Moss Vale Public Preschool

Work is underway for a new public preschool at Moss Vale Public School. The proposed location of the preschool is situated on the western side of the school.

The new public preschool will provide a safe and engaging environment for preschool children. It will feature specially designed rooms and a quality outdoor play area. The construction of the preschool is expected to be completed in time for Day 1 Term 1 2027.

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Welcome to Moss Vale Public Preschool

May 2026 Update

We are thrilled to share exciting news! Construction for our new public preschool has started! Moss Vale Public Preschool will be located at Moss Vale Public School and will help to strengthen children's learning journey across our school community.

Principal Katherine Hurst, with leaders Lucy & Jack, at the official sod turn.

About Our Preschool

Our public preschool will soon welcome children into a supportive, play-based learning environment within our P-6 school community. Children will explore, ask questions and learn through play, strengthening their curiosity and love of learning in a nurturing environment.

Children will engage in thoughtfully designed play-based experiences with our qualified educators. Our public preschool will be an approved early childhood education and care service.

Our Preschool Program

Our preschool program will:

• Support children's learning, development and wellbeing through offering quality play-based learning programs for 5 days a fortnight in the year before Kindergarten, to support children's transition to primary school
• Strengthen children's confidence as learners in the year before school
• Extend and enrich each child's learning, development and wellbeing
• Operate under the National Quality Framework

How Our Preschool Will Operate

• Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 3:00pm
• Closed during school holidays and public holidays
• Each preschool class will enrol up to 20 children per day
• There will be two classes in our preschool
• The child to staff ratio is 10:1, and every class is staffed with a university trained early childhood teacher and a suitably trained School Learning Support Officer (SLSO) to ensure high-quality delivery of education and care

Fee-Free Public Preschool

Our public preschool will be free to attend. Fees are not charged for preschool enrolment, attendance, waiting list applications or specialist programs.

Start Strong funding is not used to subsidise fees at public preschools and may still be accessed by families at other early childhood education and care services.

Enrolment Information

Current Enrolment Status

Expressions of interest (EOIs) to enrol at Moss Vale Public Preschool are not yet open. We will advise the school community once EOIs open.

Families seeking to enrol their child in our public preschool should contact our school office for more information about our enrolment procedure or join our mailing list to receive updates.

Who Can Enrol

• Public preschools enrol children for one year only — the year before they start school
• Children can enrol from the beginning of the school year if they turn 4 years of age before 31 July that year

 Enrolment Priorities

Public preschools first prioritise enrolment for:

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children
• children living in low socio-economic circumstances
• children unable to access other early childhood settings due to disadvantage or financial hardship

If places remain after applying these priorities, offers of enrolment are made in the following order

• children living within the school’s enrolment intake area who have siblings enrolled in the school

• children living within the school's enrolment intake area in the order that EOIs were received

• children living outside the school's intake area and who have siblings enrolled in the school in the order that EOIs were received

• children living outside the school's enrolment intake area in the order that EOIs were received.

No Enrolment Boundaries

Unlike NSW public schools, there are no enrolment boundaries for public preschools. Children do not need to live in our school's local enrolment intake area to apply.

Please note: enrolment in a preschool class does not guarantee a place in Kindergarten at our school. Families can use School Finder to find their local public school.

Learning in our preschool

Our preschool will be an approved early childhood education and care service and operate under the National Quality Framework.External link

We will provide a secure and positive learning environment for your child. Our learning program will enable your child to engage in age-appropriate, play-based learning experiences. Our program will be guided by the Early Years Learning Framework.External link

Procedures

There is a range of preschool policies and procedures to ensure children receive high quality education and care. More information will be provided to parents when your child is offered a place. Please contact us for more information.

Meals

Children bring their own meals and snacks to preschool. For more information, please contact us.

School Tours

Prospective enrolments are welcome to attend one of our school tours. Dates and Register here

Have a question for our principal or teachers?

Our friendly office team can help you get in touch.

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