PREP 2026: Enrolment Enquiry

Thank you for your interest in Marnebek School.

Foundation (Prep) 2026 Enrolment Enquires:

To be able to enrol with us for 2026, your child must be turning five by April 30 of 2026.

The Department of Education has released an updated statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline for the 2025- 2026 school year.

The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Marnebek School.

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 know:

1.    Marnebek School is a Specialist School for students who have been diagnosed with an intellectual disability.

2.    Students enrolling at Marnebek School must have a cognitive assessment completed by a psychologist to ensure they are eligible to attend a Special School. 

3.    As referrals for cognitive assessments to be done by our school have now closed, any student wanting to enrol at our school must already have had a cognitive assessment done within the last year.

4.   To be eligible for Marnebek School, the cognitive assessment must show that the student has an IQ 70 or below and is diagnosed with an intellectual disability.

5. The cognitive assessment report must be verified by the Department of Education before being able to enrol at our school.  This can be done by our school on your behalf.

6.  Marnebek School is unable to accept enrolments after the 5th Dec for Term 1 2026.   All enquiries after this time, will be put on a wait list for Term 2.

What to do next:

Follow the checklist below prior to making an enrolment enquiry for Prep 2026:

1.      My child has had a cognitive assessment for Intellectual Disability and meets the criteria for Intellectual Disability?

2.      A cognitive report is available to be sent to the Enrolment Manager at Marnebek School?

If you are able to answer yes to both questions, you can complete our online enquiry form.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE ENROLMENT ENQUIRY  FORM LINK BELOW:

3.      Once you complete the online enquiry form, Our Enrolments coordinator will contact you have a chat about your child’s needs, eligibility to attend our school and answer any questions you have. We aim to do this within 7 days of the enquiry being submitted.  If for some reason you don’t hear from us, please feel free to call the Admin office on 5996 3858 and ask to speak to the Enrolments Coordinator.      

4.      We will organise a tour of our school for you to decide whether we might be a good fit for your child.  School Tours will also be available on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.00am.   To ensure we have minimal disruption for our current  students, this time is set.

5. At the transition sessions you and your child will meet the teacher and future classmates.  This is also an opportunity for the teacher to begin to understand your child’s needs.

Key dates:

·         Prep info night Thursday 27th November (Prep parents are expected to attend this).

·         Transition days: Tuesday 2nd Dec and Wednesday 3rd December

·         Statewide transition day: Tuesday 9th December

·         All enrolment forms to be returned to us no later than 5th December if you wish your child to start with us in Term 1 2026.

For more information on enrolling in Specialist Schools Enrolment in specialist schools and other specialist education settings.

Click here to download Enrolment Documentation Checklist for Parents and Carers