Parents/carers are welcome to apply to enrol their child at an ACT public school at any time during the school year using an online application form.
Find out more about enrolling in kindergarten to year 6 at our school.
Find out more about enrolling in years 7 to 10 at our school.
General enrolment information
Deferrals
The ACT Education Directorate does not permit families to defer current enrolments while they are away from the ACT (such as an overseas posting).
Children currently enrolled at Telopea Park School whose families move away for an extended period (for example an overseas posting) will be unenrolled. They may submit a new enrolment application form upon return to the ACT.
Waitlists
For improved transparency, and to provide greater certainty for our applicants, Telopea Park School no longer maintains a waitlist of eligible applicants unable to enrolled for capacity reasons.
The existing waitlist for the 2025 school year will operate until 28 July 2025, when it will be deleted.
No new applications will be added to the waitlist after 29 April 2025.
Eligible applicants unable to be enrolled for capacity reasons will receive an offer from their Priority Enrolment Area (PEA) school. They may seek Review or Appeal of this decision. Applicants may re-apply to Telopea Park School or any other ACT public school at any time.
Families living overseas or interstate (outside the ACT region)
Under the Compulsory Education (Enrolment and Attendance) Policy and the ACT Kindergarten to Year 12 Enrolment Procedure children must be living in the ACT or region to be enrolled in an ACT public school.
Applications from families planning to move to the ACT but still living overseas will be cancelled, and the family asked to re-apply when they are living in the ACT.
Every school-aged child living in the ACT, including children of diplomatic staff posted to the ACT, is guaranteed a kindergarten to year 12 place at their Priority Enrolment Area (PEA) school.
Telopea Park School is unable to hold places in the French Stream for children arriving late in the year, after the completion of the annual enrolment bulk round in early June.
Once the family has arrived in the ACT, they can apply to Telopea Park School using the online enrolment form and be assessed against the relevant criteria. Eligible children unable to be enrolled for capacity reasons will receive an offer from their PEA school.
The ACT Education Directorate supports families and their children from non-English speaking backgrounds to settle into their local ACT public school.
Applicants will not be enrolled under their embassy address unless there are extraordinary circumstances supported by documented evidence.
Applicants with disability
To ensure the school meets its obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and Disability Standards for Education 2005 (Commonwealth) by enabling all prospective students to enrol on an equitable basis, reasonable adjustments may be made to facilitate access to the program for students with disability.
This may include changing the weighting of criteria, where the individual circumstances of the child would otherwise prevent them from demonstrating eligibility. Telopea Park School will consult with the applicant or their parent/carer about adjustments that may be needed to ensure equitable participation in the school’s enrolment application and assessment process, including drawing on expertise from the Education Directorate as needed.
Telopea Park School will take reasonable steps to ensure its obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and Disability Standards for Education 2005 (Commonwealth) to applicants with disability are met, that applicants do not experience discrimination as part of the enrolment assessment process, including making reasonable adjustments.
Find out more about how ACT public schools support students with disability on the ACT Government’s education website.