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Reviewing parent submissions

Every time a parent calculates fees and asks for an email copy, PortalHQ saves the submission — their name, contact details, the children they entered and what was calculated. The …

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Embedding the calculator on your school website

The Fee Calculator is designed to live on your school’s main website, not on PortalHQ. Parents reach it from your Fees page, your enrolments page, or wherever you put it. …

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Customising the calculator's appearance, emails and labels

The Fee Calculator’s behaviour, appearance and email content is controlled from a single Calculator Settings record per school. This is where you tailor labels to match your school’s terminology, swap …

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Configuring entry years and fee escalation

Entry years let parents calculate fees for children starting in future years — typically a prospective family looking at what will it cost when our child reaches Year 7 in …

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Configuring multi-campus fees

If your school operates across more than one campus and the fee schedule varies between them — different tuition, different service charges, different year-level offerings — set up campuses in …

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Adding family-level fees

A family fee is a flat charge that applies once per family, regardless of how many children are enrolled. Use it for line items that don’t scale with child count …

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Configuring sibling discounts

Most schools discount tuition for families with more than one child enrolled. The Fee Calculator supports two ways of expressing this — pick the one that matches how your fee …

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Setting up year-level fees

The fee schedule is the core of the calculator. You add one entry per year level you offer, with the term and yearly tuition figures. If you operate multiple campuses, …

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Fee Calculator Overview

Is a tool that helps parents calculate school fees depending on their child/s year of entry or campus choice. This feature can calculate the total fee for a family with …