How to Join Our School
Our enrolment process is thorough and detailed. Due to the size of Sowilo Community High School and the nature of our students’ challenges and the high enrolment demand, it is likely a position will not immediately be available.
You may be offered a place on the waitlist or be advised to re-apply at a later date.
The School will contact the parent when a position has become or is likely to become available.
The waitlist is regularly reviewed and triaged, using a range of criteria including student level of need and the status quo of the existing student body.
The lodging of a student’s name on the waitlist does not create a legal obligation upon the School to make a place available or to offer a place in a particular order in which names are placed on the list.
Lodging an Application
Each student must complete an application form providing the following information:
- Personal Details
- Birth Certificate
- Medicare Number
- Current Immunisation information and status
- Medical information
- Academic information including previous school reports or records
- Any specialist or medical reports (where applicable)
- Permissions – excursions, kickboxing/powerlifting, counseling
- Copies of residency orders, parent responsibility orders, contact orders, parenting plans, or court orders (where applicable)
- Any special needs or disabilities
- Any documentation that may be required to determine the residency status or visa subclass of the parents or the child.
When the required information has been collected, we will invite the parents/guardians and student for an interview with a member of the Welfare Team.
The focus of the interview is to meet the prospective student and their parents/guardians, provide information about the school, and understand the student’s needs.
During the interview, the following will be discussed:
- The history of the school including the adjusted academic program, code of conduct, attendance expectations, and relevant policies and procedures.
- Information or adjustments required to meet the student’s needs.
- The student will complete numeracy and literacy testing to assist the school in understanding their academic status and identify key strengths and weaknesses that will assist in developing the Individual Education Plan.
- The school may also request permission from the parents/guardians to consult with external agencies/organisations and key stakeholders to meet the student’s academic, social, and educational needs.
- Discussion of the student’s needs or identified disabilities including an outlined program of support, adjustments, and modifications the school can offer the student.
The students and their parents/guardians will be given a tour of the school by a staff member.
The gathering of information and the interview are vital to the school understanding the student’s needs and assessing what needs to be in place for the school to reasonably meet those needs.
The Sowilo Community High School Enrolment and Attendance Policy along with other relevant policies can be found on our website. Copies may also be requested from the school office by calling (08) 9390 1995.