |
H | Enrolment ID's | Displays the enrolment ID's of the child/ren |
I | Gender | Displays the gender (if added) of the child/ren |
J | Child Date of Birth | Displays the date of birth of the child/ren |
K | Child Street Address | Displays the street details for the child/ren. |
L | Child Suburb | Displays the suburb name for the child/ren included . |
M | Child State | Displays the child's address state |
N | Service Postcode | Displays the service postcode |
O | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | Displays the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander flag for the child/ren |
P | Language other than English | Displays the language other than english flag for the child/ren |
Q | Days/Sessions Attended | Displays the total number of days the child/ren have attended. |
R | Hours Attended | Displays the total number of hours the child/ren have attended. |
S | Days/Sessions Absent | Displays the total number of absent days that have been marked for the child/ren. |
T | Total Fee Charged | Displays the total full fee amount for the child/ren |
U | Total CCS | Displays the total amount of CCS that has been received for the child/ren |
V | Total ACCS | Displays the total amount of ACCS that has been received for the child/ren |
W | Consent form Signed and collected* | Will need to be manually populated into the report from data collected by the Service. |
X | Total New Subsidy | Displays the total GAP fee amount for the child/ren |
Y | Date/week of first subsidy | Displays the date (or week 1 to 52) that the fee relief was first applied. |
Z | Date/week of final subsidy | The date (or week 1 to 52) that the fee relief was last applied. |
AA | Organisation ID | Displays the Organisation ID for the forecast |
AB | Provider ID | Displays the Provider ID for the forecast |
AC | Centre ID | Displays the Centre ID for the forecast |
AD | Child ID | Displays the Child ID for the forecast |
How would I use this report?
This report can be viewed on the reports screen or exported.
Note: The report will automatically default to the current reporting period. To view the information for a prior period you will need to set your filter dates.The 2 steps to run the report successfully are:
- Apply the filter for the required reporting period
- Export the filtered report dates and information
Step 1 - Filtering to the required date period
- Select the reports option icon
- Select the filter icon
- Add in the from date for the period to report on
- Add in the to date for the period to report on
- Select apply
Step 2 -exporting the report:
- Select the reports option icon
- Select the export icon
- Select your report format CSV or excel
Updated on: 07/01/2026
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