Welcome to the Surf Coast Shire Kindergarten Program online central application form.
3 year old kindergarten - Government Funded Program
- Children must be three years old to attend Three-Year-Old Kindergarten.
- Children will only be able to access one year of Government Funded Three-Year-Old Kindergarten.
- Children accessing Three-Year-Old Kindergarten will transition to Four-Year-Old Kindergarten the following year.
- 3 year old fees are $195 per term / 5 hours per week (some programs offer additional hours, each extra hour will be $12 per hour)
Four year old kindergarten - Government Funded Program
- Children must be four years old by 30 April in the year they are attending kindergarten to be eligible.
- Children meeting the criteria for a second year of Four-Year-Old Kindergarten (when a child shows delays in at least two key outcomes of learning and development) will be eligible to access one additional year of kindergarten prior to starting school.
- 4 year old fees are $410 per term / 15 hours per week
Priority of access
We support the Department of Education and Training (DET) policy direction that prioritises the inclusion of children with additional needs, children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, asylum seeker and refugee families with an appropriate visa, children known to Child Protection and children applying for a 2nd year of kindergarten. Families that demonstrate that they have a child in one of these categories will be allocated to a kindergarten program as a high priority.
No Jab No Play
An Immunisation History Statement from the Australian Immunisation Register is the only documentation accepted by early childhood education and care services for the purposes of confirming a child’s enrolment in their service.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding the application please contact us via email centralapplication@surfcoast.vic.gov.au