Background
Rationale
Enrolment capacity of school
Local catchment area
Enrolment Policy
Enrolment Criteria
Proof of Residency
Acceptance and notification processes
Review
Enrolment Management Committee
North Arm State School is a school of 350 students located on the Sunshine Coast twenty kilometres inland from Coolum, between the towns of Eumundi and Yandina. As there is no commercial town, it exists as the central focus of a small, rural community. The school is very strongly supported by its own community, and that of the wider Sunshine Coast.
The school offers a broad curriculum, and attains high academic outcomes for students, under the ethos of Lifelong Learning for â€'Heart Mind and Earthâ€'.
As a high performance and high demand school, request for enrolment is significant.
North Arm State 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 North Arm State School may be unable to meet this obligation in future, unless action is taken now to manage enrolment.
This plan sets out the conditions under which students may be enrolled into North Arm State School.
The school currently has the capacity to enrol up to 404 students in 17 classrooms.
The school's enrolment capacity for students who live outside the local catchment is dependant upon:
The local catchment area is based on equidistance boundaries with other schools. The attached map defines the boundary area for which North Arm State 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.
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 schoolâ€'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 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 schoolâ€'s local catchment boundary who apply for enrolment at the school will be placed on a waiting list in order of receipt of application. 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 North Arm State School under the 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:
Applications for admission into Years P-7 will be accepted each year from the beginning of Term 1 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 Principal (Chair), P&C Representative, Representative of Executive Director (Schools), Business Services Manager
Further appeal should be directed to the Executive Director (Schools) whose decision will be final.
Please contact the principal at North Arm State School on (07) 5472 9888 should you wish to discuss, or need further assistance with the enrolment process.
This page was last reviewed on 18 Oct 2011 at 09:47AM
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