WA Student Assistance Payment

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The WA Student Assistance Payment helps parents and carers with cost-of-living pressures associated with sending their children to school. All Western Australian school students in Kindergarten to Year 12, with a valid WA student number, are eligible for this cost-of-living payment.
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The WA Student Assistance Payment is back in 2025

What you need

  • The WA student number (WASN) for each student. This 8-digit number is sometimes called a SCSA or student number. This number can be found on school reports, including previous NAPLAN results. It may also be on a secondary student's SmartRider.
  • The name at time of enrolment, date of birth, school name, and year level of each student you are claiming for.
  • The bank account details where the payment will be deposited.

The payment is now available through the ServiceWA app. Parents and carers are encouraged to set up a ServiceWA account and have an active digital identity. More information is available on the ServiceWA app webpage.

For more information on eligibility and claiming go to the Department of Education's WA Student Assistance Payment webpage.

The Department of Communities brings together vital services and functions that enable individual, family and community wellbeing. In relation to young Western Australians, this includes foster care, early childhood education, child protection, as well as programs and policies that meet the needs of Western Australian young people.

 

Published

15 April 2024
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