Kindergarten in Boroondara

We encourage families to sign up for updates about kindergarten registration from birth. 

If your child will attend kindergarten in 2027 or beyond, we'll send you critical information at the right time, including: 

• dates for kindergarten open days
• a reminder to register your kindergarten preferences the year before your child starts kinder
• opportunities to participate in community consultations about kindergarten. 

Sign up for updates

To attend kindergarten this year, register your child anytime until 31 October. 

Register for kindergarten this year

To receive a first-round offer for a kindergarten place next year, register between 1 May and 30 June 2026. 

• Registrations for next year will open in May this year.
• Applications submitted after 30 June will still be accepted but they'll be considered in later offer rounds.

When you register, you'll be asked to nominate up to 6 kindergarten programs. These are called 'preferences'. Kindergarten program preferences are listed on the registration form. You can select multiple sessions at the same service if available. Preferencing all 6 programs gives you the best chance of allocation to your preferred program.

The first round of offers for next year is released in late July this year. 

We'll email to offer you a place. If there are more registrations than places for your program, we'll email to tell you that you've been placed on a waitlist. 

You can choose to accept or decline the offer of a kindergarten place. 

After the first round, the offer process continues as places in different programs become available. 

For attending kindergarten this year, offers are made as places become available.

Your confirmed kindergarten will contact you in September or October to finalise enrolment, which involves:

• providing a copy of your child's immunisation records
• confirming any optional, additional hours of attendance
• sharing details, if you choose to, of your child's additional needs or allergies
• paying a deposit or additional hours fees, if required. 

Enrolments are managed by the kindergartens, not council, and can occur a few months after you accepted the offer.

Term 1 usually begins in the last week of January. Please check with your kindergarten as they don't all start on the same day.

There are lots of things you can do to prepare your child for kindergarten. 

• You can prepare yourself and your child over the summer holidays by talking about what they'll do at kindergarten, labelling belongings and creating sleep routines.
• On the first day of kindergarten, follow the kindergarten's instructions about what to bring (eg lunch, sun hat, spare clothes) and talk to your child about what to expect and when you'll pick them up. 

Find more practical and simple tips at the Victorian Government website.