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In catchment Enrolment Process
Calamvale Community 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.
Enrolment capacity and growth Calamvale Community College may mean the College is unable to meet this obligation in the future, unless action is taken to manage enrolments. The 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.
This School Enrolment Management Plan (School EMP) sets out the conditions under which students may be enrolled into Calamvale Community College, subject to any other requirements or limitations in:
This School EMP is supported by:
Student Enrolment Capacity of School
Calamvale Community College has a maximum Student Enrolment Capacity of 2868 students.
The number of students entering Prep in any given year must not exceed 175 in 7 classrooms, unless there are more than 175 students enrolling from within the catchment area.
Local Catchment Area
The school’s local catchment area is the defined geographical area from which the school is to have its core intake of students.
Calamvale Community College operates under a negotiated catchment area.
As Calamvale Community College is a Prep to Year 12 campus, it has separate catchment areas for primary and secondary.
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 school 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 way of one of each of the following:
• One primary source – a current rental/lease agreement, or rates notice, or unconditional contract of sale; and
• One secondary source – a utility bill (e.g. electricity, gas) showing this same address and parent’s/legal guardian’s name.
If the 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 Principal may request further sources of proof of residency. Examples may include (but are not limited to):
• Additional utility bills (e.g. water 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)
• Driver’s Licence (with 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).
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; and
• Properly sworn Statutory Declaration from the person/s the student will be residing with in-catchment.
The Principal may also request additional pieces of proof of residency and interview/s with all parties to discuss the living arrangement.
Applicants should note that a false statement/assertion about the student’s principal place of residence may amount to an offence and may be reported to police. The school Principal may repeal a decision to enrol a student in such circumstances.
Specialist Programs Enrolment (In Catchment)
if applying for our IB Program for Years 11-12 please fill out our Out of Catchment Application (if required) plus our Specialist Programs Expression of Interest
If applying for our Excellence programs, please complete the following
Enrolment form and Out of Catchment Application (if required) and our Specialist Programs Expression of Interest form via relevant links
Out-of-Catchment application
Applications from any other person, not meeting the criteria outlined above, is an out-of-catchment application. 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:
I. if there is sufficient capacity after reserving places for students who move into the catchment during the year; and
II. after taking into account the school’s projected future enrolment growth.
Out-of-catchment students applying for enrolment at this school are placed on a waiting list, assessed in order of receipt and prioritised as follows:
For P-12 schools:- Primary school-aged siblings of students currently enrolled in the secondary campus.
- Secondary school-aged siblings of students currently enrolled in the primary campus.
- Students who live within the primary catchment, but upon enrolment would be attending the secondary campus.
- Students who live within the secondary catchment, but upon enrolment would be attending the primary campus.
Acceptance and Assessment Process
Out-of-catchment enrolment applications will be recorded 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.
Decisions on Enrolment
The Principal is responsible for all decisions on enrolments.
Where the Principal forms a preliminary view that an application will not succeed, applicants will be notified in writing. Applicants may respond to the Principal’s preliminary view by making a submission to the Principal, no later than seven (7) school days after receiving the preliminary view letter.
If no submission is received, the Principal’s preliminary view will be treated as the final decision and no further notice will be provided.
If a submission is received, the Principal will consider the submission and make a final decision. A final decision notice will be provided to the applicant as soon as is practicable. There is no internal review of the Principal’s decision.
A person aggrieved by an enrolment decision of the Principal can find information about the available complaints processes at the:
Please note: Statutory Declarations are not admissible.
On return of ALL the above information, an interview time will be scheduled. Student/s must attend this interview with Parent/Caregiver.
Prep
Please contact the College on (07) 3712 6333 to discuss our Prep enrolment procedure.
Catchment area
For information about the school catchment area, view the
Calamvale Community College catchment area.