Enrolment enquiries and applications are welcome at any time throughout the year.
Prep interviews are conducted in Term 1 of the year preceding commencement, and confirmation of enrolment is provided by the end of Term 2. Year 1-6 year level interviews are scheduled soon after the required documentation has been received. Confirmation of enrolment is provided when a position in the respective year level becomes available.
How to Apply
ONLINE APPLICATION FOR ENROLMENT
Once you have clicked on the link, you can enter and review the required details and submit the form, for your application to be lodged. Once you start the application, you have up to 30 days to return to the form and submit it, before it expires from the system.
If applying to enrol more than one student, an option will be available to submit another application for each individual student when the form is completed.
The school’s Enrolments Officer will contact you once the application has been submitted.
Should you have any difficulty completing the online Application for Enrolment, please contact the Enrolments Officer on (07) 4053 9700 or email secretary.nthcairns@cns.catholic.edu.au for assistance.
Application for Enrolment forms are also available as printed documents from the school office or may be emailed upon request.
| Step 1: | Submit An Application using the Online Enrolment Form with documents listed on the form’s Parent Checklist:
Copy of relevant specialist reports / medical information |
| Step 2: | The School responds The School will acknowledge receipt of your application and advise you of anything else that is required to assist in considering the application. |
| Step 3: | An interview is arranged An interview is necessary as part of the enrolment process. Students and parents are required to attend the interview.
Enrolment will be dependent upon vacancies and the school’s physical and human resources available at the time. The Application for Enrolment Form and all other forms as required must be completed by the parents or the legal guardians and submitted prior to the interview. |
| Step 4: | Being Offered and Accepting a place If your application is successful, the Principal will make you an offer of enrolment.
Parents then accept the offer. Once a child’s enrolment position is confirmed a $100 ‘holding fee’ is applied which will be deducted from the first set of school fees. |
Transferring Students
As a Catholic Primary School, Mother of Good Counsel is obliged to accept children transferring from another Catholic school, if the school has the capacity to do so.
In addition to the information contained on the enrolment form, parents should notify the school of:
- Reports from previous schools
- Details of issues relating to the child’s health eg. allergies, treatment, management etc.
- Details of and relevant reports relating to disability or diagnosis
- The involvement of external therapists and medical practitioners
- Details of medication to be administered while at school. Please note the legislative requirements for medication given during school time
- Information that prevents a student from participating in learning, sporting or cultural activities,
It is necessary that parents be open about these matters, so we can work in partnership, in the best interests of each child.
Click the link for more information on Enrolling your Child.
