Parents

Enrolment Process and Application Forms

Enrolment Process and Application Forms

Please contact the school office on 90492100 if you require any further information!

Thank you for your interest in enrolment at St Joseph’s School, Southern Cross. We welcome applicants from both Catholic and non-Catholic families, however, those of non-Catholic origin will, as part of the enrolment process, need to agree to support the Catholic ethos and practice of the school. This involves students participating in Religious Education lessons, as well as events such as School Masses and Liturgies.

To begin the application process, please complete the Application for Enrolment Form:  Application for Enrolment K – Year 6 this form can also be obtained from our office.

Once completed, it should be sent, or delivered, to the school and you will be contacted in due course. If you have any questions, please contact the school on (08) 90492 100 and we would be happy to assist.

RATIONALE:

Catholic schools exist to further the mission of the Church. In Western Australia, the Mandate of the Bishops requires the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia to make Catholic school education available to all Catholic children, as far as resources allow.

PROCEDURES:

  1. Parents need to complete an application form, usually in the year preceding enrolment, however this may vary according to circumstances.
  2. Before an offer of a place is made, prospective students and their parents/guardians shall be interviewed by the Principal, or a member of the school leadership team, as appropriate.
  3. When being interviewed you will be asked to complete a Student Information Form with the Principal.
  4. Enrolment may take place at any year level, Kindergarten to Year 6.
  5. If the parent/guardian has knowingly withheld information relevant to the application and enrolment process, then the Principal reserves the right to refuse, or terminate, enrolment on that ground.
  6. Parents are required to read the “School Fees and Collection Policy” prior to completing the Application for Enrolment form.
  7. Parents are required to complete and sign the completed Enrolment form prior to the student commencing at the school. This is a contractual agreement between the school and the parents and outlines the obligations of parents in return for the enrolment of their child at the school.
  8. From 1 January 2019, an immunisation history statement must be provided to the school by each new student’s parent/guardian. The statement must be current; no older than two months before being sighted by the school. The statement can be obtained from the Australian Immunisation Register. This is the only valid form of evidence to prove a child’s immunisation status. If a family have moved from overseas and have immunisation records from another country, they must register their child’s immunisation documents with the Australian Immunisation Register to obtain a history statement for their child. Please see the office for further details regarding immunisation requirements.

PRINCIPALS:

  1. CEWA exists to provide a distinctly Catholic education for children enrolled in Catholic schools.
  2. CEWA recognises the uniqueness of each student.
  3. CEWA promotes justice to all, with due consideration for the diversity of those who are culturally, socially, physically, intellectually, financially, emotionally or spiritually disadvantaged.
  4. CEWA clearly aligns its enrolment policies and practices with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (DSE), and therefore schools are required to consider the rights and protection this legislation affords prospective students, their parents/guardians as well as their own schools (Part 4 Standard for Enrolments).
  5. Financial grounds must never be the reason for the non-enrolment in, or exclusion of, any child from a CEWA school.
  6. CEWA fulfils their mission in partnership with parents, who are the first educators of their children.
  7. Catholic students will be given enrolment preference wherever possible and practicable.
  8. Aboriginal students must be given enrolment preference wherever possible and practicable.
  9. Enrolment in a CEWA school does not guarantee enrolment in any other CEWA school.
  10. Participation in programs run by a CEWA school (e.g., three-year-old programs, out of school hours care) does not guarantee enrolment in any CEWA school
Welcome Letter to new Parents
Application for Enrolment K – Year 6
K – Yr 6 Enrolment Form