NEW! 2026 Prep Enrolment

UPDATED ON 15 APRIL 2025

Welcome to Laburnum Primary School

All government schools follow the same guidelines and timeline for 2026 Prep enrolments. The timeline seeks to make the enrolment process simpler, clearer and fairer for families.

Parents/carers can read more about the general Prep enrolment information process on the Department of Education website page here. This link has been updated and now includes information in multiple languages (scroll down the page). From 22 April 2025, it will also contain the 2026 Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents and Carers.

School enrolment zones have been updated for 2026. Parents can now check for their child's 2026 neighbourhood school here.

To start primary school in 2026, your child will need to turn 5 years old by 30 April 2026. Schooling is compulsory for children who have turned 6 years old.

If your child is starting Foundation (Prep) in 2026, you will be able to apply to enrol your child in a Victorian government primary school from the start of Term 2, 2025 (Tuesday 22 April 2025). Enrolments should be submitted by Friday 25 July 2025, at the latest.

In April 2025, our school received updated enrolment restrictions from the Department of Education, which limit the number of 2026 Prep enrolments we can accommodate. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

What you need for enrolment:

We suggest that families begin compiling the following documents to support your enrolment application. Delays can be avoided in April by submitting all documentation at the time of submitting an enrolment application form.

Essential documents for enrolment:

Copy of Birth Certificate or Passport
Copy of Immunisation Certificate (Immunisation certificates can be obtained by ringing: 1800 653 809 or through a Medicare office)
Proof of residence e.g. gas and electricity bills (water bills or council rate notices are not proof of residence) or current driver's licence
Copy of Visa (if applicable)

To commence online enrolment:
Visit https://students.educationapps.vic.gov.au/s/ to create an account and complete the online application form. Please ensure that all documents required are attached to the application. These can be added over multiple sessions.

The Department's Digital Enrolment Parent/Carer Guide for using the online portal is available here (unfortunately, only in English at this point).

Please note:

From 15 to 22 April 2025 Student Insight will be upgraded to Version 2.0. The site will use the same URL address.
Information uploaded to VicStudents before 15 April will transfer internally to the new online portal. Parents who already registered before 15 April may be prompted to update their password after 15 April.

Please expect some outages while the new site becomes operational, and check back later if you cannot access VicStudents.

If your child's enrolment is accepted, we also require the following documents before Prep Transition sessions in Term 4, 2026:

Emergency contact details
Consent Form for Photography, Filming and Recording students (This form is found at the top of our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy)
Medical Condition details (if applicable) - please note, parents/carers MUST provide us with details medical conditions, including allergies and/or anaphylaxis, prior to our Transition program in Term 4.

School Tours for parents/carers:

Laburnum Primary School will offer school tours from February 2025. Our adults-only tours are only held on Mondays at 12:15 pm, as our current Preps are not in their classrooms at that time. We find that, by limiting the tours to parents/carers only, there are adequate opportunities for all participants to have their questions asked and answered. Enrolled children visit the school during the Term 4 Prep Transition program.

To register for a parent tour, please complete the registration form below. After receiving this, we will then confirm your tour by email.

2026 Prep Parent Tours

Welcome to Laburnum Primary School! To ensure we can answer all your questions, our school mini-tours are for parents/carers only. Enrolled students are invited to visit school multiple times in Term 4, as part of our Transition program. 2026 Prep student's name Parent's name Parent's email address Your child's permanent address Parent's phone number Please select your preferred date. We remove dates as tours are filled, so please let us know if you need to cancel. We will email you to confirm your tour date and further details. After visiting our website Enrolment page, do you have any questions or comments? We will answer these during the tour.

Our Prep Transition Program:

Details of our 2025 - 2026 Transition program can be found here. Updates are added to the same link.

All local government schools follow the same Prep Transition Program guidelines.

We also urge all families of enrolled students to register for our Out of School Care program, OSHClub, even if you don't plan to use this service yet. Registration is free.

Welcome to OSHClub - click here for infomation.