Waitlist Information
Understanding our enrolment process is key to a smooth transition for your child. We manage our waiting list with fairness and transparency, adhering to both government guidelines and preschool specific priorities.
Submitting Your Application
Families only need to submit one waitlist form per child. If you have already applied, there is no need to resubmit. Completing multiple waiting list forms causes unnecessary administrative work and clogs up our waitlist system.
To update your contact details or preferences, please simply send us an email at admin@pottsvillepreschool.com, with the details, and we will manually make the change for you.
Immunisation Requirements
All enrolled children must either be fully vaccinated, on a catchup schedule or have a medical exemption.
Priority & Placement
Please understand that it is not the amount of time that your child has been on the waiting list that determines whether or not your child will get a place in our Preschool or Nature Explorer programs. We are funded by the state government who determines who receives a funded place at NSW preschools as well as the priorities of access.
In addition, Pottsville Community Preschool’s Committee also has a say, and the Committee has determined that two additional priorities are to be met for placement.
Service providers are also required to adhere to the Early Childhood Education and Care Priority of Access Guidelines. These guidelines require services to give priority access to:
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Children who are at least 4 years old on or before the 31 July in that preschool year and not yet in compulsory schooling
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Children who are at least 3 years old on or before 31 July
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Children with a Health Care Card
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Children who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
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Children with a diagnosed disability
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Children who are at risk of significant harm (from a child protection perspective). (Please note: this includes families who are experiencing mental illness)
The following two priorities have been added by the Committee of Pottsville Community Preschool:
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Siblings
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Families from the Pottsville Community Preschool staff and community
If further clarification is required, please speak to our Director. Please understand that we are unable to discuss other families’ status within the priority of access guidelines due to confidentiality.
Cut Off Date
For children 3 years old and older, the last day to submit a waiting list form is 15 October of every year for consideration of placement for the following year.
When Will Parents Be Notified Of Acceptance?
For children 3 years old and older, we aim to notify all parents by November/December of every school year.