Educational Measurement and School Accountability Directorate Selective High School and Years 8 to 12 Opportunity Class Placement Unit selective high school application for2012 Please detach complete the application form inside. Retain the outside information section for later reference. A separate application is required for each school. Important Dates 21 June 2011 Application packages available online or from selective high schools and school education group offices. 28 July 2011 Closing date for completed application forms to be returned to the schools. August/September 2011 Selection committees meet and consider applications. September/October 2011 Letters advising applicants of the outcome of their applications should be dispatched. The number of vacancies in Years 8 to 12 will vary across academic Years and from school to school. Generally the number of vacancies is limited. Before submitting your application, you should go to the individual school’s website and/or contact the school to find out the assessment requirements and enrolment procedures for each selective high school for which you intend to apply. Enquiries about courses and programs offered by specific selective high schools as well as enquiries about selection criteria such as testing should be addressed to the schools concerned. This document is also available on the Internet at: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/7-12assessments/selective8_12.php In this document: s@SELECTIVEINCLUDESFULLYSELECTIVEHIGHSCHOOLS PARTIALLYSELECTIVEHIGHSCHOOLS ANDTHEVIRTUALSELECTIVECLASSAND agricultural high schools sTHE3ELECTIVE(IGH3CHOOLAND/PPORTUNITY#LASS0LACEMENT5NITISREFERREDTOASTHE5NIT s@PARENTISDElNEDUNDERTHEEducation Act to “include a guardian or other person having the custody or care of a child”. Application for Years 8 to 12 for Selective High Schools in 2012 1 PLACEMENT IN YEARS 8 TO 12 AT SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOLS SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOLS s!TTACH A COPY OF THE BIRTH CERTIlCATE OR OTHER Selective high schools cater for highly achieving DOCUMENTATION THAT VERIlES THE STUDENTS NAME academically talented students who would otherwise shown on the application. be isolated from a suitable peer group by providing an s,ODGE EACH FORM WITH THE RELEVANT SELECTIVE HIGH educationally enriched environment. These schools can school by 28 July 2011. provide intellectual stimulation by grouping talented STUDENTSTOGETHER CONCENTRATINGSCHOOLRESOURCESAND SCHOOL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES using specialised teaching methods. Prior to submitting your application it is essential Agricultural high schools are selective high schools that that you consult each school about the assessment EMPHASISETHESTUDYOFAGRICULTURE WITHTHERESIDENTIAL requirements. SECTIONSGIVINGPRIORITYTOISOLATEDSTUDENTS PROVIDED School websites can be found on the last 2 pages of that their academic ability is comparable to that of this document. their selective peers. PRIORITY ORDER OF SCHOOLS Partially selective high schools have both selective and community enrolment. The Balmain and Leichhardt If you are applying for entry to more than one school Campuses of Sydney Secondary College cater for WITH A MAXIMUM OF SCHOOLS YOU MUST INDICATE students from Years 7 to 10. Students attending the in priority order on page 2 of each application the Balmain or Leichhardt Campuses in Years 7 to 10 will schools you are applying for. generally proceed to the Blackwattle Bay Campus for AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AND Years 11 and 12. RESIDENCY STATUS The virtual selective class provision (Xsel) is available Candidates must normally be Australian citizens or only to students attending a government high school holders of a visa granting permanent resident status in Western NSW Region. in Australia. Information on Australian citizenship The number of vacancies in Years 8 to 12 will vary is available on the Department of Immigration and across academic Years and from school to school. Multicultural Affairs website at: www.citizenship.gov. The complete list of selective high schools is shown at au. Official evidence of Australian citizenship may be the back of this document. obtained by the issue of a Certificate of Evidence of Australian Citizenship. ENQUIRIES Citizens of New Zealand who are permanently settled Enquiries about courses and programs offered by in Australia are eligible for entry. Permanent residents specific selective high schools as well as enquiries of New Zealand are considered in the same manner about selection criteria such as testing should be as temporary residents of Australia. addressed to the schools concerned. Applicants who do not meet these residency Enquiries about general selection criteria such as requirements at the time of applying but expect to residency as well as enquiries about appeals should be MEETTHEMINTHENEARFUTURE