24 AprInformation Session Two – Best Start, Best Life reforms (Pre-Prep/Priority Cohorts 2026/28)
VCOSS is hosting an online information session to provide an overview of the Victorian Government’s Best Start, Best Life reforms, with a particular focus on Pre-Prep.
We know that participation in high-quality early childhood education is one of the most important ways to prevent and disrupt disadvantage.
Four-Year-Old Kindergarten is transitioning to Pre-Prep, with programs across Victoria gradually increasing to between 16 and 30 hours of play-based learning per week, led by a qualified teacher.
From 2026 the following priority cohorts will be able to access 16 – 25 hours of Pre-Prep per week:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children;
- children from refugee or asylum seeker backgrounds; and
- children who have had contact with child protection services.
From 2028 children from priority cohorts such as those with a Commonwealth concession card can access 16 – 25 hours and from 2036 all children across Victoria will have access to 30 hours of Pre-Prep.
This session will include representatives from the Department of Education’s Kindergarten Expansion and Pre-Prep Reform Division.
The Department will provide an overview of Victoria’s Best Start, Best Life reforms with a particular focus on the roll out of Pre-Prep and access for priority cohorts. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions about the reforms.
Wednesday 14 May
11:30am-12:30pm
Online via Zoom
Click HERE to register.
