ENROLMENT POLICY

St Mary’s Primary School caters for all students from Prep to Year 6. St Mary’s Learning Community welcomes all who wish to join and acknowledge our Christian values and traditions. Our enrolment procedure is outlined below.

Enrolment Procedure

The enrolment procedure states: A process of discernment regarding the offer of enrolment places must be undertaken by each school/college, establishing clear criteria for prioritising applications based on the availability of positions. Each application must be judged on its merit, with priority normally given to:

1. Catholic students and applicants from Catholic families (noting that our ecumenical schools/colleges support families who wish to actively develop their faith within a contemporary Christian community);
2. a sibling of a current or past student of the school/college
3. a student from a BCE Catholic primary or secondary school
4. a student from other Catholic schools or kindergarten managed by Catholic Early EdCare (if relevant)
5. Applicants from families from another or no faith tradition who are willing to commit to the values of the school/college and who are willing to support and contribute positively to the life of the school/college.​

Enrolment will be reliant on a vacancy existing in the relevant year level.  When a vacancy exists, order of acceptance regarding the above priorities is according to date of enrolment application.

Children will not be excluded from St Mary’s Parish School for economic reasons related to the inability of the family to pay fees.  It would be an expectation, however, that all families would be able to make a contribution towards such fees.

While the above priorities still apply, students with special needs will only be enrolled in accordance with Brisbane Catholic Education's Policy on Enrolment and Support Procedures for Students with Special Needs.

At the discretion of the Parish Priest and the Principal, variation may be made to this policy for the pastoral needs of those concerned.​​

​Prep Enrolment Eligibility 

Please contact the school should you have queries relating to enrolment information.​

 Enrolment Age:

• A child is eligible to commence Prep provided he/she is five years of age by 30th June of their starting year.

• A child is eligible to commence Year 1 provided he/she is five years of age by 31st December of the preceding year.

Please refer to the table below to determine in which year your child will be eligible to start in Prep or Year 1.

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