Enrolment Procedures

see also Enrolment Policy and Enrolment Application Form

 

To lodge an application for your child, please remember to send:

• Fully completed Application for Enrolment form
• Photocopy of Birth Certificate
• Photocopy of Baptismal Certificate
• Photocopy of Immunisation Certificate
• Photocopy of most recent school report
• $110.00 non-refundable enrolment application fee

After lodging an Enrolment Application, parents will be invited to attend an enrolment interview.  It is important that your child or children who are enrolling attend this interview.

Should it be necessary to limit the intake of pupils to St Peter’s School, then preference will be given in the following order:

1. Children who have other family members in the school.

2. Baptised children of the Parish.

3. Baptised Catholic children of other parishes.

4. Children of parents who support the philosophy of Catholic Education.

Should your application be successful an acceptance of enrolment form will be supplied to you.  You are asked to complete this form giving careful consideration to the obligations regarding school fees and accepting school policies and supporting the schools ethos.   Please note your enrolment is not finished until this acceptance form is returned to the school office.

Enrolment Criteria

These ten criteria will be used to assess your application. All ten criteria are seen as important. Current demographics indicate that demand for our services will place us under increased pressure both in terms of limited space and increased applications. These criteria will assist us in determining who should be enrolled and will allow us a process for prioritizing placements. Applicants should read the parent handbook to familiarise themselves with school history, mission, beliefs and values. Expectations in regard to participation, behaviour management and educational programs of the school are also clearly outlined in this handbook.

• The parents of the applicant appreciate the Catholic identity of St Peter’s School and can articulate what they expect from a Catholic education.
  
  
• The parents of the applicant have a clear understanding and acceptance of the behavioural expectations in this school, including issues relating to: Respect for each other and for staff (manners, addressing teachers and adults, hands off); Behaviour management procedures (three steps, consequences for inappropriate behaviour, coaching room, parent communication); uniform (no hat no play, respect for uniform, wearing correctly); Personal grooming (hair length and colouring, body piercing).
  
  
• The parents of the applicant will ensure their child’s participation in all compulsory extra curricular programs as directed by the school - such as: excursions, interschool sport, concerts, camps etc.
  
  
• The parents of the applicant will support the religious programs of the school.
  
  
• The parents of the applicant regularly participate in the sacramental life of the Church tradition.
  
  
• The applicant is baptised Catholic at least two years prior to enrolment.
  
  
• The applicant's parents understand and accept the educational partnership of the home and school and that adversarial relationships are discouraged. They can articulate how this working together might work and can accept that the school and staff are to be treated and spoken about in a respectful manner in the presence of children.
  
  
• The enrolling parents commit to promptly paying all school fees and levies and / or will contact the school and cooperate with the school if financial difficulties arise.
  
  
• The parents of the applicant are willing to be involved in the community life of the school or parish. (For example- attendance at working bees, classroom assistance, tuckshop assistance, P&F involvement, excursion supervision, liturgies etc.)
  
  
• The applicant has a sibling already attending the school/the parent is a past pupil of the school.
  
  

 

Preparatory Year Enrolment Information

Enrolments for the Preparatory Year are taken from the beginning of the year prior to commencement. After the completion of the application for enrolment form, parents are notified of an interview time with the Principal or member of the Leadership Team. see Enroment Interview form

Orientation of Children
Orientation for Prep the following year takes place in November.  This is an opportunity for the Leadership Team to welcome all parents and children, to discuss general policy and practice, tour the school and for parents to meet one another and members of the Parents and Friends Association.

Eligible Age for Preparatory Year
Children must be four (4) years of age by the last day of June the year before commencing Prep. Please refer to the table below to determine in which year your child will be eligible to start in Prep or Year 1.

Birthdate	Eligible for preparatory year in:	Eligible for Year 1 in:
Child born 1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005	2010	2011
Child born 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2006	2011	2012
Child born 1 July 2006 – 30 June 2007	2012	2013
Child born 1 July 2007 - 30 June 2008	2013	2014
Child born 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009	2014	2015
Child born 1 July 2009 - 30 June 2010	2015	2016