Find your local Tasmanian Government school

Intake areas and your options for enrolling your child in school.

Primary and district school intake areas

If your child is enrolling in primary school, their local school is determined by where they live. 

Each primary school (k-6) and district school (k-12) has an intake area, also known as the catchment area. 

If your child lives in the intake area for that school, it is their local school and they are guaranteed a place at that school.

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Find your local primary or district school with the intake area map.

📍 Open the intake area map

Instructions for the intake area map

  • Open the link and wait for the map to load – this takes around 10-15 seconds.
  • Enter your home address in the search box and press enter, or choose from the list that appears.
  • Your local school name and area will be displayed.

Printable PDF Intake Area Maps

You can view the intake area for each primary and district school using PDF Intake Area Maps. These maps are the best way to print a copy of a school’s intake area.

Find your local high school

Feeder School Model

Your child’s local high school is determined by the primary school they attended when they finished Year 6.  Each primary ‘feeder’ school has one or two ‘intake high schools’. When your child finishes primary school, they are guaranteed a place at the intake high school/s their primary school feeds into.

Visit the Find Your Local High School page to find which high schools accept intake from your primary school.

Years 11 and 12

Students in Years 11 and 12 can enrol at the school that best suits their current circumstances and future aspirations.  This may be their local high school (7 to 12), district school (K to 12), or one of our colleges (Year 11 and 12 only).

To find out about options for studying Years 11 and 12, visit the Anything Can Happen website.

Benefits of attending your local government school

We asked families about the benefits of attending your local Tasmanian government school.  They said that they valued:

  • Increased sense of connection to the local community.
  • Shorter travel times to and from school.
  • Living close to school means students can walk or ride to school.
  • Makes it easier for students to catch up with their friends outside school.
  • Students like the feeling of being close to home while they’re at school.

Can I choose which school I send my child to?

  • We encourage families to enrol at their local ‘in-area’ school.
  • You may seek to enrol your child in a government school that is not your local school, if that school has capacity to accept ‘out-of-area’ enrolments.
  • You can find a list of schools that are at-capacity or nearing capacity on the Department’s ‘Which Schools are At-Capacity’ webpage.
  • Schools use the Out-of-Area Enrolment Procedure (PDF, 516KB) to apply a consistent, equitable and transparent approach to assess out-of-area enrolment requests.
  • If you would like to enrol your child as an out-of-area enrolment, and the school has capacity, they will provide you with an Expression of Interest form.
  • Schools use the completed form and the evidence that you are required to provide, to prioritise enrolments according to standard criteria contained in the Out-of-Area Enrolment Procedure (PDF, 516KB).

If the number of out-of-area enrolment applications exceeds the number that the school can accommodate, they will prioritise applications based on set criteria outlined in the Out-of-Area Enrolment Procedure.

Further answers on a variety of topics are available on our frequently asked questions page.

Contacts

If you would like specific information regarding your school’s intake area:

Contact your school directly. Contact details are available in the school directory.

If you need help finding your local high school, or need further information:

Please contact Learning Services in your region.

If you have questions related to the review of current feeder school arrangements:

If you need help to enrol your child in school: