25 Feb 2016
Parents and carers who are considering enrolling their child at Hurstville Public School need to be aware that documentary evidence must be produced to prove they are living at the home address they have provided.
Please carefully read the information on the Enrolment page of this website, under the Our School section above. Under the Department of Education's definition, "enrolment" commences when a child attends class at a particular school for the first time; lodgement of an application form is not enrolment.
Parents and carers are reminded that the information provided to the school must be accurate and current at the time the child commences school, not just at the time the Application to Enrol in a Government School form is submitted. Acceptance of the form is conditional on the child remaining eligible for local enrolment at the time they start attending classes. For students who will be enrolling in Kindergarten (and other grades) at Hurstville Public School in 2017, the forms and proof of address that are submitted in 2016 with the application form, will need to be updated - that is, the most recent documents, replacing bills and notices previously presented - at the beginning of Term 1 2017, to ensure that the child remains eligible.
We remind parents and carers that they have a legal and moral obligation to provide information which is true and accurate. It is an offence to provide statutory declarations which contain false or misleading information. Enrolments made on the basis of false information can be terminated.
It is always wise to clarify any uncertainties with the school, as the information provided word-of-mouth through the community may not be accurate.