Enrolment Process


Placement in all year levels for entry in 2021 and 2022 will be considered. Contact our School Office between 9.30am and 2.30pm Monday to Friday during school terms by phone on 9807 4944 or in person to enquire about enrolment. Please note that the school and our Office are closed for the school holidays. If you have an enrolment enquiry over a school holiday period, please send your child's details to our school email so that we can respond at the start of the next term.  

 

We offer school tours for those interested in entry in the current and upcoming year. Attendance on a tour is recommended, but not compulsory. Tours for 2021 or 2022 entry commence in Term 1. Tours are held twice weekly on Thursdays and Fridays commencing at 9.30am. Please contact our Office between 9.30am and 2.30pm to book as places on tours are capped.

 

An introduction pack, including our Introduction Booklet and enrolment documentation, is offered at the conclusion of a school tour, or can be collected from our Office from the beginning of March each year.

 

Please note the following before completing an enrolment:

Schools' Privacy Policy information for parents 

Collection Statement - Primary Schools 

 

Enrolment for entry in 2021   

Contact our Office to enquire regarding availability of a place in the required year level. If a place can be offered, enrolment documentation must be submitted a minimum of one week prior to the student's commencement date, or if starting at the beginning of a term, a minimum of one week prior to the end of the preceding term. A meeting with the Year Level Coordinator and other relevant staff prior to commencement may be requested as part of placement consideration or to assist a child's transition to EHPS. Please note that our Office is closed during school holidays. Enrolment confirmation, including the school start date, will be advised by letter from the EHPS Principal.


Enrolment for entry in 2022   

PREP:  Contact our Office to enquire about placement if your child was born on or before 30 April 2017. Note: First round offers have been considered and advice regarding placement advised in writing to all those who had lodged enrolment documentation by the end of May.   
YEARS 1 to 6:  Contact our Office to enquire regarding availability of a place in the required year level. We will advise by email the outcome of your enrolment enquiry. If placement is offered, submit enrolment documentation (see below for details; instructions and forms provided in Introduction Pack) within a week of receiving offer. For planning and preparation for the next school year, and to ensure that incoming students have the opportunity to attend Orientation Day in early December, placement must be confirmed and enrolment document lodged not later than Friday 26 November 2021. 


Enrolment for entry in 2023 and beyond

Enrolment is submitted in the year prior to commencement. Please refer to the information provided on this website when considering your child's schooling, and we invite you to book and attend a school tour in the year prior to entry.

 

 

What do I need to do in order to enrol my child?

 

On confirmation from EHPS that placement can be offered, lodge enrolment documentation at our Office between 9.30am and 2.30pm Monday to Thursday (not Friday) during school terms.

 

Forms (items 1 to 3) are provided in the introduction pack. Documents (items 4 to 12) are to be presented in their original form, and a copy will be taken at our Office. 

  1. Student Enrolment form
  2. Student Learning Needs form 
  3. Medical Details form 
  4. Birth Certificate 
  5. Immunisation Status:
    1. Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) immunisation history statement stating that "No vaccines required/This child has received all vaccines required by five years of age" (note: the records in a child’s maternal and child health book cannot be accepted); OR
    2. If your child's immunisation record are incomplete, missing, your child has been vaccinated overseas, or your child has never been vaccinated:
      1. Visit the City of Monash Council Immunisation Service (Monash Civic Centre, 293 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley) and request an Immunisation Status Certificate for school entry; provide the lodgement document with enrolment. 
      2. Arrange for your child to have the vaccinations identified as missing as soon as possible with the Council or your GP. 
      3. When vaccinations are up to date, provide the AIR immunisation history statement.
  6. Home/Residential Address - where the student lives permanently with the Primary Family at the time the enrolment commences (provide minimum of four document/s from items a, b and c below):
    1. Provide one of:
      1. Contract of Sale (pages identifying purchase of your home, including settlement date; do not include pages with clauses); or 
      2. Lease Contract (pages identifying the rental details of your home, do not include pages with clauses); or
      3. If the previous two options do not apply/cannot be provided, a Statutory Declaration (click here) is required; contact our Office for details if this applies; AND 
    2. Provide each of the most recent utility (electricity, gas, water) bills; AND
    3. Provide one or more of:  Driver Licence, Electoral Roll Confirmation, Home and Contents Policy, Council Rates Notice.
  7. Australian Residency: 
    1. Passport (if held) 
    2. Certificate of Australian Citizenship or Citizenship by Descent (if applicable, where one or both parents are not born in Australia) 
    3. Immigration documentation: 
      1. Visa Grant Notice issued by the Australian Government (if currently on Bridging Visa must also provide Visa Grant Notice for visa held immediately prior) 
      2. Confirmation of Placement issued by the International Education Division (if applicable; for students required to enrol as an International Student) 
  8. School report/s - two most recent reports from previous 12 months, and most recent NAPLAN report if completed. (Note: applicable for students transferring in Prep in Semester 2 (semester 1 report required) and Years 1 to 6; not applicable for children commencing in Prep in the next school year). 
  9. Asthma Management Plan (if applicable)
  10. Allergy Management Plan (if applicable) 
  11. Anaphylaxis Management Plan (if applicable) 
  12. Court orders (if applicable)
  13. If EHPS is not your designated neighbourhood school - Short letter of no more than one page explaining your choice of EHPS for your child, addressed to our Principal, Mr George Perini.

** VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK WHILE ONSITE AND SIGN IN FOR CONTACT TRACING  ** 

 

Shared Custody:  Where there is shared custody and a child lives with both parents at different addresses by agreement between the parents or by parenting orders from a court, an additional form must be completed. Please let us know if this applies for your family so we can provide the relevant documentation.

All documentation, as detailed above, must be supplied to the School Office before your enrolment can be confirmed. Enrolment, including the start date, will be confirmed by our Principal in writing.