Prep Enrolments

​​​​​ ​​​​​​St Clare's Primary School is currently taking Enrolment Applications​ for Prep 2025 and thereafter​.


Please complete your child's enrolment application online here.

Once submitted, you will receive an automated email requesting you to submit the birth certificate and other documentation as necessary, to pyarenrolment@bne.catholic.edu.au within 7 days.  Do not reply to the automated email.

After 7 days, applications will be deemed inactive if the supporting documentation has not been received. Once we receive all supporting documents, only then is the application considered complete. ​

Please note, submission of an application does not guarantee enrolment, or an enrolment interview. You will be notified of the receipt of your application and of the next steps. Please contact us by phone (07) 5549 8000 or email pyarenrolment@bne.catholic.edu.au should you have any further questions about the enrolment process.

Our Enrolment Poliucy can be viewed here.​


At St Clare's we offer a broad curriculum to provide students with a solid foundation in literacy and numeracy.​


Is my child eligible to enrol in Prep?

To be eligible to enrol in Prep your child must turn 5 by 30 June in the year of attendance in Prep. 

Birthdate

Eligible for Prep Year in:

Child born 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2019
 2024

Child born 1 July 2019 – 30 June 2020​

 2025

​Child born 1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021
​2026

​Child born 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022
​2027
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Early entry into Prep? Are there any exceptions to the age limits?

Section 15 of the Education General Provisions Regulation 2006 allows early entry to the Prep Year for a child who:

 

EITHER

  • Will be at least 5 years and 5 months on 31 December in the proposed year of attendance (i.e. a child who turns 5 on or before 30 June)​​​; AND

  • Is considered ‘ready for education in the year of schooling considering the child’s attributes’;

OR

  • Had started education in another state or country that is equivalent to the Prep Year; AND

  • Is considered ‘ready for education in the year of schooling considering the child’s attributes’.

The Regulations define ‘child’s attributes’ as

  1. Aptitude and ability; and

  2. Social and emotional competence, and

  3. Physical development; and

  4. Level of knowledge and understanding.

 

Parents wishing to apply for early entry into the Prep Year on this basis should make application to the Principal in the usual manner. Parents also need to provide additional documentation to assist the Principal in making a decision as to whether the child meets the requirements of early entry to Prep.​