Managing Age Eligibility and Priority

Overview
EnrolNow supports several different ways to manage age-related rules. These can help you:

• Prevent ineligible registrations

• Prioritise families who apply early

• Understand who may be eligible for alternatives (e.g. deferrals)

Here’s a quick overview of the most common approaches:

1. Block applications based on Age (Form-Level Validation)

Families are prevented from submitting a form if their child is too young for the selected care period or program type.

Used for:

• Preventing ineligible registrations
• Clean data from the outset

2. Priority for Early Applicants (e.g. 2nd Birthday Logic)

You can assign higher priority to children who apply close to their second birthday.

Used for:

• Prioritising families who apply early

3. Prioritise Older Children by Cutoff Date

Some services calculate a child's age as at a certain date to ensure older children are allocated first. Your cutoff date can be tailored to your region or policy – e.g. 1 Jan, 31 July, etc.

Used for:

• Services that align to state-based rules (e.g. NSW priority for children based on their age as at 31 Jul in the year of attendance)
• Services that want to prioritise older children (e.g. VIC priority based on 1 Jan age)

Which one is right for your service?

Contact us at support@enrolnow.com.au to choose the option that fits your needs. We can customise the setup based on your policies and priorities.