Enrolments

At Brunswick North West Primary School, we understand the importance of finding an educational environment that reflects the values and philosophies of your family. We also understand that for many families, starting at ‘big school’ is a new and exciting experience for you as well. We endeavour to support this process through small group tours with Leadership and student lead tours of operating classrooms and learning activities.

 

In addition to the small group tours, we conduct a number of group information evenings and open days which invite prospective parents and caregivers to discussion sessions and classroom visits to get a ‘feel’ for the daily life of our school community. Parents and caregivers are also invited to come along from 9 am for a coffee and muffin at Sprout to hear a description of involvement in our school from community members involved in our wonderful school. 

 

Each year our school receives more enrolment applications than we are able to accept. Our school follows the Department of Education Victoria’s enrolment policy on enrolment admissions. In Victoria, children of compulsory school age are entitled to be enrolled at their designated neighbourhood school. The designated neighbourhood school is generally the government school within the closest proximity to the student’s permanent residential address.

 

At Brunswick North West Primary School, we receive many applications from families outside our designated neighbourhood zone. For all students who seek entry from outside our zone, places are granted according to the Department’s priority order of placement.

  1.   Students for whom the school is the designated neighbourhood school
  2.   Students with a sibling at the same permanent address who are attending the school at the same time
  3.   Where the Regional Director has restricted the enrolment, students who reside nearest the school
  4.   Students seeking enrolment on specific curriculum grounds
  5.   All other students in order of closeness of their home to the school.
  6.   In exceptional circumstances, compassionate grounds.

 

Enrolments will be confirmed in the first 2 weeks of August, for the following year. This allows time for an appeals process and for enrolled students to engage with the Foundation Transition program, which takes place in November and gives each child the opportunity to experience school life in preparation for the commencement of their time at school in the following year. 

 

If you are interested in enrolling at our school, please complete this form to book a tour. / complete our enrolment expression of interest / complete the Application Form {linked} and send to [brunswick.nw.ps@education.vic.gov.au. If you require a paper form, please contact the school office on (03) 9386 4624 or come in to collect one.

An enrolment form will be provided when placement is offered.

Our school follows the Department of Education’s Enrolment Policy for the enrolment, placement, and transfer of students.

Students who live within the school zone are guaranteed a place at our school. To find out whether you live in zone, visit findmyschool.vic.gov.au

All other applications will be considered subject to available space, and prioritised according to:

  1. students with a sibling at the same permanent address who are attending the school at the same time
  2. all other students in order of closeness of their home to the school.

Required documents

Required documentation includes:

You will also be required to provide information about:

  • your contact details
  • emergency contact details
  • health information about your child (such as allergies or illnesses they need to manage)
  • other legal orders relating to your child and their welfare (if any)

Foundation (Prep) enrolments

The Department of Education has a statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline.

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

You can find information and resources about the enrolment timeline at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep).

Year 7 enrolment

Enrolling your child in Year 7 is an important part of their education journey. We want to help you make the transition process as easy as possible. Each year, the department releases Year 6 to Year 7 placement information for schools and for parents/carers, with information packs available from the beginning of Term 2 for students commencing Year 7 the following year. These information packs, and other important information, can be found on Moving from primary to secondary school page of the Victorian Government website.

School zones

Our school zone is available on findmyschool.vic.gov.au which hosts the most up-to-date information about Victorian school zones.

Students residing in our school zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of your permanent residential address. [Include only if enrolment is not restricted to your zone] Our school also has additional capacity available to welcome students who are outside of our school zone.

[Include only if your school is registered as Specialist or Specific Purpose] Enrolment at schools like ours, as well as any select entry, specialist and specific purpose school, is determined based on the school’s local Enrolment policy and/or Entry criteria.

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.

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