·         A student is considered to be enrolled when he or she is placed on the admission register of a school

·         A student should be enrolled in one school only at any given time.

·         Children are entitled to be enrolled at the government school that is designated for the intake area within which the child’s home is situated and that the child is eligible to attend.

·         Parents may seek to enrol their child in the school of their choice.

·         School local areas are determined by the Department of School Education & Training through a process involving consultation between the Properties Directorate and the district superintendent.

·         Schools are required to set an enrolment number to cater for anticipated local demand and to seek to ensure that every eligible local child has a place at his or her local school if he or she chooses to attend it.

·         The decision on where to enrol a student, and with what level of support, will depend on a number of factors, including a student’s educational needs, the expressed desires of parents and caregivers, the capacity of the system to provide the level of support services required generally and at a particular location and the availability of support services at alternative locations.

·         As no additional accommodation will be provided to cater for increased enrolments resulting from non-local placements, an enrolment buffer has been predetermined.  No non-local enrolments will be accepted once the buffer enrolment has been reached.  This buffer is to cater for unexpected local students arriving throughout the year and is based on historical data and enrolment fluctuations caused through families moving in and out of the area.  Placements in the buffer zone are not to be offered to non-local students.

·         When spare accommodation exists, except for enrolments at the commencement of the school year, non-local placements must not generate demand for extra staff or create disruption to school routine.

·         Criteria for non-local enrolment applications:

                   *   preference given to siblings of children already enrolled at the school where possible;

                   *   other factors could include [but not in priority order]:

                              i]  proximity and access to school

                                          ii]  medical reasons

                                         iii]  safety and supervision before and after school

                                         iv]  availability of subjects

                                          v]  compassionate circumstances

                                         vi]  structure and organisation of school

·         Waiting lists may be established and parents will be advised in writing  of their child’s position on list.

·         Appeals may be made in writing to the Principal.  If the matter is not resolved at local level, the District Superintendent will make a determination.

·         Local applications need to include 3 pieces of documentation proving residency at the said address i.e. rental agreement, rates notice, electricity/gas/phone bill etc.

·         Local applications are those residing in the following feeder streets.