Foundation Enrolment &
Year 6-7 Transition 2024
Transition News – Year 6-7
This week, our Year 6 students will be provided with their secondary school application forms and a link to the Year 6-7 Transition packs (via Class Dojo). The application for Year 7 placement forms are due to be returned to ARPS year 6 staff no later than Friday 12th May. Student applications for Year 7 placement are based on school zones and other entry criteria, including sibling claims. For more information, families can access forms and documents here: https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/enrolment/guidance/year-6-to-7-placement
Year 6-7 simplified timeline of secondary school enrolment information:
| Term 2, Week 1 | ARPS distributes Placement information packs to Parents/Carers |
| Friday 12th May | Parent/Carers return application for Year 7 placement 2024 forms to ARPS by this date (no later). |
| Wednesday 19th July | ARPS notify parents/carers of Year 6 students, in writing, of Year 7 secondary school placement offer for 2024 |
| Friday 28th July | Closing date for parents/carers to lodge a written non-placement appeal to their preferred secondary school |
| Tuesday 12th December 2023 | Secondary Schools Host Orientation Day for all Year 6 students. |
2024 Foundation (Prep) enrolments
Our school zone
Our school zone is available on findmyschool.vic.gov.au which hosts the most up-to-date information on school zones in Victoria.
Students residing within our school zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of 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 vsba@education.vic.gov.au
The Department of Education (DE) has released a new 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 Albany Rise Primary School.
The new timeline will apply for children starting Foundation (Prep) in 2024. All government primary schools will follow the new timeline in 2023 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2024 school year.
You can find information and resources about the new timeline, including factsheets, at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You can also download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents/Carers for the 2024 school year’ from the Starting School webpage (available from 24 April 2023).
You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2024 at Albany Rise Primary School from 24 April 2023.
What you need to do:
- Contact our school to book a school tour or to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process
- Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 24 April 2023)
- Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 28 July 2023
- You will be notified of the outcome of your application by Friday 11 August 2023. If you receive an offer of placement, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 25 August 2023
- Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2023
- Your child will start Foundation (Prep) from Tuesday 30 January 2024.
Enrolment applications submitted after 28 July 2023 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.
Tours of the school are available by contacting the office. Dates for our May open dates and tours times are in the calendar page in this newsletter.
