Enrolment at AVPS
Enrolment at Ascot Vale PS (AVPS)
SCHOOL TOURS 2024 (updated 30/7/2024)
School Tours have concluded. Special arrangements can be made on a needs basis.
Our school zone
STARTING SCHOOL PAGE
The Starting school page is located on the Vic Gov website. This page contains information for families on how to enrol their child in a Victorian government school and outlines the timeframes for submitting Foundation (Prep) enrolment applications for the 2025 school year.
AVPS Enrolment Process - linked to the new Victorian Government enrolment timelines (updated 15/04/2024)
TRANSITION TIMELINE (For 2025 Preps/Foundation students)
** UPDATE 30/7/2024 - Applications are now closed ****
The Department of Education has just released an updated statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline for the 2025 school year.
The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Ascot Vale Primary School.
All government primary schools will follow the timeline in 2024 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2025 school year.
You can find information and resources about the timeline, including factsheets and a poster at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You can also download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents and Carers’ from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 15 April 2024).
You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2025 at Ascot Vale Primary School from 15 April 2024.
What you need to do:
Please note:
For admission, all applicants must :
Please visit our Year Prep/ Foundation Transition page for more specific information about transitioning your child from Pre-School to Primary School, including school tours and information session.
Priority Order of Placement
In circumstances when a school may not be able to accept all applications due to existing or future capacity concerns, schools must manage enrolment applications in accordance with the following priority order of placement:
In exceptional circumstances, a student may be enrolled in a school based on compassionate grounds. This is an overarching consideration and does not form part of the priority order of placement. Schools are permitted to assess and make a determination for exceptional circumstances applications on a case-by-case basis. The regional director may determine that a student is to be admitted to a particular school outside the priority order of placement process, for example, intervening to select a school for a student in a complex expulsion matter.
School Tours have concluded. Special arrangements can be made on a needs basis.
Our school zone
- Our school zone is available on the Find my School website, which hosts the most up-to-date information about Victorian school zones.
- Students residing within our school zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined based on your permanent residential address.
- Our school manages enrolments using the Placement Policy to ensure that students have access to their designated neighbourhood school and may enrol at another school, if there are available places.
For more information, you can:- visit School zones for answers to frequently asked questions
- call the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) on 1800 896 950
- email the VSBA at [email protected]
STARTING SCHOOL PAGE
The Starting school page is located on the Vic Gov website. This page contains information for families on how to enrol their child in a Victorian government school and outlines the timeframes for submitting Foundation (Prep) enrolment applications for the 2025 school year.
AVPS Enrolment Process - linked to the new Victorian Government enrolment timelines (updated 15/04/2024)
TRANSITION TIMELINE (For 2025 Preps/Foundation students)
** UPDATE 30/7/2024 - Applications are now closed ****
The Department of Education has just released an updated statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline for the 2025 school year.
The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Ascot Vale Primary School.
All government primary schools will follow the timeline in 2024 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2025 school year.
You can find information and resources about the timeline, including factsheets and a poster at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You can also download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents and Carers’ from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 15 April 2024).
You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2025 at Ascot Vale Primary School from 15 April 2024.
What you need to do:
- Book a school tour or to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process - details for 2024 school tours will be updated from 16 February 2024.
- Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available here from 15 April 2024). This pack includes an application form, which you can also request from our school.
- From 15 April 2024 please contact the school by phone, 9370 6507 or email [email protected] if you wish to enrol your child at Ascot Vale PS whether you are within or outside our school zone.
- If you are within our school zone complete and return an enrolment form (not available online)
- If you are outside our school zone complete and return an enrolment APPLICATION form - this is available to download HERE from 15/4/24
- Submit either form for Foundation (Prep) by no later than Friday 26 July 2024. ** UPDATE 30/7/2024 - Applications are now closed ****
- You will be notified of the outcome of your application between Monday 29 July and Friday 9 August 2024. If you receive an enrolment offer, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 23 August 2024.
- Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2024. These dates will be confirmed by the end of September 2024.
- Prepare your child to start Foundation (Prep) from Wednesday 29 January 2025
Please note:
- We will provide parents/carers of in-zone children and out-of-zone siblings (residing together at the same permanent address and will be attending the school at the same time) with the School Enrolment Form instead of the application form.
