A separate enrolment form needs to be completed for PreSchool and Reception. There are two intakes for Reception each year. It is therefore important to begin PreSchool/Kindergarten 12 months before the school starting term.

• children who turn 5 years before 31 March begin in Term 1
  children who turn 5 years before 31 August begin in Term 3

How do I enrol my child?

• parents submit an Application for Enrolment form and pay the application fee
• the school will confirm receiving the application by letter
• parents will receive a letter asking them and their child to attend an interview with the Principal about eighteen months before the Reception starting date
• a letter of offer with an Acceptance Document is sent to parents
• parents fill in and return the Acceptance Document to accept the place for their child. Parents have about two weeks to accept the offer.

An Information Night for new parents is held in the term before the child is due to start school. All Reception students attend a Reception Transition morning or afternoon before starting school. This process also applies to parents wishing to enrol their child in Years 1 – 7.

The following criteria are a guide for accepting a child’s enrolment. Priority is given to:

1. (a) Catholic children who live within the Hectorville Catholic Community
   (b) Siblings of existing St Joseph’s School students
2. Catholic children who don’t live within the parish boundaries
3. Children of St Joseph’s School old scholars
4. Children from other Christian denominations, other religious faiths or worldviews and families who identify with the philosophy of St Joseph’s School.