Applications for enrolment for Kindergarten are accepted during the year prior to the child commencing. The closing date for first round offers is on the first Friday in July of Term 3. Applications may still be made after this date and will be considered on a case by case basis, in accordance with the Department of Education’s Enrolment Policy.
Families need to apply to enrol their children in a public school for 2025 if the child is:
- starting Kindergarten – 4 years old by 30 June 2025
- starting Pre-primary (first year of compulsory school) – 5 years old by 30 June 2025
- starting Year 7 – first year of secondary school
- changing schools
- new to Western Australia
School Age Calculator
Visit the Department of Education School age calculator and find out what age your child can start school.
Further Information
Children may be enrolled in Kindergarten in one school only, either public or private.
All children from Pre-primary are guaranteed a place at their local public school.
For more information or to find your local school visit web site of the Education Department.
If the number of children applying to enrol at a Kindergarten with a local-intake area exceeds the number of available places, enrolments are prioritised in this order:
- A child who lives in the local-intake area of the school, who has a sibling enrolled at the school for that year and who lives closest to the Kindergarten.
- A child who lives in the local-intake area of the school, who does not have a sibling enrolled at the school for that year and who lives closest to the Kindergarten.
- A child who does not live in the local-intake area of the school, who has a sibling enrolled at the school for that year and who lives closest to the Kindergarten.
- A child who does not live in the local-intake area of the school, who does not have a sibling enrolled at the school for that year and who lives closest to the Kindergarten.