Enrolments

Waitlist and vacancies:

If you would like to attend Ngala Early Learning and Development Service, please complete an on-line application.

It is then your responsibility as the applicant to contact the Service on a regular basis (every 4-6 weeks) to confirm your interest in maintaining a position on the waitlist. If no contact is made with the Service, your application becomes invalid.

Vacancies within the Service do arise from time to time according to the needs of the families currently enrolled at Ngala ELDS. Due to this, the Service can not give you information on how your application is progressing or when a space will be available for your child/ren. The Service will contact you once a position becomes available.

The Service does have an extensive waitlist, so it is recommended that you submit an on-line wait list application as soon as possible.

Tours:

Ngala ELDS run tours of the Service from time to time. Tours are limited to five people, you are welcome to bring a support person as well as your child/ren. If you’d like to book in for a tour, please ring (08) 9368 9318 to discuss tour times and availability.

During the tour you will be shown through each age group to provide you the opportunity to view Ngala's Child Initiated Approach and practices. Ngala's philosophy and practices will be discussed and you will have ample opportunity ask any questions you may have.

Our main aim is to assist you with any questions you may have as well as gaining an understanding of Ngala's philosophy to give you a hand in making an informed decision about our Early Learning and Development Service.

Fee information:

Ngala ELDS charges a flat fee for the whole day. Please ring (08) 9368 9318 for further information.

Child Care Benefit (CCB):

FAO, the Family Assistance Office, is a joint venture between Centrelink, the Australian Tax Office and the Health Insurance Commission (Medicare). FAO will administer CCB on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).

Every family using an approved child care service will be provided with a Customer Reference Number (CRN). FAO also provides a CRN for each child, this information must be provided to the Service by the family.

Child Care Rebate:

The Government announced a change to the rebate which would make the tax rebate easier for families to claim. So what does this mean for families?

• From July 2008 the rebate is 50% of all out your out of pocket childcare expenses to the value of $7,500.00. Out of pocket expenses are the total fees you had to pay for child care expenses for approved care, less the amount of Child Care Benefit or Job Education Training Assistance (JET).
• To receive the tax rebate you must have been assessed as eligible for Child Care Benefit by Centrelink, and must provide your approved child care services providers with your family and child’s Customer Reference Numbers (CRN).
• The tax rebate paid to families by the Family Assistance Office (FAO) following the lodgment of a family’s tax return as a payment into their bank account rather than through the tax system. You must register your family for the tax rebate with the FAO.

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