CHANGES to kinder registrations are being implemented in Frankston ahead of the 2026 intake.
Earlier this year, Frankston Council received a petition with 468 signatures calling for its registrations system to be overhauled. Last week it announced that its interim CEO had ticked off on a series of changes in response to the community feedback.
Moving forward, Frankston Council will dedicate more resources to the continuity of programs at the same location, expand sibling priority from two years to three years, and allow families to nominate up to three kindergarten preferences.
Former Frankston mayor Kris Bolam said “these changes will deliver a more transparent, fair, and family-friendly process.”
“At the council meeting on 11 August, we received a petition with 468 signatures calling for enhancements to the current system, including continuity of programs at the same location, expanded sibling priority, and multiple preference options. In response, council endorsed a review through the Municipal Early Years Plan which included a comprehensive survey of families registering for three-and four-year-old kindergarten programs in 2025 and 2026,” the outgoing mayor said. “Thank you to the residents who vigorously raised these concerns. Your views have been heard, and together we have achieved a positive outcome that will guide us forward. Respectful, fact-based grassroots community advocacy will always achieve more than campaigns built on negativity and misinformation. In this case, the parents and kindergarten community have done their cause proud—and we’ve listened and acted accordingly.”
More than $15 million in Frankston kindergarten projects are currently underway or recently completed. The upgraded Baden Powell Kindergarten in Frankston South is now open, and work is continuing on major upgrades at Seaford Place and Langwarrin Place – formerly titled the Seaford Child, Youth and Family Centre, and Langwarrin Child and Family Centre respectively.
For more information on council’s kindergarten programs visit frankston.vic.gov.au/Kindergartens
First published in the Frankston Times – 16 December 2025