Kindy milestone

A special cohort of students at five public schools has marked a double milestone this week, starting school for the very first time as part of the new full-time Kindergarten pilot.

The young students celebrated not only their first day of school, but also the first day of the pilot.  

The full-time Kindergarten pilot is being rolled out at three Perth schools and two located in regional WA.  

The five schools participating in 2026 are:  

• Banksia Grove Primary School  
• Dalyellup Primary School  
• Halidon Primary School  
• Roleystone Community College  
• South Kalgoorlie Primary School.   

Students at pilot schools will benefit from full-time play-based early learning, providing the opportunity for students to build confidence, resilience, language skills and social-emotional skills to help ease their transition into full-time school.  

Kindergarten will remain non-compulsory, and schools will work with families on the best transition to full-time school for their child.  

The pilot is being coordinated by the Office of Early Childhood in consultation with the Department of Education, schools and members of local communities.   

It will expand to more schools in 2027.   

For more information, refer to the Office of Early Childhood’s website.