Background
Rationale
Enrolment capacity of school
Local catchment area
Enrolment Policy
Enrolment Criteria
Proof of Residency
Acceptance and notification processes
Review
Enrolment Management Committee
Review Date
Bremer State High School is located close to the Ipswich CBD and has provided learning opportunities for students in the Ipswich area for 50 years. The school is currently planning a redevelopment of its facilities and at the end of 2010 will relocate to a site adjoining the University of Queensland's Ipswich Campus. The school is experiencing significant enrolment growth in recent years. Enrolments have increased from 1279 students in 2008 to 1468 students in 2010.
Bremer State High School offers a broad academic and vocational curriculum to meet the needs of its students. Students in Years 11 and 12 have forty-four subjects from which to select a learning program. The learning program can also be enriched through access to courses provided by Universities and Colleges of TAFE.
There is a strong culture of support to ensure that students mature in a safe and caring environment. Our health education and music programs attract strong interest from students in the Ipswich area. Bremer State High School is one of a select group of schools to offer Aviation Studies as a subject in its curriculum. The new facilities will ensure a strong focus on e-learning and research as key teaching and learning processes.
Bremer State High School recognises as its prime obligation the provision of access to an appropriate educational service for students resident within this community as defined by its local catchment area.
Because of enrolment capacity and growth, Bremer State High School may be unable to meet this obligation in future, unless action is taken now to manage its enrolments.
This plan sets out the conditions under which students may be enrolled into Bremer State High School.
The school currently has the capacity to enrol up to 1748 students in 85 classrooms.
The school's enrolment capacity for students who live outside the local catchment is dependant upon:
The local catchment area is based on equidistant boundaries with other schools. The attached map defines the boundary area for which Bremer State High School is the closest school by vehicular trafficable route. Should this capacity change because of changes to road networks, this will be formally notified through the registration and gazettal of an amended plan including the operative date for the new catchment area.
As Bremer State High School is in an area that is still being developed, or has the potential for re-development, the catchment boundary has the potential to change as new trafficable routes are established. This Plan will be updated if the catchment area changes with an operative date. During this transition phase students who live within the new proposed enrolment boundary will be allowed to enrol at the school.
Programs for students with disabilities are regional programs for students whose educational support needs are additional to, or different from, other students. Students who live outside the catchment area and are verified with a disability can enrol in the school to attend the program if it is the closest program to their home and meets their individualised need.
All students who reside within the local catchment area and are eligible for enrolment in the educational program offered by the school have a right to enrolment at the school. The Principal will hold places for students who relocate to within the catchment boundary throughout the school year.
Enrolment of students from outside the local catchment area will be managed to ensure that the total current and forecast enrolments do not exceed the school's current built capacity and where applicable will ensure there is an even spread of students across year levels or class groupings.
The school's school enrolment management plan does not replace other departmental policy; for example Safe, Supportive and Disciplined School Environment, nor does it override subsequent determinations regarding built school capacity.
Students who reside outside the school's local catchment boundary who apply for enrolment at the school will be put on a waiting list in order of receipt of application. Where there is spare capacity, students will be enrolled from the waiting list based on the following criteria and order of priority:
Parents who wish to enrol their child/ren at Bremer State High School under the School Enrolment Management Plan will need to demonstrate that the child/ren to be enrolled reside within the catchment area. The following documentation may be required if requested by the Principal:
If unable to provide this proof of residence, a Statutory Declaration confirming that an officer authorised to endorse statutory declarations has sighted sufficient evidence that in their opinion the student is a resident within the catchment area, must be provided.
Applications for admission into Years 8-12 will be accepted each year from the beginning of Term 3 for enrolment to commence from the beginning of Term 1 the following year.
Applications will be recorded in order of receipt.
Applications will remain current only for the year of submission.
All enrolment applications will be considered on merit in accordance with the enrolment criteria.
Parents wishing to have an unsuccessful enrolment application reviewed may seek clarification from the Principal. Parents may provide a written submission seeking a review of an unsuccessful enrolment application. This submission should present evidence to substantiate a claim that the stated criteria have not been applied fairly and equitably.
The Enrolment Management Committee will review written submissions and the reply should be in writing within 14 days of submission.
The enrolment management committee consists of the Principal (Chair), a P&C or School Council representative/a representative of the Regional Director and a staff representative.
Further appeal should be directed to the Assistant Regional Director on behalf of the Regional Director whose decision will be final.
The EMP will be reviewed annually.
The Bremer State High School SEMP was gazetted on 10 February 2012.
This page was last reviewed on 14 Feb 2012
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