Welcome to Amaroo School
Amaroo School caters for students from Preschool to Year 10 and offers a dynamic, inspiring and nurturing learning community dedicated to supporting all students to achieve their individual potential.
Our school values diversity and the richness it brings to our culture and we prides ourselves on providing the very best learning experiences for all our students.
We look forward to working in partnership with you and your child to ensure they can learn and develop to their full potential.
How to Enrol
Enrolment applications for the 2024 and 2025 school year are open. To enrol/transfer your child at any time during the school year please complete the online enrolment form available here.
Enrolment applications for 2024 will be processed within 10 working days of an application being submitted. Please note: This timeframe may vary for applications submitted in or around ACT Public School holidays.
Enrolment applications for 2025 made between 30 April 2024 and 7 June 2024 will receive an offer from 29 July 2024. Applications made after 7 June will receive their offers later in the year.
Visit the Education website at www.education.act.gov.au for more information on enrolling/ transferring to an ACT Public School.
Priority Enrolment Areas
Enrolment in an ACT public school is determined by a child or young person’s place of residence. The ACT is divided into Priority Enrolment Areas (PEAs) which are defined geographical areas. Every child residing within a school’s PEA is guaranteed a place at that school (Kindergarten to Year 12).
The PEA for Amaroo School for both 2024 and 2025 are listed below for your information. Please note: The PEA for Amaroo School has changed for 2025 with the opening of Agnes Shea High School (previously North Gungahlin High School). For more information visit Find My Local School.
PEA for 2024
The Priority Enrolment Areas for Preschool to Year 6 includes Amaroo and Jacka.
The Priority Enrolment Areas for Year 7 to 10 includes:
- Amaroo;
- Bonner;
- Forde (north of Helen Leonard Crescent and west of Amy Ackman Street);
- Jacka and
- Moncrieff
PEA for 2025
From 2025 the Priority Enrolment Area for Amaroo School will change. For Years 7 and 10, Moncrieff and part of Jacka (North of Appleford Ave) will be removed from Amaroo School and included in the PEA for Agnes Shea High School (previously North Gungahlin High School) in Taylor.
From 2025 the Priority Enrolment Areas for Preschool to Year 6 will include Amaroo and Jacka (South of Appleford Ave).
From 2025 the Priority Enrolment Areas for Years 7-10 will include:
- Amaroo;
- Bonner;
- Forde (north of Helen Leonard Crescent and west of Amy Ackman Street); and
- Jacka (South of Appleford Ave).
Out of Area Enrolments
Amaroo School is a Category ‘A’ school. This means we are not able to accept students from outside the PEA due significant
in-PEA demand. Category A schools will only consider applications from out of area students against the following criteria, in the order of priority indicated. When completing the online enrolment form, you will be asked to provide a reason for your out of area application. Please refer to these criteria:
- There are legal considerations, including where a Court Order states that a child or young person must attend a specific school (all schools, not subject to capacity);
- There are individual circumstances, based on student wellbeing, which mean a child or young person cannot attend their Priority Enrolment Area school, and must attend the Out of Area school to which they have applied (all schools, not subject to capacity);
- The child lives in the ACT and has a sibling who will be attending the out of area school at the same time within the same sector (all schools, subject to capacity).
For more information visit Enrolling in an 'out of area' school.
Enrolment Support at Amaroo School
The Amaroo Enrolment team is available to support parents and carers through the enrolment process. Please email amaroo.enrolments@ed.act.edu.au or call 6142 1266 to make an appointment.
Parents and carers can also call the Education Directorate’s Enrolments Helpline on (02) 6205 5429 or by email education.enrolment@act.gov.au