Foundation (Prep) enrolment

Each year, the department releases the statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline to Victorian government primary schools in mid-late Term 4. The timeline includes key dates, activity descriptions and an overview of responsibilities to help schools plan for their Foundation enrolments.

All Victorian government primary schools are required to implement the timeline in 2026 to support Foundation enrolments for the 2027 school year. The statewide timeline does not apply to primary schools exempt from the Placement Policy, such as specialist schools.

Key dates and activities for schools in the 2026–27 timeline include the following:

• Parents/carers can submit their enrolment applications from the start of Term 2, 2026. This follows the release of 2027 zones on the department’s Find my School website and the publication of Foundation enrolment information packs.
• Enrolment applications from parents/carers are due by the last Friday of July, 31 July 2026.
• Schools notify parents and carers of the outcome of enrolment applications between Monday 3 August and Friday 14 August 2026.
• Parents/carers who receive an enrolment offer should respond to the offer by Friday 28 August 2026.
• Written appeals from parents/carers are to be lodged with schools by Friday 28 August 2026.
• Schools notify parents and carers in writing of the outcome of appeals by Friday 11 September 2026.

Schools may provide parents and carers with the enrolment form instead of the application form to complete their enrolment application, in accordance with the Enrolment Policy: Application and enrolment forms page.

The Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack for parents and carers will be available from the start of Term 2, 2026 

Primary schools with an Enrolment Management Implementation Plan (EMIP) in place for the 2026 school year, or under enrolment pressure, are strongly encouraged to provide parents and carers with an application form.

For enrolment forms for Year 1-6 enrolments please contact the office on 9740 8666. 

School Tours

Please join us for our 2027 Prep tours

• 6.00pm Tuesday 10th March
• 9.30am Wednesday 29th April
• 12.30pm Thursday 7th May

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 School Provision and Establishment Division via the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) on 1800 896 950
• email the VSBA at vsba@education.vic.gov.au

Prep 2027 Orientation

To ensure that our prep students' transition from home to school will be as smooth and as pleasant as possible, Sunbury West Primary School offers our new preps an orientation program.

The program consists of 3 sessions where the children come for an hour and do simple 'play activities'. These activities assist the children to develop familiarity with the school environment and help to settle day one nerves when the big day finally arrives. If possible we would like children to attend all three sessions.

Prep Orientation Sessions 9.15am - 10.30am TBA (Term 4 2026)