Southern Cross Primary School is a friendly, caring school community that aims to facilitate a high standard of academic learning, nurture individuality, challenge and understand all of our students. If your child is starting school for the first time, learn about how you can find a school, things you need to know about starting Prep and suggestions of how to prepare your child here.
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School Tours
Come and meet the Principal at one of our weekly tours and see the school in action. Please phone 9700 4488 to arrange a time.
School tours are a great opportunity for prospective parents and students to meet our staff, visit our classrooms, as well as ask any questions regarding school programs.
Enrolment
Contact our friendly office team directly if you have any questions about how to enrol your child. They can be contacted on 9700 4488 or download an enrolment form and submit it via email to southern.cross.ps@education.vic.gov.au
Click here for our Enrolment Form
Click here for our Permissions Form
School Zone and Boundaries
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 in this zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of your permanent residential address.
At this stage, Southern Cross Primary is able to consider outside zone applications, please contact the school for further information on 9700 4488.
Placement Policy
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:
Foundation/Prep Key Dates in Victoria
24th April - Applications Open for the 2024 Prep Year
28th July - All Applications for Prep 2024 due to School
11th August - Letter of Offer sent to parents
2025 Prep Enrolments
The Department of Education has released an updated statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline for the 2025 school year.
All government primary schools will follow the timeline in 2024 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2025 school year. You can find information and resources about the timeline, including factsheets and a poster at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You can also download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents and Carers’ from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 15 April 2024).
What you need to do:
Enrolment applications submitted after 26 July 2024 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.