AREALLOWEDTOAPPLY ADDRESSEDTOTHE5NIT Such applicants will have to show evidence that Phone: 9707 6262 they meet all residency requirements before being offered a place. Applicants who are unable to meet Email: [email protected] the residency requirements but believe that there are Mail: Locked Bag 5001 extenuating circumstances applicable to their case BANKSTOWN NSW 1885 MAY APPLY PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE ALREADY LIVING IN Australia. HOW TO APPLY Applicants who qualify for entry on academic Read this document carefully. GROUNDSBUTDONOTMEETTHERESIDENCYREQUIREMENTS s9OU MAY APPLY FOR NO MORE THAN SELECTIVE HIGH INCLUDING THOSE WHO HOLD DIPLOMATIC VISAS WILL HAVE schools the opportunity to appeal for special consideration THROUGHTHEAPPEALSPROCESSSEEPAGE s2EMEMBERTOCOMPLETEASEPARATEAPPLICATIONFORM for each selective high school you wish to apply for. All successful applicants will be required to show original documentation, such as a Certificate of s0ULLOUTTHEAPPLICATIONFORMANDCOMPLETEIT+EEP Evidence of Australian Citizenship, birth certificates this information section for later reference. or visas, before enrolment can be finalised by the s)F APPLICABLE COMPLETE ANY SUPPLEMENTARY FORMS school. required by the school. 2 Application for Years 8 to 12 for Selective High Schools in 2012 PLACEMENT IN YEARS 8 TO 12 AT SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOLS Offers or enrolments may be terminated if http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/types/ placement is made on the basis of false or misleading selectiveschools.php information. Acknowledgement of receipt of application RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Your application will be acknowledged in writing. Parents must be living in NSW by the beginning of the You will also be notified if any further information or 2012 school year. If parents normally live in NSW but testing is required by the selection committee. ARETEMPORARILYOUTOFTHESTATE THEYSHOULDEXPECT Change of application details to return in the near future. Applications from parents Please write to the selective high school(s) you have who continue to live outside NSW after the 2012 applied to if there is a change in details such as your school year begins will be considered only if there are CHILDS NAME ADDRESS OR SCHOOL AFTER YOU HAVE SENT vacancies after all suitable applicants from NSW have your application form. You should also write to those been placed. schools if you want to withdraw your application. ENROLMENT POLICY SELECTION PROCEDURES The NSW Department of Education and Training The number of vacancies at selective high schools in (DET) has a responsibility to assess and manage Years 8 to 12 will generally depend on the number any risk of harm to its staff or students. This includes of students who leave in the previous year. In some assessing and managing risks posed to students or schools there may be no vacancies in some academic STAFFATASCHOOLBYANYSTUDENT7HERERELEVANT SUCH Years. Some schools may establish extra places in situations will be dealt with in accordance with the some academic Years. $EPARTMENTS ENROLMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES &OREACHSELECTIVEHIGHSCHOOL ASELECTIONCOMMITTEE Information for parents regarding enrolment will decide on the students to be offered places is available at: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/ and will establish a reserve list in priority order. schoolfind/enrolment/parentsinfo.php The selection committee comprises at least three COURSES OF STUDY PEOPLE INCLUDING THE SCHOOL EDUCATION DIRECTOR AS CHAIRPERSON THESELECTIVEHIGHSCHOOLPRINCIPALANDA Applicants should be aware that courses of study at parent representative. selective high schools may not be the same as courses TAKENATTHEPREVIOUSSCHOOL3TUDENTSCURRENTCOURSES The selection committee may ask for further will be taken into account when they are considered information or arrange for additional assessment for placement. procedures to allow differentiation between students. FAMILY PLACEMENT CLAIM TESTING You can make a family placement claim if a member )FITISCONSIDEREDNECESSARYBYTHESELECTIONCOMMITTEE of the immediate family BROTHER SISTER OR PARENT STUDENTSMAYBEREQUIREDTOTAKEATEST)NTHISCASE guardian) currently attends or previously attended the school will provide you with reasonable notice of the school. Where two or more students have equal THETIME DATEANDPLACEOFTHETEST RESULTS THESTUDENTSWITHFAMILYPLACEMENTCLAIMSWILL 7HERETESTINGISCONDUCTEDBYTHESCHOOL STUDENTS be given priority. For most students this will have little found to be cheating risk disqualification from the test. effect on the outcome. Schools may request a test administration fee. BOARDER PLACEMENT NOTIFICATION OF DECISION (AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS ONLY) You will be notified in writing about the outcome &ORBOARDERPLACEMENT EXTRACONSIDERATIONMAYBE of your