School Enrolment Management Plan
Kelvin Grove State College recognises as its prime obligation, the provision of access to an appropriate educational service for students whose principal place of residence is within the school's catchment area.
The school has experienced unprecedented growth in its school population and the increase in numbers has been particularly exacerbated by the number of families moving into the catchment area, as well as influenced by proposed future development in the catchment area.
Due to enrolment capacity and growth, Kelvin Grove State College may be unable to meet this obligation in the future unless action is taken to manage enrolments. The executive principal must restrict the enrolment of out-of-catchment students to ensure in-catchment students can enrol at their local state school without requiring additional facilities.
Student enrolment capacity
Kelvin Grove State College has a maximum student enrolment capacity of 3,550 students (across Prep to Year 12).
The school’s Programs of Excellence are supported through the allocation of a defined number of places. Places in the Programs of Excellence will only be available to out-of-catchment enrolments once the demand for in-catchment enrolment has been met and sufficient student enrolment capacity has been reserved for future in-catchment growth. Currently Kelvin Grove State College has the capacity to enrol 200 students in the Programs of Excellence (note that numbers vary year to year and are subject to change).
Local catchment area
A school’s local catchment area is the defined geographical area from which the school is to have its core intake of students. Kelvin Grove State College operates under a negotiated catchment area.
The school’s catchment map is available to be viewed at either the school’s administration building or online at
EdMap. The negotiated catchment area for the school may be subject to change and a residential address within the current catchment should not be relied upon as a guarantee of a future entitlement to enrol.
Enrolment policy
Students within catchment
Any student, whose principal place of residence is within the school’s catchment area/s, is—subject to the
Education (General Provisions) Act 2006— entitled to enrol at the school. The executive principal will reserve places for students who move into the catchment area throughout the school year.
Parents or legal guardians who wish to enrol their child at the school will need to demonstrate that the student’s principal place of residence is within the catchment area. Current proof of residency at the address indicated can be provided by the following:
- 1 primary source—a current residential rental/lease agreement, or rates notice, or unconditional contract of sale
- 1 secondary source—a utility bill (e.g. electricity, gas) showing this same address and parent’s/legal guardian’s name
- 1 third source—an RTA (Residential Tenancies Authority) bond receipt, driver’s licence—showing current address details—and an additional bill.
If the executive principal is not satisfied that the documentation provided by an applicant demonstrates adequately that the address stated is the student’s principal place of residence, then the executive principal may request further sources of proof of residency. Examples may include (but are not limited to):
- additional utility bills (e.g. an internet bill) or a series of bills at for the same address over a sequential period to demonstrate continued/ongoing residency
- electoral roll verification letter
- mobile phone statement (with current address details)
- statutory declaration
- driver’s licence (showing current address details)
- bank statement (showing current address details; financial details are not required)
- tax assessment notice (financial details are not required)
- documents demonstrating recent change of address/re-location to within the school’s catchment area (e.g. proof of sale or termination of lease for the previous principal place of residence in a different catchment).
The executive principal may also request a properly sworn statutory declaration from the enrolling parent or legal guardian attesting that the student’s principal place of residence is the place nominated in the enrolment application.
In addition to the documents listed above, students living with a relative/other person within catchment must provide the following:
- properly sworn statutory declaration from the student’s parent/legal guardian
- properly sworn statutory declaration from the person/s the student will be residing with in-catchment.
The executive principal may also request additional pieces of proof of residency and interview/s with all parties to discuss the living arrangement.
Out-of-catchment enrolments
Enrolment of students from outside the local catchment area is restricted to ensure that enrolments do not exceed the student enrolment capacity. This school can only enrol out-of-catchment students if all of the below criteria are met:
- if there is sufficient spare capacity after reserving places for students who move into the catchment during the year
- after considering the school’s projected future enrolment growth.
Out-of-catchment students applying for enrolment at this school are placed on a waiting list in order of receipt, by date and time. These applications will remain current only for the school year in which they are applying to enrol.
- Programs of Excellence
- Subject to available student enrolment capacity, places will only be available to out-of-catchment enrolments if they satisfy the school’s criteria for placement in that program/s and the defined number of places has not yet been filled by enrolments from within the catchment. Sufficient student enrolment capacity must be reserved for future in-catchment growth. (Please note: The enrolment criteria for Programs of Excellence are available on the school website.)
- The programs are heavily oversubscribed each year, and the application fee covers the cost of the assessment process. There is no guarantee of receiving an offer of enrolment under these Programs and entry is entirely at the discretion of the executive principal.
- The demand for enrolment at Kelvin Grove State College far exceeds the positions available in each year level.
- All other out-of-catchment enrolment applications.
False or misleading statements
The executive principal reserves the right to undertake an audit at any time to ensure compliance with the requirements under this School Enrolment Management Plan and an entitlement to enrol. If false or misleading information has been used to obtain enrolment, a student's enrolment will cease. The school reserves the right to independently assess, validate or investigate applications for enrolment and will refer false or misleading applications to the Queensland Police Service.
Other students who may be entitled to enrol
The following groups of students are able to enrol, subject to the availability of places at the school in accordance with the out-of-catchment enrolment capacity of the school:
- Children and young people who are subject to child protection orders that grant guardianship or custody to the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety.
- Students who have successfully met the standards required and been offered a place to join the Queensland Ballet Academy, after auditioning with Queensland Ballet and Kelvin Grove State College. Information relating to the audition process can be obtained on the Queensland Ballet Academy website.
- Students who have been excluded from another school, dependent upon the conditions related to the exclusion, subject to agreement of the Executive Principal and Regional Director.
- Students whose principal place of residence is further than 55km to their nearest state school are entitled to enrol at any neighbouring school.
- Students in remote/regional locations who access a School Transport Assistance Scheme (STAS) bus service, provided by the Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR), to travel to their closest school, as determined by the DTMR bus route.
- Siblings** of current students at the school (excluding siblings of students who were placed at the school as a result of exclusion from another school).
**To be considered under the sibling provision, the:
- applicant must meet the definition of sibling in the School Enrolment Management Plans (School EMP) procedure
- intended enrolment commencement and/or attendance of the sibling must be concurrent with the attendance of current student for the application to be valid. For example, if the applicant will be commencing in 2026, but the current enrolled sibling finishes school in 2025, then the application will not be considered under the sibling provision
- siblings of out-of-catchment students are not eligible for automatic enrolment at Kelvin Grove State College. Siblings of former local catchment students who no longer reside in catchment are not eligible for automatic enrolment. That is, there is no automatic enrolment for siblings, who reside outside of the catchment area.
Gazettal date
This updated version of the School Enrolment Management Plan of Kelvin Grove State College was gazetted on 7 November 2025.
The School Enrolment Management Plan is reviewed periodically, and if required, updated in accordance with the processes set out in the
Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 to reflect any changes.