Eligibility and Priority of Access criteria
ELIGIBILITY
- All children must meet ‘No Jab, No Play’ Legislation requirements.
- Pre-Prep, Four-year-old (4yo) or mixed age - a child must have turned 4 years of age by April 30 in the year they are to attend to coincide with school entry.
- Children who turn 6 during their 4yo kindergarten/pre-prep year and have received approval for an exemption to attend school from the Department of Education (DE).
- Children younger than the 4yo kindergarten eligible age who have a written request and response from the Department of Education (DE) seeking an early entry to school. (Note: very few early school entry requests are approved by DE and if the child attends kindergarten early, but does not proceed onto school the following year, it is not possible to access another year of funded 4yo kindergarten).
- Three-year-old (3yo) or mixed age - A child must have turned 3 years of age by April 30 in the year they are to attend to coincide with school entry.
- Three-year-old (3yo) or mixed age - A child must be 3 years of age before they can commence the program as per Education and Care Services National Regulations 2012.
PRIORITY OF ACCESS CRITERIA
1. Priority Children as per Department of Education criteria - See Priority of Access tab under 'Criteria'
2. Additional Year Funding Children - Children who have attended the funded program at the same kindergarten and are declared eligible for an additional year of funded kindergarten as recommended by the Early Childhood Teacher.
3. Continuity of Learning - Children attending the service in the Three-Year-Old Kindergarten Program and seeking to access Four-Year-Old Kindergarten or Pre-Prep at the same service for continuity of learning.
*Continuity at a service priority is not available for those applying and commencing after 30 June.
3. Local Factors - for example proximity of residential address to the kindergarten, or relationship to the kindergarten, i.e. previous sibling has attended the first preference kindergarten.