Enrolling at a Great Start Early Learning Centre

For NEW families to the Centre who have an EXISTING My Family Lounge account (from the Great Start Early Learning Centre or another organisation), skip the registration process and go to the next step.

For NEW families to this centre who have not used My Family Lounge and therefore do not have an existing account, Click on the REGISTER button on the right. You will be taken through to a registration process to create your My Family Lounge account.

The email address you enter will be the user name and also the email address from which you receive correspondence going forward.

During the registration process, you will be sent an email from My Family Lounge. Once you receive this email, click the ‘Complete Registration’ button to enter a password and also review and agree to the terms and conditions of enrolment. On completion of My Family Lounge registration, enter QK Enrol to add your contact information.

If there are no vacancies at the centre, please complete the waitlisting form using the QK Enrol portal. We regularly review the waitlist and we will contact you if a place becomes available.

In the My Family Lounge, enter QK Enrol, press ‘Add Child’ under the ‘Child’ section. Search and select our centre. Add in your child details and answer the waitlist questions. Press Save.

Enter QK Enrol in the My Family Lounge. Under Booking Requests, click ‘New Request’ and the ‘Add Waitlist Details’ screen will appear. Follows steps and press save to add child’s name to centre waitlist. The centre will be in contact once a position is available.

Once you are offered a place at the centre via QK Enrol, you will complete an Enrolment Form and Complying Written Arrangement (CWA) for each child. In the Complying Written Arrangement you will need to elect the session duration most appropriate for your family. We will contact you to arrange suitable times for you and your child to undertake orientation at the centre.

To finalise the enrolment an initial fee must be paid. The initial fee is calculated as the greater of amounts: $100 or two weeks fees. Your centre director will advise the initial fee amount. On your child’s commencement, the initial fee amount will be credited to your account and offset against the amount due for the two weeks fees due in advance. Please note, if your child does not commence as booked, the initial fee is non-refundable.

We’ve made payment easy for you and have direct debit implemented via bank account or credit card on a weekly basis. A direct debit authority form is required to be completed and signed upon enrolment. Please complete a new form if any of your information changes.