Key dates in the preschool offer process

One year before your child attends Three-Year-Old Kindergarten
OR
 Two years before your child attends Four-Year-Old Kindergarten
February
1 Registrations open - you can submit a kindergarten registration from the first business day of February
mid Preschool Open Day

One year before your child attends kindergarten
April
mid  Registration audit emails sent from Council to all registered families - this is a prompt to update your contact details and preschool preferences if they have changed
mid Final day for families to return registration audit forms
June
30 Registrations close - registrations received after 30 June will not be included in the first round of offers 
July
mid  First round offers commence
mid First round offers close
end Second round offers commence
August
early Second round offers close
mid Third round offers commence
mid Third round offers close
late Families who did not receive an offer are sent details about vacancies within the Shire
October
early Preschools to inform families of their group allocation. Families will need to provide a copy of their child's Immunisation History statement to the preschool to finalise enrolment.

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