For Victorian government schools, Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2026 school year will open from the start of Term 2, 2025, on Tuesday 22 April.
We’re asking parents and carers of children starting school next year to apply to enrol by Friday 25 July 2025.
All Victorian government primary schools will follow this timeline.
We have developed information and resources to make the enrolment process simpler for families, available at Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). This page includes an enrolment information pack for parents and carers, and an application form. A fact sheet and poster are also available in more than 40 languages.
How you can support families
To help families of children in Four-Year-Old Kindergarten programs understand the enrolment timeline, please share resources from the information pack for the early childhood sector. This pack is available at Transition to school resources for families.
This pack has information about the enrolment process to provide to families and staff, with resources including a poster, fact sheet, website content, social media content and newsletter text.
Please share these resources through your own communication channels so families are aware of the timeline and children can get excited about the start of their school journey.
For information about transition to school, refer to moving to primary school, which has resources including:
Find out more
For more information, refer to Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) and Transition to school resources for families.
For further enquiries, contact the senior transition officer in your regional office by email:
- North-east region: enrolments.nev@education.vic.gov.au
- North-west region: enrolments.nwv@education.vic.gov.au
- South-east region: enrolments.sev@education.vic.gov.au
- South-west region: enrolments.swv@education.vic.gov.au
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