​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Algester State School is an enrolment-managed school as per Algester's School Management Enrolment Plan. Families who live within our catchment area are guaranteed a position at our school. If you live outside our catchment, enrolment can only occur if there are vacancies in that year level.

How to enrol your child

1. Check that you are living within our designated catchment area on a map available from the School's Catchment Map website.
2. Read Education Qld's Enrolment Management Policy for Algester Primary School available from Education Qld's Enrolment Management Policy.
3. Phone the school office on (07) 3712 5111 between 10:00am and 2:00pm Monday to Friday to make an enrolment interview time.
4. Collect an enrolment package from the main school office or download and complete the following documentation to bring with you to the interview:

• ​Application for student enrolment
  

Bring to the enrolment interview:

1. Parent/ Caregiver photo identification (one):
• ​drivers license
• proof of age card
•  passport
2. Proof of address including (at least two): 
• rates notice/ rental agreement
• electricity/ phone bill
• a statutory declaration of your address (if required)
3. Completed documentation: 
• ​Application for Student Enrolment form
• State School Consent Form
• Enrolment Agreement
• Online Services Consent Form
4. Child's Birth Certificate or Passport/Visa (if student born overseas)
5. Your child who you are wishing to enrol
6. Any report cards or information from your previous school

2025 Calendar - Year level placements on year of birth

• Year 6: 01/07/2013 - 30/06/2014
  
• Year 5: 01/07/2014 - 30/06/2015
  
• Year 4: 01/07/2015 - 30/06/2016
  
• Year 3: 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2017
  
• Year 2: 01/07/2017 - 30/06/2018
  
• Year 1: 01/07/2018 - 30/06/2019
  
• Prep: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2020​​​

Local catchme​​​nt area

A school's local catchment area is the defined geographical area from which a state school accepts its core intake of students.

The school’s catchment map is available from EdMap.

Enrolment p​​olicy

Students within catchment

Any student whose principle​ place of residence is within the school's catchment area is (subject to the Act) entitled to enrol at the school. The Principal will reserve places for students who move into the catchment area throughout the school year.

Parents or legal guardians who wish to enrol their child at the school will need to demonstrate that the student's principal place of residence is within the catchment area. 

If the Principal is not satisfied that the documentation provided by an applicant demonstrates adequately that the address stated is the student's principal place of residence, then the Principal may request further sources of proof of residency. 

The Principal may also request a properly sworn statutory declaration from the enrolling parent or legal guardian attesting that the student’s principal place of residence is the place nominated in the enrolment application.

Applicants should note that a false statement/assertion about the student’s principal place of residence may amount to an offence and may be reported to police. The school Principal may repeal a decision to enrol a student in such circumstances.​​

Parent Handbook

• 2025 Parent Handbook
  

School uniform policy​

• School uniform policy for Algester Primary School