Jack & Jill is a non-profit community-based preschool servicing Hornsby and surrounding suburbs for children aged three to five years of age. At Jack & Jill we provide a caring and educational preschool program. Your child’s wellbeing and happiness is our top priority.
Welcome to the Jack & Jill Kindergarten – Hornsby
CURRENTLY TAKING WAITING LIST APPLICATIONS FOR 2024 [limited places available] and 2025
Waiting list applications are taken from 2 years of age. If vacancies arise, placements will be offered to children on our waiting list in accordance with our priority of access guidelines (below)
If you have any queries or would like to book a tour of the preschool, please call 9477 3572 to speak to Carly, our Office Administrator, during office hours (Mon, Wed & Fri 8.30 to 12.30pm during school terms), or email us at administration@jackandjillkindergarten.com.au
You may apply online here and be sure to pay the waitlist fee of $30.00 via bank deposit as outlined on the application form. Please note that placing your name on the the waiting list does not guarantee a position and the waiting list fee is not refundable if we are not able to offer a preschool position.
Our preschool welcomes children to attend from 3 years old to 5 years old, prior to starting Primary School.
We are required by the NSW State Government under our Start Strong Funding Guidelines to give priority of access to:
In addition to the requirements above, our preschool gives next highest priority to returning families.
Please note:
Start Strong aims to improve affordability of early childhood education and increase the number of children participating for 600 hours in a quality early childhood education program in the year before school. In keeping with this objective it is a condition of enrolment at The Jack & Jill Kindergarten that children not be enrolled in another community based preschool (start strong funded). We understand that families may require additional days of care and suggest they use Long Day Care centres that receive Child Care Subsidy (CCS) as this does not then deny other families an opportunity to send children to our
centre.
Families may find this website helpful when searching for early childhood education options that best suit their family's needs: https://www.startingblocks.gov.au/
Waiting list applications are taken from 2 years of age. If vacancies arise, placements will be offered to children on our waiting list in accordance with our priority of access guidelines (below)
If you have any queries or would like to book a tour of the preschool, please call 9477 3572 to speak to Carly, our Office Administrator, during office hours (Mon, Wed & Fri 8.30 to 12.30pm during school terms), or email us at administration@jackandjillkindergarten.com.au
You may apply online here and be sure to pay the waitlist fee of $30.00 via bank deposit as outlined on the application form. Please note that placing your name on the the waiting list does not guarantee a position and the waiting list fee is not refundable if we are not able to offer a preschool position.
Our preschool welcomes children to attend from 3 years old to 5 years old, prior to starting Primary School.
We are required by the NSW State Government under our Start Strong Funding Guidelines to give priority of access to:
- children who are at least 4 years old on or before the 31 July in that preschool year and not enrolled or registered at a school
- children who are at least 3 years old on or before 31 July in that preschool year and from low income and/or Aboriginal families
- children with English language needs
- children with disability and/or additional needs (placements limited)
- children who are at risk of significant harm (from a child protection perspective).
In addition to the requirements above, our preschool gives next highest priority to returning families.
Please note:
Start Strong aims to improve affordability of early childhood education and increase the number of children participating for 600 hours in a quality early childhood education program in the year before school. In keeping with this objective it is a condition of enrolment at The Jack & Jill Kindergarten that children not be enrolled in another community based preschool (start strong funded). We understand that families may require additional days of care and suggest they use Long Day Care centres that receive Child Care Subsidy (CCS) as this does not then deny other families an opportunity to send children to our
centre.
Families may find this website helpful when searching for early childhood education options that best suit their family's needs: https://www.startingblocks.gov.au/
