Enrolment Enquiries
Vale Park Primary School is a zoned school. Please use the link below to enter your residential address to see whether you are within our zone.
For Reception students to be eligible to commence school in 2025, they must turn 5 years of age, prior to 1st May 2025.
If after utilising the above search tool your residential address is located within our zone or have a sibling of a child who is already attending Vale Park Primary School, please contact the school directly on 8261 3733.
To register your child for the 2025 or 2026 school year please complete the registration of Interest Form below. This form is for new Reception students as well as students who will be in School Years 1 - 6.
Mid-Year Intake - General Information
- Most children start school in the year they turn 5 years of age.
- Children must be enrolled at school by the age of 6. This is the compulsary starting age for children in South Australia.
- Government primary schools have 2 majot enrolment intakes from 2024, one for children at the beginning of the year (intake 1) and one for children to start school in term 3 (intake 2)
- If your child turns 5 years old:
- before 1 May they can start reception in term 1 of that year.
- between 1 May & 31 October, they can start reception in term 3 (mid-year)
- after 31 October they can start reception in the following year.
Children who start reception at the beginning of the year will generally complete 4 terms of reception, whiile children who start reception through the mid-year intake will complete 6 terms of reception.
This information comes from the department's website, and families can access it here, too
When can my child start school
Department link for information on the mid-year intake for reception students
2025 Registration of Interest Form
2025 Mid-Year Registration of Interest Intake Form
2026 Registration of Interest Form
2026 Registration of Interest Form - Mid-Year intake
We do accept out of zone applications, however, please note that we cannot guarantee your child a place at our school.
Please select the link below to register for a Principal School Tour.