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Rye Primary School

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Information for parents and carers on when and how to enrol their child in 2026 Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school.

Rye Primary School

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 based on 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 zones for 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

Rye Primary School

2026 Foundation (Prep) Enrolments

The Department of Education 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 Rye Primary School. The new timeline will apply for children starting Foundation (Prep) in 2026. All government primary schools will follow the new timeline in 2025 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2026 school year.

You can find information and resources about the new timeline, including factsheets and the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents/Carers’, at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2026 at Rye Primary School from Tuesday 22nd April 2025.

What you need to do:
1. Contact Rye Primary School to book a school tour or to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process.

2. Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep).

3. Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 25th July 2025.

4. You will be notified of the outcome of your application between Monday 28th July 2025 and Friday 8th August 2025. If you receive an enrolment offer, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 22nd August 2025.

5. Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2025.

6. Your child will start Foundation (Prep) on Thursday 29th January 2026.

Enrolment applications submitted after Friday 25th July 2025 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.

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Rye Primary School is nestled between Port Philip Bay and the rugged back beaches of the Mornington Peninsula, approximately 80 kilometres south of Melbourne. 

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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we learn and play the Boowurrung/Bunurong people. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
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