Release 1 is the first of 5 Education Funding System (EFS) releases and will change the way that approved authorities engage with the Department of Education (the department).
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From November 2025:
- Approved authorities (AAs) will access the EFS via EducationHUB and will authenticate into the system using a Digital ID.
- AAs will be able to view their organisation and schools in the EFS but will continue to manage updates through SchoolsHUB.
- All data collections for schools will be submitted using the EFS, in line with existing data collection timeframes, commencing with the February 2026 address collection.
- All payments to AAs will be made from the EFS, in line with existing payment timeframes, commencing with the January 2026 recurrent funding payment (for government and non-government schools) and any relevant prescribed or special circumstances payments.
- AAs will be able to view the January 2026 payment details in the EFS from December 2025.
Additional system capabilities will be made available for AAs in Release 2.
SchoolsHUB will remain available for approved authorities to view historical data, manage their organisation and schools and use the online estimator until Release 2. Following the second release, approved authorities will manage their organisation and schools and use a new entitlement estimator in the EFS. Historical data will remain available in SchoolsHub.
Block Grant Authorities and non-Government Representative Bodies will continue to engage with the department through SchoolsHUB.
The department will engage directly with approved authorities in the lead up to the November 2025 release to ensure they are aware of the EFS, understand the changes that will impact them, are supported to onboard to Digital ID (through myID and RAM), and are ready to access the EFS following the release.