We always do our best to accommodate as many children and their families as possible. For Prep-Year 6 we are accepting children where we are your closest school.
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 based on 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 Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) on 1800 896 950
- email the VSBA at vsba@education.vic.gov.au
STARTING SCHOOL
2026 Foundation (Prep) enrolments
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 Brunswick South 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 timeline, including factsheets and a poster at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep).
You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2026 at Brunswick South Primary School from 22 April 2025.
What you need to do:
- Contact our school Brunswick South Primary School to book a school tour or to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process. Tours will commence in the middle of Term 1.
- Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available by 22 April 2025). This pack includes an application form, which you can also request from our school.
- Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 25 July 2025.
- You will be notified of the outcome of your application between Monday 28 July and Friday 8 August 2025. If you receive an enrolment offer, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 22 August 2025.
- Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2025.
- Prepare your child to 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.
BILINGUAL ENROLMENT POLICY
To be eligible for enrolment on language grounds (criteria 2), the student must meet one of the following selection criteria:
a) student speaks Italian at home.
b) student is or has been enrolled in an eligible kindergarten or school.
c) at least one parent or carer speaks Italian.
When enrolling on language grounds, parents and carers of students applying from outside the school zone must complete the Language Grounds Attachment. A Language Grounds Attachment will only be provided to parents and carers if Brunswick South Primary School has insufficient accommodation for all students who seek entry.
To qualify under selection criteria a,the attachment requires parents and carers to confirm that the student speaks Italian at home.
To qualify under selection criteria b, the student must have attended one of the following early childhood or school settings for a minimum of 1 year, 12 hours a week:
· For Foundation enrolments, the student has been enrolled in an early childhood service that delivered at least 50% of their state-funded four-year-old kindergarten program[1] in Italian.
· For students transferring from other schools seeking enrolment in Years 1 to 6, the student has been enrolled in a full-immersion or partial-immersion (bilingual) target language early childhood service or school.
There must be no gap between attending the eligible kindergarten or school and seeking enrolment at Brunswick South Primary School.
Parents and carers may be asked to supply the student’s previous enrolment record or attendance certificate as evidence.
To qualify under selection criteria c, the attachment requires parents and carers to indicate that at least one parent or carer speaks Italian. Parents and carers may be asked to provide supporting documentation, such as a copy of their secondary school or tertiary education record, to demonstrate proficiency in the language.
When there are more applicants under language grounds than available places at the school, eligible students who meet criteria a will be prioritised first, followed by those meeting criteria b, and then those meeting criteria c. If required, students who satisfy the same selection criteria can be further prioritised in order of closeness of their permanent residence to the school.
[1] For a list of participating funded kindergartens, visit the Early Childhood Language Program. There are more kindergartens that offer bilingual education that may not be listed here. For any queries, please contact your Regional Office.
Enrolment Process for students in Grade 1-6
If your family is relocating, or you are interested in having your children attend Brunswick South Primary School, we ask that you first get in touch with the school office. At that point, we will walk you through the enrolment process and timeline.