Enrolments

How to Enrol

Our school zone

Our school zone is available on findmyschool.vic.gov.au which hosts the most up-to-date information on school zones in Victoria.

Students residing within our school zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of your permanent residential address.

Our school manages enrolments using the Placement Policy to ensure that students have access to their designated neighbourhood school and may enrol at another school, if there are available places.

For more information, you can:

visit School zonesfor answers to frequently asked questions
call the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) on 1800 896 950
email the VSBA at vsba@education.vic.gov.au

2024 Foundation (Prep) enrolments

The Department of Education (DE) has released a new statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline.

The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Seaholme Primary School.

The new timeline will apply for children starting Foundation (Prep) in 2024. All government primary schools will follow the new timeline in 2023 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2024 school year.

You can find information and resources about the new timeline, including factsheets, at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You can also download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents/Carers for the 2024 school year’ from the Starting School webpage (available from 24 April 2023).

You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2024 at Seaholme Primary School from 24 April 2023.

What you need to do:

Contact the office to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process
Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 24 April 2023)
Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 28 July 2023
You will be notified of the outcome of your application by Friday 11 August 2023. If you receive an offer of placement, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 25 August 2023
Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2023
Your child will start Foundation (Prep) from Tuesday 30 January 2024.

Enrolment applications submitted after 28 July 2023 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.

General enrolments

Seaholme Primary School is quickly approaching its enrolment capacity.

If you are interested in enrolling your child at Seaholme Primary School and live within the catchment area, please contact our school office.

You can search for Seaholme Primary School’s catchment area using the following website – findmyschool.vic.gov.au

Where there are insufficient places at a school for all students who seek entry, students are enrolled in the following priority order:

Students for whom the school is the designated neighbourhood school.
Students with a sibling at the same permanent address who are attending the school at the same time.
Where the regional director has restricted the enrolment, students who reside nearest the school.
Students seeking enrolment on specific curriculum grounds. (NB This criterion applies to VCE programs in secondary schools, SEAL Programs, and Select Entry Schools only)
All other students in order of closeness of their home to the school.
In exceptional circumstances, compassionate grounds.

The Department provides guidance through the Enrolment: Placement Policy to ensure that students have access to their designated neighbourhood school and the freedom to choose other schools, subject to facility limitations.

Find My School Zone

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2023 Information Booklet

School Tours

School tours will begin in Term 2 and dates will be available on our website at that time.

Pre-Foundation Reading

At Seaholme Primary, we want to make sure that all students achieve success and feel that they belong. That is why our Transition Programs are so important.

The first step is our Pre Foundation (prep) Reading Program. The program involves the children participating in Early Years Literacy sessions adapted to the needs of a pre-reader and is led by our 2022 Foundation teachers.

Pre Foundation (prep) Reading Sessions dates will be advised in Term 2 2023.

Please note – Students must have a confirmed enrolment at Seaholme Primary School to attend the Pre-Foundation Reading Program

Transition

Each year the families of children in grade 6 complete forms listing their preferred secondary schools. All secondary schools offer the same core curricula, but a number specialise in specific curriculum areas, some offer accelerated learning classes, some provide the opportunity to work in single sex classes and many schools offer a variety of scholarships. There is no guarantee that students will receive their first choice of school, so it is important to come up with a number of suitable schools. Preference forms are completed in May each year.

Parents should consider which school will best suit the needs and aspirations of their child. We highly recommend that parents visit the secondary schools or attend open days by the end of year 5.

It is important that more than one government school is listed on the preference form.

Students from Seaholme P.S. who do not receive thier preferences will be enrolled at the closest government secondary school which is Altona P-9 College.

It is the role of Seaholme Primary School to pass the transition forms on to the secondary schools who then allocate positions.

To make an informed choice about which school to send your child to it is important that you gather as much information as possible. There are a number of ways to collect this information including:

Talking to other parents who have sent their children to the schools you are interested in.
Attending open days and information evenings at secondary schools (these are often advertised in local newspapers).
Arranging interviews with the assistant principals of the secondary schools.
Exploring secondary school websites.

Transition Website

http://www.vrqa.vic.gov.au/

This is a new Victorian Government site that allows you to search for information about all school in Victoria. Click on “search for a provider or a qualification.” You then type in the name of the school, or you can pick the type of school you want (eg secondary). You can specify postcodes or suburbs if you wish, and you also have a choice to choose surroundings suburbs. Once you find the school you want there is a link to their website.

VRQA Transition Website

International Students

Please contact the School Office on 9398 2806 for more information or seaholme.ps@education.vic.gov.au.

Seaholme Primary School is accredited under the Department of Education and Training’s CRICOS registration (CRICOS provider name and code: Department of Education and Training, 00861K). For further information refer to www.study.vic.gov.au.