The Department of Education has released the statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline for the 2026 school year.

The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Lyndale Greens Primary School.

All government primary schools will follow the timeline in 2025 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2026 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 and Carers’.

You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2025 at Lyndale Greens Primary School from 22 April 2025.

What you need to do:

1. Contact our school on (03) 9795 2271 or lyndale.greens.ps@education.vic.gov.au to book a school tour or to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process.

2. Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack: Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents and Carers

3. Submit an enrolment form (if you are in our zone) or an enrolment application form (if you are outside of our zone) or online for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 25 July 2025:

   In our zone: Enrolment Form or online

   Outside of our zone: Enrolment Application Form or online

4. You will be notified of the outcome of your application between Monday 28 July and Friday 8 August 2025. If you receive an offer of placement, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 22 August 2025.

5. Take part in our ‘Ready4Prep’ (enrolment information and transition) sessions during Term 4, 2025.

6. Your child will start Foundation (Prep) from Wednesday 28 January 2026.

Enrolment applications submitted after 25 July 2025 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the Department’s Placement Policy.