Enrolment

Enrolment Policy

RATIONALE

Majella Catholic Primary School exists to further the mission of the Catholic Church in Western Australia. The Mandate of the Bishops of Western Australia requires that a Catholic school education be made available to all Catholic school aged children, as far as resources allow.

PRINCIPLES

• Majella Catholic Primary School provides a distinctly Catholic education for enrolled children.
• Majella Catholic Primary School recognises the uniqueness of each student.
• Majella Catholic Primary School promotes justice to all, with due consideration for the diversity of those who are culturally, socially, physically, intellectually, financially, emotionally or spiritually disadvantaged.
• Majella Catholic Primary School fulfils its mission in partnership with parents who are the first educators of their children.
• Majella Catholic Primary School is required to comply with the requirements of student enrolment in accordance with the Western Australian School Education Act 1999 and the Disability Standards in Education 2005.
• Majella Catholic Primary School accepts all applications for enrolment. The acceptance of an application form does not guarantee an enrolment interview or subsequent offer of enrolment.
• Aboriginal students shall be given enrolment preference wherever possible and practicable.
• Financial grounds shall never be the reason for the non-enrolment in, or exclusion of, any child from Majella Catholic Primary School.
• Enrolment at Majella Catholic Primary School does not guarantee enrolment in any other Catholic school.

PROCEDURES

The enrolment policy at Majella Catholic Primary School provides for the following enrolment priority:

• Catholic students from the parish with a Parish Priest reference
• Catholic students from outside the parish with a Parish Priest reference
• Other Catholic students
• Siblings of non-Catholic students
• Non-Catholic students from other Christian denominations
• Other non-Catholic students.

Aboriginal students shall be given enrolment preference wherever possible and practicable.

Enrolment to Majella Catholic Primary School shall comply with the requirements of the Western Australian School Education Act 1999 for education as well as the Disability Standards in Education 2005.

Parents or guardians seeking enrolment for their children at Majella Catholic Primary School must complete the school’s ‘Application for Enrolment’ form (prior to interview) and ‘Enrolment’ form (post interview) and provide all requested documentation.

Enrolment may take place at any year level, K–6. A parent of a Kindergarten student may, in consultation with the principal, defer the taking up of an offer of enrolment until the commencement of Pre-primary.

Before an offer of a place is made, prospective students and their parent(s) or guardian(s) shall be interviewed by the principal or a member of the School Leadership Team.

Prospective parents and guardians shall be informed of Majella Catholic Primary School’s schedule of fees and payment policy at the time of interview.

Following the acceptance of an interview, the principal shall ascertain if the student has any special educational, medical, social or emotional needs which will require differential resourcing if schooling is to achieve educational outcomes appropriate to the student’s learning needs.

Before enrolment is confirmed, all custodial parents or guardians shall sign a declaration that, to the best of their knowledge, they have:

• provided a copy of any Parenting or Restraint Order that applies to the prospective student
• provided the necessary documentation to confirm the student’s Australian residency status
• fully understood, agree and accept that they and their child will participate in all required parts of the educational program of the school including the Religious Education and faith programs
• viewed, fully understood and agree to the terms and conditions set out in Majella’s Fee Setting and Collection Policy
• received a Privacy Collection Notice
• fully and truthfully completed the Enrolment form.

Where a parent or guardian has knowingly withheld material or information relevant to the application/enrolment process, then the principal reserves the right to refuse or terminate enrolment on that ground.

REFERENCES

¹Bishops Mandate for the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia 2009 – 2015.