Eligibility & Process

Bayside City Council’s Central Registration and Enrolment Service for Kindergarten

Nagle Pre-School participates in the Central Registration and Enrolment Service managed by the Bayside City Council.

Parents can submit their child’s kindergarten registration via the online Bayside Kindergarten Portal between 1 May - 30 June 2024 for 2025 3 and 4 year old kindergarten enrolments. Please be aware the registration portal link will go live on 1 May 2024 and will not be availble until this date.

Age Eligibility

  • Children enrolling in a 3 year old program must turn 3 by the 30 April in the year they attend BUT can only attend once they have turned 3. Children who are 3 by the 31 January in the year they attend CAN attend at the commencement of the kindergarten year.

  • Children enrolling in a 4 year old program must turn 4 by the 30 April in the year they attend. A child may start 4 year old kindergarten at the commencement of the kindergarten year even if they have not yet turned 4.

When Should My Child Start?

  • Sometimes a birth date is not the only indictator to start kindergarten. To learn more about when your child should start their 2 year kindergarten journey please read here.

How Are Places Allocated?

  • The Bayside Central Registration and Enrolment Service allocates kindergarten places using State Government Guidelines and Bayside local priority allocation criteria. These criteria are used when there are more registrations than places available.

    The State Government Guidelines prioritise access for children who are vulnerable, at risk, or have a disability.

    Find out more about State Government priority of access eligibility.

Immunisation Requirements

The 'No Jab, No Play' legislates that an Immunisation History Statement from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) is the only form of documentation accepted for the purposes of enrolling a child in an early childhood education and care service.

Previous forms of documentation, for example a letter from a GP or local council, are no longer accepted.

More Information

Please see here for more information about kindergarten programs.

If you are enrolling your child outside of this registration period, please email Administration Officer admin@naglepreschool.com.au.