Australian Schools Plus is a national not-for-profit helping children and young people thrive through school and beyond.

Partnership applications are welcome from schools and clusters of schools seeking to improve student outcomes. Successful partnerships receive:

• Single or multi-year funding to deliver meaningful short or long-term impact.
• Project implementation coaching to strengthen strategy, project planning and delivery.
• Project management and evaluation coaching to measure and sustain outcomes

Priority focus areas include:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• STEM (may or may not include AI)
• Rural, Regional and Remote (RRR)

Funding per year (indicative only)

• 1 school up to $40,000 p.a.
• 2-9 Schools up to $90,000 p.a.
• 10 + Schools up to $120,000 p.a.

Coaching: Up to 12 hours of coaching per year from a Schools Plus coach to support project implementation, build your strategic capacity and provide change management guidance 

Program Management and Evaluation: Project management and evaluation support, using tools to plan, implement and assess your project.

Applications:

• Single Year Partnership Apply here
• Multi-Year Partnership Apply here

If your project falls outside these focus areas, we encourage you to submit an Expression of Interest as an alternative to a full partnership application.  See details here

Schools eligibility:

• ICSEA below 1000 (special needs schools exempt).
• Direct student enrolments required.
• One application per school or cluster.
• Existing Schools Plus projects are finalised and acquitted before a new partnership begins in 2027.
• Schools aligned with a DGR-status not-for-profit are ineligible

• Phone: 02 8880 0296
• Email: schools@schoolsplus.org.au