Enrolments

Central registration via Kingston Council

All enrolments to Parkdale Preschool are coordinated through the central registration scheme run by Kingston Council.

For 2024, a small number of places remain in our four-year-old program.

Applications for 2025 open on the 1 May 2024. To be considered in the first round of allocations, your application must be received by the central registration scheme by 30 June 2024.

Places are allocated based on:

Victorian Government’s Kindergarten Funding Guidelines
How close you live to the kindergarten
Whether your child (or older child) has attended the kindergarten before

For more information and the online application form, visit www.kingston.vic.gov.au/centralregistration or contact the Central Registration Officer on 9581 4851 or kindergartenenrolment@kingston.vic.gov.au

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Before the Council’s central registration scheme opens, we invite prospective families to visit and explore our sessional kindergarten and meet our teaching team at our annual open day.

For 2025 enrolments, our annual open day is being held on Saturday 20 April, 2024 between 9am and 11am.

Throughout the year, we also offer prospective families who are unable to attend our open day the opportunity to tour our centre.

Open Day and preschool tours

For more details please contact us

Frequently Asked Questions

Your child must have turned 3 before they can start kindergarten.
- Three-year-old kindergarten – your child must be 3 years of age or older by 30 April in the year they start kindergarten
- Four-year-old kindergarten – your child must be 4 years of age or older by 30 April in the year they start kindergarten
No, the Department of Education (DET) has stated a child can only have two years of funded kindergarten. Children will move from three-year-old kindergarten to four-year-old kindergarten the following year. It is therefore really important that families who have a child born between January and April take this into consideration, when deciding if their child is ready to begin their kindergarten and school journey.
Children cannot repeat four-year-old kinder unless they show delays in learning and development outcomes as specified by the DET and a second year of four-year-old kindergarten is supported by their teachers. Unfortunately, as Parkdale Preschool must prioritise funded places, it is not an option to pay full fees for an extra year of four-year-old kinder.