1. An enrolment ceiling has been established at 210 students for Year 7, 8 and 9 and 240 for Year 10.
2. No person will be discriminated against in enrolment on the grounds of their age, religion, ethnicity, disability, transgender, or marital status.
3. A placement panel has been formed to consider and make recommendations based on the established criteria on all enrolment applications.
The composition of the panel follows Department of Education and Training guidelines. In assessing the application of the criteria to individual cases, the panel will consider only those matters presented on the application form and not oral or other submissions.
All decisions of meetings will be minuted and made available on request to the school education director.
Where a parent wishes to appeal against the decision of the placement panel an appeal should be made in writing to the Principal.
The purpose of an appeal is to determine whether the stated criteria in the school policy have been applied fairly.
4. Criteria for selecting amongst enrolment applications for Years 7 to 12 (listed in priority order):
- residential location within the designated enrolment area; including Sherwood Close and all Beecroft Road;
- residential proximity to the school;
- siblings already enrolled at the school;
- non-local siblings will be given priority over all local applications received after the initial placement panel meeting
- offers to non-local siblings will be prioritised on the basis of residential proximity to the school
- long-term affiliation with the school;
- Aboriginality;
- compassionate/special circumstances which could include factors such as medical reasons, safety and supervision before and after school;
- International students to be placed after all non-locals;
- Temporary Visa Holders to be placed at the panel's discretion - successful applicants must provide original passport/visa information on Orientation Day.
