Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.

For places remaining in 2023 community kindergarten please contact the Early Years Team on (03) 9599 4733 to discuss your options prior to registering.

To complete this form, you will need:

• A separate registration form for each child.
• A valid concession card if applicable.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Age Requirements
Children enrolling for a 3-year-old program must have turned 3 by April 30th but cannot attend the service until their third birthday.
Further information is available in the following document: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/childhood/three-year-old-kinder/starting-three-year-old-kinder.pdf

Children enrolling for a 4-year-old program must turn 4 by April 30th but can commence from the start of the year.

No Jab No Play (Immunisation)
Please note that when you receive a kindergarten offer, an Immunisation History Statement from the Australian Immunisation Register (the only documentation accepted) will need to be provided directly to the kindergarten to finalise your child’s enrolment in their service.

Kindergarten registration and enrolment is a 4-STEP process.

Step 1: Families register their preferred kindergarten services (note this is not an enrolment)

Step 2: Council allocates kindergarten places (not sessions).

Step 3: Council emails offers, or where a service has more registrations than places, waitlist notifications are issued.

Step 4: Families accept the offer and finalise the enrolment details, nominating preferred sessions, directly with the kindergarten. This is now an enrolment.

Note: A registration does not guarantee a kindergarten place. While every effort is made to allocate all registrations, when there are more registrations than places available, State Government Priority of Access and Bayside Allocation criteria are applied. If your child does not receive an offer, you will be notified that your child is on the waitlist.

Further information about Priority of Access and Allocation is available at https://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/services/children-and-family/kindergarten-allocation-and-offer-process

Additional reading about funded kindergarten programs, registration, and enrolment, is available at https://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/services/children-and-family under Kindergarten and Childcare

Further reading https://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/kindergarten

If you think your child might benefit from a second funded year, speak with you child's Early Childhood Teacher.

STEP 1 - Program Information

If you haven't already, please reach out to us to discuss service and session information before submitting this form.

STEP 2 - Proximity Priority Eligibility Check (Bayside Residents Only)

If you are a Bayside resident, you can check to see which kindergartens near you will meet the 2km radius priority allocation criteria.

1	Enter your address on the map found here. Your address will show up on the map with a red google map marker.
2	Click on the icon found on the left of the page and select Central Registration Kindergartens. On the left of the map, a list of your nearest kindergarten services will appear showing the distance from your address in kilometres.
3	Click on a kindergarten in the list to see where it is located on the map. It will appear on the map as a black google map marker. All the other kindergartens nearby will appear on the map as a small black dot. If the distance is less than 2km, your selected kindergarten will meet the 2km radius priority criteria.

Using the information from Section 3, select up to three kindergarten service preferences. You will be asked to select your preferred sessions directly with the service once you have received an offer.

As community kindergartens are experiencing over-subscription, please consider at least two valid options for your child.

Note: Bayside’s Priority Allocation criteria apply to the above preference only.

Further information about the Bayside Priority Allocation Criteria can be found at https://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/services/children-and-family/kindergarten-allocation-and-offer-process

The following questions relate only to your first preference kindergarten nominated above. Please indicate if your child meets any of the following criteria:

Priority of Access - Department of Education

By providing the following information, you will help our team support your family, and if eligible, provide priority access to a kindergarten place.

Collection Notice

Bayside City Council is committed to protecting your privacy. The personal information requested on this form is being collected by Bayside City Council for the purpose of the registration and allocation of funded sessional kindergarten places, to seek updated information regarding kindergarten requirements, to provide updates about the allocation process, to share information about relevant issues and events or any other directly related purpose. The personal information will also be disclosed to the preferred kindergarten service provider nominated on this form, or subsequent forms, for the purpose of allocating children to funded sessional kindergarten places. It will not be disclosed to any other external party without your consent, unless required or authorised by law. To participate in the Central Registration Scheme the personal information collected on this form is required and we will be unable to allocate funded sessional kindergarten places if it isn’t provided.

By submitting this registration form, I understand and agree to the following:

• All information provided by me is true and correct
• All information provided by me may be audited at any time. This registration or subsequent kindergarten allocation could be reallocated or withdrawn if the information is incorrect
• Failure to provide complete and correct information may result in the registration being excluded from the allocation process
• This is a registration form and does not guarantee a three or four-year-old kindergarten placement
• Three and four-year-old kindergarten places are allocated separately. Every effort will be made to place my child at the same service for four-year-old kindergarten. However, there is no guarantee of this.
• I can be contacted by Council from time to time with surveys and information regarding the Central Registration Scheme process and allocation
• To participate in the Central Registration Scheme my personal information will be shared securely with the preferred kindergarten service provider nominated by me on this or subsequent forms