Applying to enrol in Preschool
Applications for Preschool 2025 will open at 8:30am on Monday 29th April 2024
To apply, please complete and submit the Expression of Interest form below to fivedock-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au from 8:30am on Monday 29th April 2024.
Please note that no early applications will be accepted.
Expression of interest to enrol in a NSW public preschool
Five Dock Public School Preschool Enrolment Procedures
First Round Offers
To be considered for first round offers your expression of interest form must be submitted by 5pm on Friday 26th July 2024. We will continue to accept applications after this date, however, they will not be considered for first round offers.
First round offers will be notified on Tuesday 13th August 2024.
Department of Education General Guidelines
Please Note: There is a high demand for placement into the Preschool with the school consistently receiving more applications for enrolment than places available.
The school follows eligibility criteria set out in the Department's preschool enrolment procedures. If the number of applicants exceeds the places available, the school's placement panel will consider each application and make recommendations for placement according to the Department's eligibility criteria and priority set out below.
- Public preschools enrol children for one year only, the year before they start school.
- Children can enrol from the beginning of the school year if they turn four years of age before 31 July that year.
Priority is given to:
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children
- children living in low socio-economic circumstances
- children who are unable to access other early childhood settings due to financial hardship.
The principal of the school will then offer enrolment in the following order:
- children living within the school's catchment area
- children living outside the catchment area but have siblings at the school
- other applicants
