How member kindergarten places are allocated

Priority of access criteria

In line with the Victorian Government Kindergarten Funding Guide Priority of Access: 

• children at risk of abuse or neglect, including children in out-of-home care.
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children.
• asylum seeker and refugee children.
• children that meet the eligibility criteria for the Kindergarten Fee Subsidy:
  • a child or parent holds a Commonwealth Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card, Veteran’s Affairs Card, or
  • triplets or quadruplets.
• Children with additional needs, defined as children who:
  • require additional assistance to fully participate in the kindergarten program
  • are declared eligible for a second funded year of either 3 or 4-year-old kindergarten.
  • require a combination of services which are individually planned
  • have an identified specific disability or developmental delay.

Agreed local criteria - The criteria are applied to the first preference kindergarten only.

Children currently enrolled at the kindergarten, in order of:

• residents of Boroondara, closest kindergarten, with prior sibling in the last 5 years
• residents of Boroondara, closest kindergarten
• residents of Boroondara, with prior sibling in the last 5 years
• residents of Boroondara
• non-residents, with prior sibling in the last 5 years
• non-residents.

Residents in order of:

• closest kindergarten, with a sibling currently enrolled at the kindergarten or enrolled within the previous 5 years
• closest kindergarten
• a sibling currently enrolled at the kindergarten or enrolled within the previous 5 years
• all other residents of Boroondara. 

Non-residents in the order of:

• children with a sibling currently enrolled at the kindergarten or enrolled within the previous 5 years
• all other non-residents.