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Overview#
We want to hear and understand community perspectives before we establish this enrolment scheme, especially the design of the enrolment categories and priorities.
The proposed new enrolment scheme is to:
- help the board of this school to manage situations where there is more demand for enrolments than there are places available within their maximum roll
- provide a fair and transparent process for enrolment
- make sure we are making the best use of schooling facilities across the Catholic Education Network in Christchurch.
If there is, or is likely to be, more applicants for enrolment at a state-integrated school than there are places available, we need to establish an enrolment scheme for the school.
State-integrated schools are not required to have a home zone but must prioritise applicants for whom the school is a reasonably convenient school.
Proposed enrolment scheme#
The proposed enrolment scheme identifies areas of reasonable convenience for St Francis of Assisi Catholic School in the form of primary and secondary 'qualifying parishes'.
It is proposed that applicants who reside in a primary qualifying parish will be prioritised above applicants who reside in a secondary qualifying parish and these applicants will be prioritised above applicants who live outside a qualifying parish. This is a format that has been consulted upon and agreed with the Catholic Education Office.
This enrolment scheme is proposed to start from 1 January 2027.
All students who are already enrolled at this school before the enrolment scheme commences are entitled to stay at the school.
Additional entitlement to enrol#
The proposal includes an 'additional entitlement to enrol' provision. This provision proposes that preference applicants who are siblings of students enrolled at the date that the enrolment scheme is implemented by the school's board will be considered as if they reside within the school’s catchment.
Read the details of this provision within the proposed enrolment scheme and provide specific feedback if this affects you.
Supporting information#
Here is some information to support your participation in the consultation process.
We recommend that you review it before submitting your feedback.
Download the information about enrolment schemes in state-integrated schools below and find the definitions of 'pre-enrolment' and 'enrolment'.
Purpose and principles of enrolment schemes#
Learn more about the purpose and principles of enrolment schemes and how these apply to state-integrated schools.