- Enrolment forms are NOT available on our website. They can be emailed to you after confirming that you are within our school zone.
- Families must promptly lodge enrolment forms, as well as:
- Residential address check (click to download/view DET/AVPS requirements)
- child's birth certificate or passport
- Immunisation Status Certificate - click link for information about these requirements including a 'how to' guide to obtain it.
- If AVPS is not your closest Government school your application will be considered as per the "Priority Order of Placement" under the DET's Placement Policy. - more information is available below - also check the table below to see if we are currently at capacity.
- Enrolment Applications/ Forms are due by no later than Friday 26th July 2024. We request that they be returned to the school office earlier if possible.
- We will not send out letters of offer to out-of-zone applicants before the enrolment application due date (26 July 2024) has passed. ** UPDATE 30/7/2024 - Applications are now closed ****
- By Friday 9 August 2024, we will provide parents/carers with written notification of Foundation/Prep) enrolment outcomes as per the ‘Priority Order of Placement’. Families who receive a successful outcome will be required to complete a full enrolment form before enrolment is officially accepted.
For admission, all applicants must :
- Be an Australian citizen, or a student with relevant specified visas
- Provide Immunisation History Statements with enrolment documents, whether the child is immunised or not. Immunisation information for parents enrolling a child can be found at this link.
- Be deemed eligible and approved for enrolment by the principal or relevant regional director
Please visit our Year Prep/ Foundation Transition page for more specific information about transitioning your child from Pre-School to Primary School, including school tours and information session.
Priority Order of Placement
In circumstances when a school may not be able to accept all applications due to existing or future capacity concerns, schools must manage enrolment applications in accordance with the following priority order of placement:
- students for whom the school is the designated neighbourhood school
- students with a sibling at the same permanent address who are attending the school at the same time
- all other students in order of closeness of their home to the school
In exceptional circumstances, a student may be enrolled in a school based on compassionate grounds. This is an overarching consideration and does not form part of the priority order of placement. Schools are permitted to assess and make a determination for exceptional circumstances applications on a case-by-case basis. The regional director may determine that a student is to be admitted to a particular school outside the priority order of placement process, for example, intervening to select a school for a student in a complex expulsion matter.
Year Level entrance for new enrolments
Birth date |
2024 Year Level |
2025 Year Level |
May 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2020 |
Not school age |
Prep |
May 1, 2018 - Apr 30, 2019 |
Prep |
1 |
May 1, 2017 - Apr 30, 2018 |
1 |
2 |
May 1, 2016 - Apr 30, 2017 |
2 |
3 |
May 1, 2015 - Apr 30, 2016 |
3 |
4 |
May 1, 2014 - Apr 30, 2015 |
4 |
5 |
May 1, 2013 - Apr 30, 2014 |
5 |
6 |
May 1, 2012 - Apr 30, 2013 |
6 |
Secondary school |
Do we have space available for out of zone enrolments? - ***UPDATE 30/7/2024 - Applications are now closed - we ****
Please check the table below to see if we have sufficient places available for 2024 and 2025 for families outside of our local zone. We will update this information as it changes.
We are NO longer accepting Applications for Prep/Foundation 2025.
We are NO longer accepting Applications for Prep/Foundation 2025.
Value |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Prep / Foundation |
No places available |
No places available |
Limited places available |
Year 1 |
No places available |
No places available |
To be confirmed - by October 24 |
Year 2 |
No places available |
No places available |
To be confirmed - by October 24 |
Year 3 |
No places available |
No places available |
To be confirmed - by October 24 |
Year 4 |
No places available |
No places available |
To be confirmed - by October 24 |
Year 5 |
No places available |
Limited places available |
To be confirmed - by October 24 |
Year 6 |
No places available |
Limited places available |
To be confirmed - by October 24 |
International students
International students have the opportunity to attend our school.
All inquiries must be made through the Department of Education Victoria - International Education Division:
All inquiries must be made through the Department of Education Victoria - International Education Division:
- PHONE +61 3 7022 1000
- EMAIL [email protected]
Privacy Notice
The enrolment form asks for personal information about your child as well as family members and others that provide care for your child. The main purpose for collecting this information is so that we can register your child and allocate staff and resources to provide for their educational and support needs. All staff are required by law to protect the information provided by this enrolment form.
For more information, see our Privacy Statement
For more information, see our Privacy Statement