Our waiting list application process
Your child’s name can be placed on our waiting list once they have turned 2 years of age.
To lodge a Waiting List Application please follow this link:
To finalise the application process, the payment of our $10 Waiting List Application Fee (non-refundable)
needs to be paid by direct deposit into our bank account. Our bank account details are:
Blaxland Preschool Kindergarten
BSB : 032-370
Account : 170206
Once your form has been received and the Waiting List fee processed you will be added to the waiting list.
Our funding
We receive State Government funding from the Department of Education’s Start Strong Funding Model to support the operation of our Preschool. The main aim of this funding model is to ensure that all 4 year old children (defined as turning 4 by 31 st July) access preschool education for a minimum of 15 hours per week (2 x 7.5 hour days) in the year prior to starting school. We follow the Department of Education Priority of Access when offering positions at preschool.
Enrolment priorities
If your child is either Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, from a low-income family or has a diagnosed disability or NDIS approval, they are classed as an “equity child” and are given priority of enrolment.
We also give enrolment preference to all children who are turning 4 years of age before 31 st July. These
priorities are set by the Department of Education.
Our sessions
4 YEAR OLDS – are offered a 2 days per week enrolment, with a choice of either MONDAY/TUESDAY or THURSDAY/FRIDAY and when available, the option of adding a WEDNESDAY to their enrolment for a 3 days a week attendance.
3 YEAR OLDS – even though we are licensed for and welcome 3 year old children, because of our funding guidelines and the enrolment priorities we must adhere to, we are not always able to offer positions for 3 year olds. If we are able to offer 3 year old positions these are for 1 day only – Wednesday.
Our fees
Our enrolment program
Our enrolment program usually starts in late July/early August when we first re-enrol all the current attending children who will be returning to preschool for another year.
Once this process is completed, we will then know how many vacancies we have available to offer to the
families on our waiting list.
Enrolments are offered to our priority groups first and then to the rest of our waiting list. Within these groups, offers are made in enrolment date order (who has been on the waiting list the longest).
Our enrolment process can be lengthy and whilst we know that families would like to know as soon as possible if they have secured an enrolment with us, we cannot always give you an answer until we have worked our way through the waiting list.
Once you have been offered a place at our preschool you are invited to our Welcome to Preschool – Stay and Play sessions in October/November and our Orientation Day, usually held just before our new preschool year commences in January. This is your chance to meet our teachers and educators become familiar with the preschool environment with your child.
