School Profile
OUR VISION
Growth Through Learning
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
Cambridge Primary School strives to equip and empower lifelong learners that contribute collaboratively to build a positive, inclusive and successful school and community.
School Strategic Plans
Enrolments
If you wish to enrol your child at Cambridge PS, it is preferable that all enrolment queries for 2023 & 2024 please be emailed to the school Enrolments Officer:
Judy Shaw
E: enrolments@cambridgeps.vic.edu.au
T: 03 9748 9011
Once contact has been made, the school Enrolments Officer can forward all relevant enrolment forms/information to you.
Please also see the Victorian Government ‘Starting School’ webpage, which contains information for families on how to enrol their child in a Victorian government school and outlines the timeframes for submitting Foundation (Prep) enrolment applications for the future school year.
Designated Neighbourhood School
Cambridge PS is a Designated Neighbourhood School. Enrolment is open to families whose permanent residential address (at the time of seeking enrolment) resides within the area of the designated neighbourhood school (referred to as a ‘school zone’) boundary as shown on the map below. If your child lives at multiple addresses, their permanent residential address is the address at which they spend most of their weekdays.
To check if your permanent residential address falls within the Cambridge PS school zone:
- Visit the following website: www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au
- Type in your residential address
- Select the year the student will be enrolling
- Select the correct school type

Enrolment Process
Enrolment applications are open year round. To be eligible to enrol for Prep, children must have turned 5 years of age by April 30th in the year of enrolment/commencement at the school.
To allow for planning and preparation for the following academic year, parents/carers are asked to submit enrolment applications by the 30th September. This is especially important for parents enrolling their child into Prep, as it will allow teachers to liaise with kindergarten teachers or childcare staff.
We understand that it may not be possible to submit an enrolment application prior to the end of September and wish to reassure parents that enrolments will remain open after this date. However, children who are enrolled later in the year may miss out on attending some or all our planned transition program sessions depending on how late the application is submitted to the school.
Parents/Carers living within the Cambridge PS school zone who wish to enrol their child will be asked to complete a 100-point residential address check. Documents should show the same parent/carer name and residential address as recorded on the enrolment form to verify your child’s permanent residential address.
100-POINT RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DOCUMENTS
1. One of the following (40 points):
- Council rates notice OR
- Lease agreement through a registered real estate agent of rental board bond receipt OR
- Exchanged contract of sale
2. Any of the following (20 points each):
- Centrelink payment statement showing residential address
- Electoral roll statement
3. Any of the following (15 points each):
- Electricity or gas bill showing the service address*
- Water bill showing the service address*
- Telephone or internet bill showing the service address*
- Driver’s license or government issued ID showing current residential address*
- Home building or home contents insurance showing the service address
- Motor vehicle registration or compulsory third party insurance policy showing home address
* up to 3 months old
Transition Program
PREP
Cambridge PS holds a transition program during November and December each year for Prep students commencing at the school in the following calendar year. Parents/carers of enrolling Prep students will be invited to attend several sessions and we strongly encourage parents/carers to bring their child along to each session.
Sessions run for approximately 90 minutes, and during this time children will be able to meet the Prep teachers and other Prep students enrolling at the school, spending some time in the classroom engaging in fun activities.
Starting primary school can be a very daunting experience, and children who attend Prep transition tend to settle into school more easily.
YEAR 1-6
Students enrolling into years 1-6 in the following calendar year will be invited to attend the State-wide Transition Day, usually held in early December each year.
School Tours
Cambridge PS are currently opening places for 2024 Prep enrolment tours. Please use the following link to secure a place: https://forms.gle/LNSHGKBgZRDZkFV77
Tours will be taking place on the dates below:
Wednesday, 10th May at 4:00pm
Wednesday, 24th May at 6:00pm
Wednesday, 7th June at 4:00pm
Please note that all tours will contain the same information, so there is no requirement to attend more than one.
The ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents/Carers for the 2024 school year’ resource is available to download from the ‘Starting School’ webpage on the Victorian Government website.
Child Safe
Cambridge PS is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making.
Cambridge PS strives to equip and empower life long learning that contribute collaboratively to build a positive, inclusive and successful school and community. Our four values of Respect, Integrity, Self-Resilience, and Excellence are taught explicitly within the classroom and across school settings and guide the decisions and behaviours of all members of our school community, including relation to child safety:
- Respect – show care and concern for others
- Integrity – be safe, honest, true, fair and considerate, take responsibility for your actions
- Self-resilience – bouncing back from setback and having a growth mindset
- Excellence – aiming high to be the very best we can
Cambridge PS has zero tolerance for child abuse.
We are committed to providing a child safe environment where children and young people are safe and feel safe, and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives. Our child safe policies, procedures, strategies and practices will be inclusive of the needs of all children, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, children with disabilities, students in out of home care, LGBTI students and children who are vulnerable.
Every person involved in Cambridge PS has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role they play individually and collectively to ensure that the wellbeing and safety of all children and young people is at the forefront of all they do and every decision they make.
CHILD SAFETY PRINCIPLES
In its planning, decision-making and operations, Cambridge PS will:
- Take a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety
- Value and empower children to participate in decisions which affect their lives
- Foster a culture of openness that supports all persons to safely disclose risks of harm to children
- Respect diversity in cultures and child rearing practices while keeping child safety paramount
- Provide written guidance on appropriate conduct and behaviour towards children
- Engage only the most suitable people to work with children and have high quality staff and volunteer supervision and professional development
- Ensure children know who to talk with if they are worried or are feeling unsafe, and that they are comfortable and encouraged to raise such concerns
- Report suspected abuse, neglect or mistreatment promptly to the appropriate authorities
- Share information appropriately and lawfully with other organisations where the safety and wellbeing of children is at risk
- Value the input of and communicate regularly with families and carers
Policies and Forms
Administration of Medication Policy
Anaphylaxis Management Policy
Asthma Policy
Attendance Policy
Camps and Excursions Policy
Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) Policy
Canteen Policy
Collection Statement
Complaints and Concerns Policy
Curriculum Programs Foundation – Year 10 Policy
Custody Policy
Head Lice Policy
Health Care Needs Policy
Homework Policy
ICT Acceptable Use Policy
Immunisation Policy
Inclusion and Diversity Policy
Parent Payments Policy
Parent Payment Arrangements 2023
Privacy Policy
Statement of Values and School Philosophy Policy
Student Dress Code Policy
Student Exit Form
Student Wellbeing and Engagement Policy
Sun Smart Policy