Pro Forma

Enrolment Scheme

Maximum Roll

The school's roll will be managed within the maximum roll prescribed in the school's integration agreement (or within the agreed school capacity of <number>, if this is lower than the maximum roll). The board will make provision for likely population movements in the general area served by the school that occur during the school year or after the end of the pre-enrolment period.

Priority in enrolment

Applications for enrolment will be processed in the following order of priority.

First priority * will be given to preference applicants for whom the school is reasonably convenient. These are students who.... Refer to the section in the Guidelines entitled "Catering for local students". Identify the students as unambiguously as possible. State whether students in this group are given an absolute guarantee of enrolment eg Students within this priority group are guaranteed enrolment unless including all of them would exceed the school's maximum roll (and/or school capacity). In such a situation, students will be ranked for selection in accordance with their proximity to the school (or some other fair means such as by ballot or in order of receipt of application).

Second priority* will be given to preference applicants who are siblings of current students but are not covered by the first priority. (Not compulsory.)

Third priority* will be given to preference applicants who are siblings of former students but are not covered by the first priority. (Not compulsory.)

Fourth priority* will be given to preference students who are the children of board employees but are not covered by the first priority. (Not compulsory.)

Fifth priority* will be given to all other preference applicants. At this priority level, preference in enrolment will be given to students who meet one or more of the following criteria:

• Enrolment is sought at new entrant level (or Form 1 or Form 3, depending on the class of the school).
• Proximity to the school.
• Current enrolment at <named schools>.

(Note: This wording is a suggestion only. The board may wish to develop more specific priority categories or alternatively simply rank students by one of the means suggested in the first priority above.)

Sixth priority* will be given to non-preference students. Non-preference students will be enrolled only if enrolment places remain after all preference applicants have been enrolled and the board judges that enrolment of the non-preference students will not compromise its ability to offer places to preference students who may apply for enrolment at a later date. Priority among non-preference students will be given to students who meet one or more of the following criteria:

• Enrolment is sought at new entrant level (or Form 1 or Form 3, depending on the class of the school).
• Proximity to the school.

(Note: The wording is a suggestion only. The board may prefer to simply allocate any available places by one of the means suggested in the first priority above.)

Applicants seeking first priority status may be required to provide proof of residence in the specified area. (This sentence is not compulsory and in any case would be used only if priority one status is keyed to residence in a specified geographic area.)
Applicants seeking second or third priority status may be required to provide proof of a sibling relationship. (This sentence is not compulsory and in any case would be used only if the board decides to give priority to siblings.)

If the total number of applications from preference students is less than the number of places available, all preference applicants will be enrolled.

The number of places available for non-preference students will be governed by the maximum number allowable under the school's Integration Agreement.

*Note: Instead of devising some method of differentiating between students at each priority level (as in priority groups 1,5 and 6 above), at this point it may be more sensible to include a paragraph like the following.

If there are more applicants in any one priority grouping than places available, places will be allocated by ballot or will be allocated in order of the students' distance from the school.

If the total number of applications is greater than the number of places available, unsuccessful applicants will have their names recorded on a waiting list, within their relevant priority category, ranked in order of their distance from the school (or in the order in which they were drawn in the ballot if this has been the method of selection). Students on the waiting list may be offered places at a later date if places become available. The waiting list will remain current until the board next notifies the public that it is inviting applications for the next enrolment intake.

Special Programme (NB Insert only if relevant)

The school operates the following special programme:

<state name>

Preference students who fall within the definition of "reasonably convenient" given above and who meet the criteria for enrolment in the special programme will be enrolled in the programme ahead of other students who meet the criteria for enrolment.

Non-preference students who meet the criteria for enrolment in the programme will be enrolled in the programme only if places remain after all eligible preference students have been accommodated.

The criteria for acceptance into the programme are as follows:

Specify the criteria on which students will be accepted, including the procedures to be used to determine which students will be enrolled if there are more eligible applicants than places available.

Pre-enrolment

Each year applications for enrolment will be sought by a date which will be published in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.

This draft enrolment scheme is available on the Enrolment schemes - useful documents for schools page.