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
Oonoonba State School was relocated from its original site in 2002 to a new school campus on Fairfield Waters Drive in Idalia. The surrounding area was earmarked for residential development. Since 2002, many new homes have been built in the area and the school population has steadily increased. Several neighbouring schools have Enrolment Management Plans. Commencing at the end of 2010, the Queensland Government has proposed the development of the Oonoonba Urban Development Area, with up to nine hundred residential lots. This planned development is within our current catchment area and should provide a significant number of future enrolments for our school.
Oonoonba State School is recognised by community members as a school that provides quality educational programs, catering for students of varying abilities, including students with disabilities, and designed to develop social, emotional and physical well being Oonoonba State School also caters for a large number of Defence Force families.
Oonoonba 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, Oonoonba 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 Oonoonba State School.
The school currently has the capacity to enrol up to 546 students in 23 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 Oonoonba 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.
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 area 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 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 Oonoonba 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 Prep to 7 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, P&C President/Representative and Executive Director (Schools Improvement)/Staff Representaive.
Further appeal should be directed to the Executive Director (Schools Improvement) whose decision will be final.
Reviewed annually.
The Oonoonba State School Enrolment Management Plan is operational from 1 September 2010.
This page was last reviewed on 18 Oct 2011 at 09:51AM
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