Our Enrolment Process

Waiting Lists

At Lady Forster Kindergarten, the demand for kindergarten/program places generally exceeds supply, particularly with our Sessional Kindergarten Programs. To manage this, we have a ‘waiting list’ system for the following programs:

3-Year-Old Sessional Kindergarten

4-Year-Old Sessional Kindergarten

Integrated Extended Kindergarten

Friday Activity Program

We accept waiting list forms, 2 years in advance (for example, in January 2026, we will open our Waiting List for 2028 – accepting waiting list forms for 2026, 2027 & 2028)

Please be aware this is NOT an enrolment or guarantee of a place at LFK! Completing and returning our Waiting List Form adds your child to our waiting lists by date order on the basis of the date we received your form.

There is a helpful ‘Guide for Prospective Families’ on our waiting list registration page – please read this before completing our online Waiting List Form.

The Enrolment Cycle

In mid-June each year, we hold our annual Open Day and also survey families in the current 3-Year-Old Sessional Program to determine if they will continue with the Sessional Program the following year, or move into the Extended Hours Kindergarten Program. This allows us to determine the number of places we will have available to offer to our Waiting List families for the subsequent year.

First round offers are issued before the end of June, and any places declined are offered to the next family on the waiting list.

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Priority of Access to Programs

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    • Prioritise children based on Federal and State Government guidelines.

    • work with other local kindergarten services, the City of Port Phillip and the regional Department of Education office whenever required, to ensure all eligible children have access to a kindergarten place.

Once all Commonwealth and State Government priority of access guidelines are met, Lady Forster Kindergarten gives priority of access to siblings of children either currently attending LFK or who have attended LFK in the past. Beyond these criteria, we allocate places in date order of entries on our waiting lists.

Enrolment Form