Enrolments

Student Enrolment Age

To start primary school your child will need to turn five years of age by 30 April of the year that they start school. A child must be at school (or registered for home schooling) in the year that they turn six years of age – this is the compulsory school starting age.

Local Neighbourhood Boundaries/Zones

​Our school is zoned to families living within the local designated boundary. By entering your address into https://www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au/ you will be able to determine your designated neighbourhood school. We will consider enrolling students from outside our boundary if we have capacity, however we need to take current class size and availability of classrooms into consideration prior to accepting students.

School Tours

You may contact us to arrange a tour of our school. During the tour you will be able to obtain an enrolment form from the school. Please call our office on PH: (03) 5369 5148.

When to Enrol

2026 Foundation (Prep) enrolments

The Department of Education has released the statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline for the 2026 school year.

The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Balliang East Primary School.

All government primary schools will follow the timeline in 2025 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2026 school year.

You can find information and resources about the timeline, including factsheets and a poster at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep).

You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2026 at Balliang East Primary School from 22 April 2025.

What you need to do:

1. Contact our school on 53695148 to book a school tour or to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process.

2. Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available by 22 April 2025). This pack includes an application form, which you can also request from our school.

3. Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 25 July 2025.

4. You will be notified of the outcome of your application between Monday 28 July and Friday 8 August 2025. If you receive an enrolment offer, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 22 August 2025.

5. Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 3 & 4, 2025.

6. Prepare your child to start Foundation (Prep) from Wednesday 28 January 2026.

Enrolment applications submitted after 25 July 2025 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.

Parents are welcome to contact us any time prior to the year before your child is due to start school. We recommend that all children are enrolled by the end of Term 2, to allow for your child’s full participation in our Prep Transition Program.

When you return your enrolment form please provide the school with:

*   A copy of your child’s birth certificate

*   Immunisation Status Certificate

Be PREPared Transition – Prep Students

Balliang East Primary School runs a Pre-Prep transition program known as Be PREPared. This program runs in Terms 3 & 4, the year prior to your child starting Prep. There are 10 sessions which run each fortnight from 9:00 am to 11:30 am as well as the State Wide Transition Day from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm. Information regarding Be PREPared including the dates, requirements and Parent Information Session will be given to parents who organise a tour of the school.