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Register for kindergarten using our Central Registration Scheme (CRS) from 1 April for the following year attendance. Please note: we are currently communicated on this link as ROWVILLE PRESCHOOL.
In Victoria, children are eligible to attend State Government-funded kindergarten programs based on specific age criteria and guidelines:
Age Eligibility for Kindergarten
- Three-Year-Old Kindergarten: Children must turn three years old on or before April 30 in the year they attend. If a child turns three between January 1 and April 30, they can start attending after their third birthday. Children born after April 30 will be eligible the following year.
- Four-Year-Old Kindergarten: Children must turn four years old on or before April 30 in the year they attend.
Families with children born between January and April have the option to choose which year their child starts Three-Year-Old Kindergarten, considering the child’s readiness and the age they will start primary school.
You need to register your child each year for 3 and 4 year old kindergarten.
Eligibility for 3 and 4 year old kindergarten
To check child age eligibility, use the calculator at Sending your child to kinder.
Kindergarten Fees
The Victorian Government provides funding to support children to access a high quality kindergarten program in the two years before they start school. This helps to ensure all Victorian children get the best start in life.
From 2023, the Victorian Government is making kindergarten programs free for three and four-year-old children – saving you and your family up to $2,500 per year for their program. Free Kinder is a critical component of the Victorian Government’s Best Start, Best Life reform.
Funding for your child’s free kinder program is provided to our service directly from the Victorian Government, so you will not be required to make any fee payments for three and four-year-old kinder programs from 2023.
In line with the Victorian Government’s requirements for Free Kinder, your child can access a 15-hour kindergarten program for free. The only fees that you may be asked to pay are for one-off excursions costs (e.g. transport and entry costs)
Your child can only be funded for a kindergarten program place at one service at any one time and only for one year in a Three-Year-Old Kindergarten program and one year in a Four-Year-Old Kindergarten program (unless your child is assessed as being eligible for a second year of Three or Four-Year-Old Kindergarten by your child’s kindergarten teacher).