After first considering high priority children (as defined by the Department of Education), Service Providers can choose to apply locally agreed criteria to prioritise children and determine the order in which offers are made. Many service providers use location based rules such as residential proximity as one of these locally agreed criteria. These rules differ by council / kindergarten, this article outlines the various options that EnrolNow can support through our automated scoring rules.
Closest Service
Calculated by checking the child's address and comparing that address to all services with an active program for that child in the upcoming care period. The service located closest to the child's address is recorded against the child record as the "Closest Service to Address". This is then compared to the 1st preferenced service of the child. Where the Closest Service to Address is the same as the 1st preferenced service, the child is automatically marked as "Closest Service" = TRUE for scoring rule calculations.
Proximity (Residency within a defined zone)
Generally used for Local Government Areas (LGA) in situations where a child is given priority if their residential address falls within that residential area. A KML File must be provided by the customer which acts to define the boundaries of the area which should be classified as the priority area.
When registrations are received the child's address is compared to the area defined by the KML file and where the address falls within the defined area the child is marked as "Proximity" = TRUE
Radius / Distance to Service
Used by LGA's or Independent Kindergartens to provide priority to children where the residential address is within a defined distance of the service
- LGA's / Groups: The "Distance to Service" is calculated as the distance between a child's address and the 1st preferenced service for next year.
- Independent Kindergartens: The "Distance to Service" is calculated as the distance between the child's address and the Kindergarten
Rules can be defined in your system to define what distance should be provided with priority. For example, some customers define that any child within 2km of the service should be prioritised. In this case, any child where the Distance to Service is 2km or less will be automatically marked as Radius = TRUE.
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