Drouin West Primary School 2025 Foundation (Prep) Enrolment
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
2025 Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Pack Documents
- 2025 Foundation (Prep) Information Pack
- Student Enrolment Form
- Anaphylaxis Action Plan
- Asthma Action Plan
- Conveyance Allowance Application
- ‘TheirCare’ OSHC
- ‘ThierCare’ CCS Information
- Family Handbook
- Proof of Permanent Residence
- Starting Primary School
- Uniform Price List
2025 Foundation (Prep) Enrolments
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 Drouin West Primary School.
The new timeline will apply for children starting Foundation (Prep) in 2025. All government primary schools will follow the new timeline in 2024 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2025 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 2025 school year’ from the Starting School webpage (available from 15 April 2024).
You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2025 at Drouin West Primary School from 15th April 2024.
What you need to do:
- Contact our school on (03) 5625 1971 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 15 April 2024)
- Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 26 July 2024
- You will be notified of the outcome of your application by Friday 9 August 2024. If you receive an offer of placement, 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, 2023
- Your child will start Foundation (Prep) from Wednesday 29 January 2025.
Enrolment applications submitted after 26 July 2024 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.
Required documents
- Completed enrolment form
- Evidence of identity and date of birth (for example, a birth certificate or passport)
- Immunisation Status Certificate
- Proof of residential address
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)
Transferring from another school?
If your child is starting in a year level other than prep, please call the office on (03) 5625 1971 to schedule an interview time.