Ironside State School recognises as its prime obligation the provision of access to an appropriate educational service for students resident within this community as defined by its local catchment area.

Because of enrolment capacity and growth, Ironside State School may be unable to meet this obligation in future, unless action is taken now to manage enrolment.

This plan sets out the conditions under which students may be enrolled at Ironside State School.

Enrolment capacity of school

The school currently has the capacity to enrol up to 732 students in 35 classrooms.

Local catchment area

The local catchment area is based on equidistance boundaries with other schools. The attached map defines the boundary area for which Ironside State School is the closest school by trafficable route. Should this capacity change because of changes to road networks, this will be formally notified through the registration and gazettal of an amended plan including the operative date for the new catchment area.

The school’s enrolment capacity for students who live outside the local catchment is dependant upon:

· the school’s enrolment capacity

· catering for in-catchment enrolments

· allowing for in-catchment growth during the year

· ensuring an even spread of students across all year levels while maintaining class size targets

Enrolment Policy

All students who reside within the local catchment area and are eligible for enrolment in the educational program offered by the school have a right to enrolment at the school. The Principal will hold places for students who relocate to within the catchment boundary throughout the school year.

Enrolment of students from outside the local catchment area will be managed to ensure that the total current and forecast enrolments do not exceed the school’s current built capacity and where applicable will ensure there is an even spread of students across year levels or class groupings.

The school's enrolment management plan does not replace other departmental policy; for example Safe, Supportive and Disciplined School Environment, nor does it override subsequent determinations regarding built school capacity.

Students outside the catchment area will be managed by a waiting list through the enrolment criteria.

Enrolment Criteria

Students who reside outside the school's local catchment boundary who apply for enrolment at the school will be put on a waiting list in order of receipt of application. Where there is spare capacity, students will be enrolled from the waiting list based on the following criteria and order of priority:

Ø Siblings of students already enrolled.

Ø Children and young people who are subject to child protection orders that grant guardianship or custody to the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Child Safety.

Ø Students whose parent or legal guardian is employed by the school.

Ø Priority will be given to students who reside in the area that was formerly included in the school’s 1991 catchment but is not now included in the equidistant catchment area.

Ø Students who reside outside the enrolment boundary and who officially leave the school will be considered for re-admission in accordance with the admission criteria.

Ø Residents who purchased or leased properties at 30 June 2004 in the 1991 catchment area, which is now no longer included in the equidistant catchment have a right to enrolment.

Ø Siblings of students, who are enrolled at the school in 2004 when the new Enrolment Management Plan was implemented, have the right to enrol while their siblings are still attending the school.

Proof of Residency

Parents who wish to enrol their child/ren at Ironside State School under the Enrolment Management Plan will need to demonstrate that the child/ren to be enrolled, reside within the catchment area. Two or more of the following documentation may be required if requested by the principal:

Ø Rates notice or electricity account

Ø Signed unconditional House Contract

Ø Rental Agreement stamped and signed by real estate agency for a minimum of six months duration.

Ø Rental Bond receipt

Ø Registration on a State or Federal Electoral Roll

Ø Australian Citizenship, Permanent Residence status or eligibility under a Visa category

Ø Statutory declaration