Enrolments

Are you considering enrolling your child at RPS?

Choosing the most suitable school for your child is one of the biggest decisions that you will make as a parent, and a very important one at that.  Matching your child’s needs to what a school has to offer can make a substantial difference, so taking the time to get a feel for the school and what it has to offer is worth the time and effort.

Some of the following points might help to clarify your thinking:

• What feel do you get as you walk around the school – is it a positive and welcoming place?
• The school’s focus on and beliefs around well-being and the child’s social and emotional development.
• The teaching and learning approaches within the school
• What specialist programs and extra-curricular activities or programs are offered
• The school’s expectations of all its community members and its guiding values

Whilst most schools provide a similar curriculum and in some instances similar approaches to things such as well-being, we at Rutherglen PS, just like other schools have our own unique culture. It’s what makes us who we are, what we do and what we believe in.  It’s important that all of our students and their families know that RPS believes everyone belongs and that you have a feel of being welcome in our school.

It is important that your child feels confident and happy to come to school every day and equally important that as a family you feel confident with the choice of school that has been made and are willing to support the vision, values and expectations of the school.

Please feel free to contact our school and make an appointment with our Principal for a tour and discussion about what our great school has to offer.  Tours can be conducted at any time throughout the year.

General Enrolment Information

Rutherglen Primary School is proudly a government school within the town of Rutherglen. Our school welcomes enrolment enquiries consistent with the Department of Education’s Enrolment Guidance and Placement Policy.

Factsheet for Foundation Enrollment

Find My School

Enrolment Process

Enrolment Forms are available electronically included as a hard copy in the Information Pack you will receive when you take a tour of our school or by request from our office.

If you wish to enrol your child, please return or email the enrollment form to our Business Manager, Debby Renshaw at debby.renshaw@education.vic.gov.au, together with scanned or clear photographs of required documentation:

• Birth Certificate
• Immunisation Record
• Child’s Passport (if child born overseas)
• Signed School Consent Forms (provided in the Enrolment Pack)

Other relevant information to provide with your child’s enrolment –

• Copies of any reports or information from previous school, or relevant outside agencies (e.g. family court orders or other orders involving enrolled children, allied health services – OT, Speech, Counselling or Paediatrician/Psychologist Reports)

I wish to enrol my child this year

If you wish to enrol your child at RPS throughout the year or are transferring from another school you are requested to contact the school or drop in and have a conversation with the school principal, Mrs Karryn Williams. Arrangements can then be made where practicable for an appointment and tour.  We are always happy for new students to partake in one or two orientation visits prior to commencing at our school if required.

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 about our school zone, please contact our school. For answers to frequently asked questions about school zones and enrolling in Victorian government schools, visit School zones.

2026 Foundation (Prep) Enrolment

The Department of Education has a 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 Rutherglen Primary School.

You can find information and resources about the enrolment timeline at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep).

The first of four transition days for students enrolled at RPS commences mid-November and runs for four weeks.  The first two of these days finishes at 11am, the third day at 12:45PM, and the concluding fourth day is a full school day finishing at 3:30pm.  Our transition program is a fantastic opportunity for our new Foundation students to build a connection with their teacher/s and other students, familiarise themselves with the school setting and, feel more confident when it comes time to start school. 

Do you have further questions about enrolment?

Whilst our aim is for this website to provide a broad range of information about our school, we also acknowledge it is not possible to answer all of your questions.  If there are matters you would like to discuss, please call or email the school and we will be only too happy to help you out.